What does supervisor mean?

Definitions for supervisor
ˈsu pərˌvaɪ zərsu·per·vi·sor

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. supervisornoun

    one who supervises or has charge and direction of

  2. supervisory program, supervisor, executive programnoun

    a program that controls the execution of other programs

Wiktionary

  1. supervisornoun

    A person with the official task of overseeing the work of a person or group.

  2. Etymology: Attested since the 15th Century ; from supervisor, from supervideo, in turn from Latin super + Latin video

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Supervisornoun

    An overseer; an inspector; a superintendant.

    Etymology: from supervise.

    A supervisor may signify an overseer of the poor, an inspector of the customs, a surveyor of the high ways, a supervisor of the excise. Isaac Watts, Logick.

    How satisfy’d, my lord!
    Would you be supervisor, grossly gape on? William Shakespeare.

    I am informed of the author and supervisors of this pamphlet. Dryden.

ChatGPT

  1. supervisor

    A supervisor is an individual who oversees and manages the productivity and progress of either an individual employee, or a group of employees in a team. They form the first line of management, and are responsible for providing guidance, training, direction, and support to the team while ensuring adherence to company policies and objectives. A supervisor typically has the authority to make decisions, enforce rules and regulations, and address issues within their scope of work.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Supervisornoun

    one who supervises; an overseer; an inspector; a superintendent; as, a supervisor of schools

  2. Supervisornoun

    a spectator; a looker-on

Wikidata

  1. Supervisor

    A supervisor, foreperson, boss, overseer, cell coach, facilitator, or area coordinator is a manager in a position of trust in business. The US Bureau of Census has four hundred titles under the supervisor classification. An employee is a supervisor if he has the power and authority to do the following actions: ⁕Give instructions and/or orders to subordinates. ⁕Be held responsible for the work and actions of other employees. If an employee cannot do the above, legally he or she is probably not a supervisor, but in some other category, such as lead hand. A supervisor is first and foremost an overseer whose main responsibility is to ensure that a group of subordinates get out the assigned amount of production, when they are supposed to do it and within acceptable levels of quality, costs and safety. A supervisor is responsible for the productivity and actions of a small group of employees. The supervisor has several manager-like roles, responsibilities, and powers. Two of the key differences between a supervisor and a manager are the supervisor does not typically have "hire and fire" authority, and the supervisor does not have budget authority.

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British National Corpus

  1. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'supervisor' in Nouns Frequency: #2842

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of supervisor in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of supervisor in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of supervisor in a Sentence

  1. Alan Rosen:

    We immediately transferred leadership of the Human Trafficking Unit to another supervisor who still maintains oversight of that unit today.

  2. Azim Shah:

    Once a week, we are given a slip that permits us to go out to buy basics. The rest of the time, we either work or wait in our rooms, if there is a medical emergency or problem, our supervisor deals with it. In most cases, it means wages are cut.

  3. Liberty Institute attorney Michael Berry:

    This was a conflict between her and her supervisor, her supervisor clearly said she did not like the tone of the Bible verses.

  4. Chicago Police Department:

    Chief Johnson has significant experience managing large-scale special events and was instrumental in the operational planning and response of the 2012 NATO Summit, he has also served as a supervisor in the detective bureau and is currently completing his master’s degree in public policy and administration at Northwestern University.

  5. Joseph Giacalone:

    I think it was me. I got shot with the Taser and I thought... f ** k. there's got to be a supervisor show up and take charge of the scene.

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Translations for supervisor

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  • مشرفArabic
  • Supervisor, Aufseher, VorgesetzterGerman
  • επιστάτηςGreek
  • supervisor, directorSpanish
  • valvoja, tarkastajaFinnish
  • superviseurFrench
  • maorIrish
  • पर्यवेक्षकHindi
  • pengawasIndonesian
  • supervisoreItalian
  • 主管, スーパーバイザーJapanese
  • چاودێرKurdish
  • supervisorPortuguese
  • мастер, начальник, супервайзер, надсмотрщик, руководитель, надзирательRussian
  • nadglednik, надгледник, надређени, nadzornik, nadređeni, supervizor, надзорник, супервизорSerbo-Croatian
  • ผู้ดูแลThai
  • Chinese

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