supervisor
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- supervisour (obsolete)
Etymology edit
Attested since the 15th century C.E.; from Middle English supervisor, supervisour, supervysor, supervysour, from Latin supervīsor, from supervideō, in turn from super + videō.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
supervisor (plural supervisors)
- (management) A person with the official task of overseeing the work of a person or group, or of other operations and activities.
- A person who monitors someone to make sure they comply with rules or other requirements set for them.
- (US) In certain states, an elected member of the governing body for a county which is called the board of supervisors.
- (computing) A process responsible for managing other processes.
- 1965, P. A. Crisman, The compatible time-sharing system: a programmer's guide, page 14:
- The clock burst which enables the supervisor to housekeep the console input and output and to change program status is currently set to 200 ms.
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Translations edit
a person with the official task of overseeing the work of a person or group etc.
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See also edit
- manager
- on-call supervisor
- superintendent
References edit
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024), “supervisor”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [ˌsu.pər.biˈzo]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˌsu.pər.viˈzo]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˌsu.peɾ.viˈzoɾ]
Noun edit
supervisor m (plural supervisors, feminine supervisora)
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Further reading edit
- “supervisor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “supervisor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “supervisor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: su‧per‧vi‧sor
Noun edit
supervisor m (plural supervisores, feminine supervisora, feminine plural supervisoras)
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
supervisor m (plural supervisores, feminine supervisora, feminine plural supervisoras)
- supervisor
- handler (e.g, a secret agent's handler)
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Further reading edit
- “supervisor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014