supervisor

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Etymology

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

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈsuːpɚˌvaɪzɚ/, enPR: so͞op′ərvīz'ər
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Noun

supervisor (plural supervisors)

  1. (management) A person with the official task of overseeing the work of a person or group, or of other operations and activities.
  2. A person who monitors someone to make sure they comply with rules or other requirements set for them.
  3. (US) In certain states, an elected member of the governing body for a county which is called the board of supervisors.
  4. (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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Noun

supervisor m (plural supervisors, feminine supervisora)

  1. supervisor

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Portuguese

Etymology

From super- +‎ visor.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: su‧per‧vi‧sor

Noun

supervisor m (plural supervisores, feminine supervisora, feminine plural supervisoras)

  1. (management) supervisor

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /supeɾbiˈsoɾ/
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: su‧per‧vi‧sor

Noun

supervisor m (plural supervisores, feminine supervisora, feminine plural supervisoras)

  1. supervisor
  2. handler (e.g, a secret agent's handler)

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