supervisor
/ˈsuːpəˌvaɪzə(ɹ)/US/ˈsupɚˌvaɪzɚ/
supervisor noun: a person with the official task of overseeing the work of a person or group, or of other operations and activities.
Noun
supervisor (plural supervisors)
- A person with the official task of overseeing the work of a person or group, or of other operations and activities.
- Near-synonyms: superintendent, manager, boss, executive, overseer
- Thus, today, even if the objective does seem "goalish," the supervisor assumes the problem inherent in trying to "accomplish" that goal will become clear to the librarian as the action plan evolves […]1985, Drexel Library Quarterly, volume 21, page 104
- Synonyms:
- superintendent, manager, boss, executive, overseer
- A person who monitors someone to make sure they comply with rules or other requirements set for them.
- Kashruth fraud in Brooklyn. Seems a goon squad of fake mashgichim or kosher supervisors have been making their way around the neighborhoods pulling surprise ‘inspections’ on different shops and restaurants, selling them fancy-looking certificates to put in the window […]2013, Thomas Pynchon, Bleeding Edge, Vintage, published 2014, page 24
- In certain states, an elected member of the governing body for a county which is called the board of supervisors.
- A process responsible for managing other processes.
- 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.1965, P. A. Crisman, The compatible time-sharing system: a programmer's guide, page 14
supervisor meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
supervisor in Hindi
- a person with the official task of overseeing the work of a person or group etc.
- पर्यवेक्षक paryavekṣak
supervisor in Tamil
- மேற்பார்வையாளர், கண்காணி
supervisor in Marathi
- पर्यवेक्षक, पर्यवेक्षिका
supervisor in Urdu
- supervisor
- ناظر nāzir
More languagesFewer languages
- supervisor in Bengali
- কর্মকর্তা kormokorta
- supervisor in Telugu
- పర్యవేక్షకుడు, సూపర్వైజర్
- supervisor in Malayalam
- സൂപ്പർവെെസർ, മേലാവ്, മേലധികാരി, മേലുദ്യോഗസ്ഥൻ
- supervisor in Kannada
- ಮೇಲಾಳು, ಪಾರುಪತ್ಯಗಾರ
- supervisor in Punjabi
- ਸੁਪਰਵਾਈਜ਼ਰ, ਸੁਪਰਵਾਇਜ਼ਰ
- supervisor in Gujarati
- સુપરવાઇઝર, સુપરવાઈઝર, દેખરેખ રાખનાર
- supervisor in Odia
- ସୁପରଭାଇଜର, ତତ୍ତ୍ୱାବଧାରକ
- supervisor in Nepali
- सुपरवाइजर, सुपरभाइजर
- supervisor in Tagalog
- tagamasid
- supervisor in Arabic
- مُشْرِف mušrif, مُشْرِفَة mušrifa, مُلَاحِظ mulāḥiẓ, مُدِير mudīr
- supervisor in Thai
- ผู้ควบคุม pûu-kûuap-kum, หัวหน้างาน hǔua-nâa-ngaan, นายงาน naai-ngaan, นายใหญ่ naai-yài
- supervisor in Vietnamese
- người giám sát
- supervisor in Myanmar
- အလုပ်ကြပ် a.lupkrap, အကြပ် a.krap, အမှူး a.hmu:, ဖိုမင် hpuimang
Examples of supervisor in a sentence
- The 1999 merger between Citibank (banking) and Travelers (insurance) created the model for megafinance and confirmed new challenges for supervisors.2001, Wendy Dobson, Gary Hufbauer, World Capital Markets, →ISBN, page 103:
- I had learned a lot about supervising by observing other supervisors—the good things and the not-so-good things they did.2012, Kathryn M. Johnson, The Insider's Guide to Supervising Government Employees:
Synonyms of supervisor
Forms of supervisor
| plural | supervisors |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | supervisour |
Origin of supervisor
Attested since the 15th century C.E.; from Middle English supervisor, supervisour, supervysor, supervysour, from Latin supervīsor, from supervideō, in turn from super + videō. By surface analysis, supervise + -or.
Words formed from supervisor
Questions about supervisor
- What does supervisor mean?
- Supervisor means a person with the official task of overseeing the work of a person or group, or of other operations and activities.
- What is supervisor in Hindi?
- Supervisor in Hindi is पर्यवेक्षक (paryavekṣak). See Supervisor meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use supervisor in a sentence?
- The 1999 merger between Citibank (banking) and Travelers (insurance) created the model for megafinance and confirmed new challenges for supervisors.
- What part of speech is supervisor?
- Supervisor is a noun.
- How do you pronounce supervisor?
- Supervisor is pronounced /ˈsuːpəˌvaɪzə(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the plural of supervisor?
- The plural of supervisor is supervisors.
Words near supervisor in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: supervisor (page history and authors); supervisor (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); supervisor (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ناظر (Urdu) (page history and authors); কর্মকর্তা (Bengali) (page history and authors); supervisor (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); supervisor (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); supervisor (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); supervisor (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); supervisor (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); supervisor (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); supervisor (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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