supervisor
English
Alternative forms
- supervisour (obsolete)
Etymology
Attested since the 15th century CE; from Latin supervisor, from supervideō, in turn from Latin super + Latin videō.
Pronunciation
- (US) enPR: so͞op′ərvīz'ər, IPA(key): /ˈsuːpɚˌvaɪzɚ/
Noun
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.
- 1965, P. A. Crisman, The compatible time-sharing system: a programmer's guide (page 14)
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Translations
a person with the official task of overseeing the work of a person or group etc.
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See also
- manager
- on-call supervisor
- superintendent
References
- “supervisor” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.
Catalan
Related terms
Further reading
- “supervisor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “supervisor” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “supervisor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /supɛɾviˈzoɾ/
Spanish
Noun
supervisor m (plural supervisores, feminine supervisora, feminine plural supervisoras)
Related terms
Further reading
- “supervisor” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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