general manager
97
3.0
- noun
- /ˈdʒɛnərəl ˈmænədʒər/
:
director general (España)
- The general manager of the restaurant oversees all daily operations and staff coordination.
- assistant general manager
- deputy general manager
- become general manager
In fact, Trikes is Co founder is the former Cooler Master case business unit general manager.
- In fact, Trikes is Co founder is the former Cooler Master case business unit general manager.
- And I've been in other properties where the general manager said literally on the first meeting, you're here because the state makes me do this.
- And the General manager of Tested, Kristin Lamazny is actually was the head of Mythbusters social media for all our entire run.
- I started filming ads with my general manager, so we'd film ads together.
- I walk into the lobby now the general manager's there.
- I'm some general manager of not compensated in any way based on its success.
Examples
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I was the general manager and director of new products.
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And my husband was the general manager of a hotel.
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I want you to be my general manager.
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The general manager has asked to see you.
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They made me general Manager of the firm.
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Looking forward, the general manager says his goal is to reach 300,000 subscribers within the next three years.
Academic text (2010) -
Xiang-Huo's mother was the general manager of a computer company, and his father was a professor of engineering sciences.
Academic text (2007) -
Didn't I recently hear that Murphy Motors was advertising for a general manager?
Fiction book (2002) -
David Pearson is the general manager of PCI Membranes, Inc., Cincinnati, OH.
Academic text (2003) -
Wayne Huebner is general manager of Capital Controls Group, Severn Trent Services, Inc., Colmar, PA.
Academic text (2000)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A person in charge of a group or workers
∞
1.6
A person who controls money and work in a company
∞
3.0
A person who manages resources and spending in an organization
533
4.5
A senior manager who makes important decisions in a company
355
3.0
The senior manager of a company who runs its daily business
232
3.7
A person who manages and runs an organization like a business or government agency
232
4.6
A person who runs a company or organization day to day and reports to the board of directors
166
6.0
A person who manages an organization or its department, often in police and schools
26
3.6
The person who runs a company and makes its most important decisions
20
3.0
A person who leads a department in a company or school
14
3.5
A senior manager in a company who makes important decisions and leads its work
1
5.3
A person who is in charge of a team or part of a company
A woman who runs a business, team, or organization
How Senior
- Formal
77
5.5
- UK
26
3.6
∞
3.0
97
3.0
∞
1.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the person responsible for overall management' is directly and predictably built from 'general' (broad, overall) modifying 'manager' (someone who manages). This adjective+noun composition is a common, cross‑linguistic pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The compound noun general manager comes from the word general, which here means 'overall', and manager, a person who runs things. So, a general manager is the person 'in charge' of the whole business or department.