supervisor
- noun
- /ˈsuːpərvaɪzər/
- Specialized
- As a supervisor, her role was to manage the execution of various projects in the office.
- IOC supervisor
- operations supervisor
- research supervisor
Examples
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So we're going to introduce somebody at this node S, which we call the supervisor, OK?
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The coaches met with their supervisor weekly at the school to review documentation and directly observe sessions with the students.
Academic text (2014) -
I think we realized pretty early on that maybe he was one of the artists, but he was not the visual effects supervisor.
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Second, government at different levels frequently faces the conflict between its functions as supervisor and as property owner.
Academic text (1993) -
Indeed, the health board had even allowed the supervisors to hire some of its employees.
Academic text (2004) -
Users and programming supervisors review test results and sign off on an implementation authorization form.
Academic text (1999) -
Several of the institutions surveyed do use additional methods, such as supervisor or peer evaluations and online class observations.
Academic text (2014) -
The difference in perception of the effectiveness of the instructional activities between the supervisors and teachers is perhaps expected.
Academic text (2005) -
Rick Pace is the operations supervisor at the City of Racine Wastewater Treatment Plant, Racine, Wisconsin.
Academic text (1998) -
The technical supervisor ensured that all software updates were completed on time.
Synonyms
A program that controls other programs and how they run
Programs that stay in a computer's memory and control other programs
A program that controls other programs on a computer
Compounds
- Specialized
A command a program sends to pause and ask the operating system to do a task
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Supervisor comes from the Latin parts super ('over') and videre ('to see'), and in computing the idea is the same: a supervisor is a program that 'looks over' other programs. That's why a supervisor controls and protects other programs so they do not cause problems.