HOW TO PRONOUNCE
supervisor
/ˈsupɚˌvaɪzɚ/
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What does supervisor mean?
noun
- 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.
- In certain states, an elected member of the governing body for a county which is called the board of supervisors.
More meanings (1)
noun
- A process responsible for managing other processes.
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IPA pronunciation
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It is emphatically his end of the ship, though, of course, he is the executive supervisor of the whole.
I am indebted for the privilege of using it to the primary teachers of Providence, and to their supervisor, Miss Ella L. Sweeney.
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Would you, the supervisor, grossly gape on, Behold her topp’d?
As soon as I was mounted, holding on to Dogger’s belt, the supervisor gave the word, and the party struck out at a bouncing trot on the road to Dr. Livesey’s house.
Too rarely is the individual teacher so free from the dictation of authoritative supervisor, textbook on methods, prescribed course of study, etc., that he can let his mind come to close quarters with the pupil's mind and the subject matter.