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[soo-per-vahy-zer]

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noun

a person who supervises workers or the work done by others; superintendent.

Education. an official responsible for assisting teachers in the preparation of syllabuses, in devising teaching methods, etc., in a department of instruction, especially in public schools.

(in some U.S. states) the chief elected administrative officer of a township, who is often also a member of the governing board of the county.

Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English < Medieval Latin supervīsor, equivalent to supervid-, stem of supervidēre to supervise + -tor -tor, with dt > s

Related forms

su·per·vi·sor·ship, noun

pre·su·per·vi·sor, noun

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If you work long enough in the adjunct business, you will at some point clash with a supervisor.

They don't want to have to look for the supervisor or consider the impact on their timesheet.

To receive the certificate, please fill out the following information and return it with your witness and supervisor forms.

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If you work long enough in the adjunct business, you will at some point clash with a supervisor.

They don't want to have to look for the supervisor or consider the impact on their timesheet.

To receive the certificate, please fill out the following information and return it with your witness and supervisor forms.

Whoever did the interview needs their supervisor to talk to them.

Anderson was elected election supervisor even though he apparently had no prior experience in election administration.

One way to check out a candidate is to surprise the person's supervisor with a call.

In theory, a single supervisor should improve accountability and make it easier to move resources around.

The robot froze, sending an image to its human supervisor.

Penn who has been working with her district's math supervisor to implement the standards.

With some help from the building supervisor and a little elbow grease, they constructed a proper white-walled lab.

Collaborate with supervisor of student vocal accompanists.

Evaluations by a supervisor can be highly subjective.

Her supervisor had insisted she get a signature since the parcel was actually addressed to someone else.

When a police supervisor was unsatisfied with his detective's first attempt at a whitewash, he rewrote it to make it smoother.

And your supervisor is definitely not allowed to poke into medical issues that don't affect your ability to perform your job.

The supervisor would not have time to tip off the troops, but would be able to quickly intervene if someone overreacted.

Alice was also a really demanding supervisor of the cook.

X's supervisor has asked him to present a paper at a conference and to publish a paper together.

So the script supervisor had to maintain laser focus, resetting the clock for each take.

The tutoring supervisor was rude to me in front of one of my students.

Meiring, who was working nightshift, is the supervisor of the control room.

My supervisor observed me and went over the notes with me today.

According to a congressional source, the intern's supervisor has been put on administrative leave, as has the group's leader.

Even if the supervisor decides what the research topic should be, this should not be enough for coauthorship and this is why:.

If you give your supervisor adequate notice then they may give you a good letter of recommendation.

The supervisor denies that he said anything of the.

Every supervisor and colleague who had any close knowledge of my teaching and scholarship is no longer affiliated with the place.

That's why it is essential to have the right supervisor.

On her way out of the health department early one morning, her supervisor stopped her.

It should not be a one way conversation from supervisor to employee.

And in one case it was discovered that a supervisor awarded exceptional ratings based on the needs of the employee.

It went to the extent of threats of harm to both me and my possessions by my supervisor for nothing other than my beliefs.

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World English Dictionary

supervisor (ˈsuːpəˌvaɪzə)

—n
1.	a person who manages or supervises
2.	a foreman or forewoman
3.	(in some British universities) a tutor supervising the work, esp research work, of a student
4.	(in some US schools) an administrator running a department of teachers
5.	(in some US states) the elected chief official of a township or other subdivision of a county
6.	obsolete a spectator

'supervisorship

—n

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