English noun: supervisor |
1. | supervisor (person) one who supervises or has charge and direction of |
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| Broader (hypernym) | higher-up, superior, superordinate |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | bell captain, boss, chief, counsellor, counselor, den mother, director, director of research, foreman, forewoman, gaffer, honcho, monitor, overseer, oyabun, proctor, research director, stage manager, stager, superintendent, system administrator, taskmaster, theater director, theatre director, trail boss |
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2. | supervisor (communication) a program that controls the execution of other programs |
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| Synonyms | executive program, supervisory program |
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| Broader (hypernym) | computer program, computer programme, program, programme |
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| Part holonym | executive routine, supervisory routine |
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| Part meronym | operating system, OS |
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