# supervisor

Pronunciation: US say "SOO-per-vy-zer" /ˈsupɚˌvaɪzɚ/; UK say "SOO-puh-vy-zuh" /ˈsuːpəˌvaɪzə(ɹ)/

## Noun

1. A person whose official job is to oversee the work of a person or group, or other operations and activities.
   - Simple: Someone whose job is to watch over the work of a person or team and keep things running.
   - _The factory supervisor coordinated three teams across the assembly floor._
   - _As project supervisor, she reviewed each contractor's progress every week._
2. Someone responsible for checking another person’s compliance with rules or other requirements.
   - Simple: Someone who watches a person to make sure they follow the rules set for them.
   - _The probation supervisor verified that he attended every required counseling session._
   - _During the test, a supervisor circulated to confirm that everyone followed the guidelines._
3. In certain US states, an elected member of the board of supervisors, the governing body of a county. *(US)*
   - Simple: In some US states, an elected member of the group that governs a county.
   - _Each district elects one supervisor to the county board._
   - _The board's five supervisors debated the new zoning ordinance for hours._
4. A process responsible for managing and overseeing the operation of other processes.
   - Simple: A computer program that controls and manages other programs.
   - _The supervisor spawns worker processes and restarts them if they fail._
   - _Their server runs a supervisor that recovers crashed child processes automatically._

## Origin

Attested since the 15th century, it comes from Middle English supervisor, from Latin supervīsor, from supervideō (super 'over' + videō 'see'). It can also be analyzed as supervise + -or.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/supervisor (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).