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語源

Attested since the 15th century C.E.; from 中期英語 supervisor, supervisour, supervysor, supervysour, from Latin supervīsor, from supervideō, in turn from super + videō. By surface analysis, supervise +‎ -or.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈsuːpəˌvaɪzə(ɹ)/, enPR: so͞op′ərvīz'ər
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈsupɚˌvaɪzɚ/

名詞

supervisor (plural supervisors)

1. (management) A person with the official task of overseeing the work of a person or group, or of other operations and activities.
   • 1985, Drexel Library Quarterly, volume 21, page 104:

     Thus, today, even if the objective does seem "goalish," the supervisor assumes the problem inherent in trying to "accomplish" that goal will become clear to the librarian as the action plan evolves […]

   • 2001, Wendy Dobson, Gary Hufbauer, World Capital Markets‎, →ISBN, page 103:

     The 1999 merger between Citibank (banking) and Travelers (insurance) created the model for megafinance and confirmed new challenges for supervisors.

   • 2012, Kathryn M. Johnson, The Insider's Guide to Supervising Government Employees‎:

     I had learned a lot about supervising by observing other supervisors—the good things and the not-so-good things they did.

2. A person who monitors someone to make sure they comply with rules or other requirements set for them.
   • 2013, Thomas Pynchon, Bleeding Edge, Vintage, published 2014, page 24:

     Kashruth fraud in Brooklyn. Seems a goon squad of fake mashgichim or kosher supervisors have been making their way around the neighborhoods pulling surprise ‘inspections’ on different shops and restaurants, selling them fancy-looking certificates to put in the window […]

3. (US) In certain states, an elected member of the governing body for a county which is called the board of supervisors.
4. (computing) A process responsible for managing other processes.
   • 1965, P. A. Crisman, The compatible time-sharing system: a programmer's guide, page 14:

     The clock burst which enables the supervisor to housekeep the console input and output and to change program status is currently set to 200 ms.

派生語

• script supervisor

関連する語

• supervise
• supervisee
• supervision
• supervisory

参考

• manager
• on-call supervisor
• superintendent

参照

• Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “supervisor”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

アナグラム

• proviruses