Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or having supervision.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to supervision.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of, pertaining to, or in the capacity of a
supervisor
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or limited to or involving supervision
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Examples
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Harry Nespoli, president of the Uniformed Sanitationmen's Association, which oversees workers who aren't in supervisory roles, agreed, saying the realignment would be hard to come to grips with.
City Slates Sanitation Job Cuts Chris Herring 2010
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Professionals who are currently in supervisory or leadership positions and who are responsible for making decisions regarding children who are 0-5 and present with hearing loss will also benefit from this program.
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They are sometimes called supervisory, despite the fact that the person in the job supervises absolutely no one.
A few quick links 2004
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The authority will go beyond the so-called supervisory colleges for the region's largest banks that the commission has backed.
EU Report Calls for Regional Supervisor of Banks, Insurers 2009
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These so-called supervisory acquisitions helped spread capital and fill in any gaps across the financial system.
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In its new ruling, it forbids workers from joining unions if they perform so-called supervisory duties at work.
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"It's called supervisory overlooking," I told him.
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The 2600Hz is therefore known as a supervisory signal, because it indicates the status of a trunk; on hook (tone) or off-hook (no tone).
The Official Phreaker's Manual Version 1.1 by The Jammer and Jack the Ripper 1991
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The 2600Hz is therefore known as a supervisory signal, because it indicates the status of a trunk; on hook (tone) or off-hook (no tone).
The Official Phreaker's Manual version 1.1 by The Jammer and Jack the Ripper 1987
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Part of that encouragement involved something called supervisory goodwill.
NYT > Home Page By GRETCHEN MORGENSON 2011
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