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noun
- 1. a person who manages or superintends an organization or activity: "the southern area superintendent" Similar
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SUPERINTENDENT definition: 1. a person who is in charge of work done in a particular department, office, etc., or who is…. Learn more.
Superintendent definition: a person who oversees or directs some work, enterprise, establishment, organization, district, etc.; supervisor.. See examples of SUPERINTENDENT used in a sentence.
: having executive oversight and charge of something : of, relating to, or being a superintendent. superintendent [=supervising] powers. a superintendent officer.
a person who is in charge of work done in a particular department, office, etc., or who is responsible for keeping a building or place in good condition: In the U.S., a school superintendent is in charge of the schools in a particular area. We asked the superintendent ( also US informal super) to fix the broken window in our apartment.
A superintendent is a person who is responsible for a particular thing or the work done in a particular department. He became superintendent of the bank's East African branches. [ + of] The Superintendent of Public Works gives orders for all watercourses to be inspected. Synonyms: supervisor, director, manager, chief More Synonyms of superintendent
A superintendent is the overseer of an organization. The term superintendent is most often used to refer to someone who oversees a school district and — most importantly — decides when to declare a snow day. A superintendent is also the caretaker for a building, like an apartment complex.
n. 1. (Professions) a person who directs and manages an organization, office, etc. 2. (Law) (in Britain) a senior police officer higher in rank than an inspector but lower than a chief superintendent. 3. (Law) (in the US) the head of a police department. 4. (Building) chiefly US and Canadian a caretaker, esp of a block of apartments. adj.
a person who has a lot of authority and manages and controls an activity, a place, a group of workers, etc. a park superintendent. the superintendent of schools in Dallas.
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023 How to use superintendent in a sentence Police superintendent Michael Harrison said the decline was a result of an effort to decrease gang violence.
SUPERINTENDENT definition: 1. in Britain, a police officer of high rank 2. in the US, an official responsible for a place…. Learn more.
