building superintendent

  • 1Building superintendent — A building superintendent or building supervisor (often known simply as the super) is a manager responsible for repair and maintenance in a residential building. They are the first point of contact for residents of the building. They are expected …

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  • 2building superintendent — noun : one who is responsible for the cleaning and maintenance of a building and its equipment called also custodian …

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  • 3superintendent — su‧per‧in‧tend‧ent [ˌsuːpərɪnˈtendənt] noun [countable] JOBS someone who is officially in charge of a place or area of work: • Things got worse when the superintendent left to start a competing business. * * * superintendent UK US… …

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  • 4Superintendent — may refer to:*Superintendent (ecclesiastical), a church executive performing the duties of a bishop *Superintendent (education), an education executive or administrator *Superintendent (police), a police rank *Superintendent (United States Air… …

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  • 5building — I (business of assembling) noun aedificatio, amalgamation, architecture, arrangement, assembling, causation, collocation, compilation, composition, compounding, conformation, conjunction, constitution, construction, contriving, craftsmanship,… …

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  • 6superintendent — ► NOUN 1) a person who supervises or is in charge of an organization, department, etc. 2) (in the UK) a police officer ranking above chief inspector. 3) (in the US) the chief of a police department. 4) N. Amer. the caretaker of a building. ORIGIN …

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  • 7superintendent — [so͞o΄pərin ten′dənt] n. [< LL(Ec) superintendens, prp. of superintendere, to superintend] 1. a person in charge of a department, institution, etc.; director; supervisor 2. a person responsible for the maintenance of a building; custodian adj …

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  • 8superintendent — [[t]su͟ːpərɪnte̱ndənt[/t]] superintendents 1) N COUNT; N TITLE In Britain, a superintendent is a senior police officer of the rank above an inspector. In the United States, a superintendent is the head of a police department. He was stopped at… …

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  • 9superintendent — n. a building; school superintendent * * * [ˌs(j)uːp(ə)rɪn tendənt] school superintendent a building …

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  • 10superintendent — su|per|in|tend|ent [ˌsu:pərınˈtendənt] n 1.) a high rank in the British police, or someone who has this rank 2.) also superintendent of schools someone who is in charge of all the schools in a particular area in the US 3.) someone who is… …

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