switchboard operator
1Switchboard operator — Medium to large organizations often employ switchboard operators mdash;specialised staff who answer general telephone calls to the organization and usually maintain internal communication through telephones, and pagers.In hospitals, switchboard… …
2switchboard operator — noun someone who helps callers get the person they are calling • Syn: ↑telephone operator, ↑telephonist • Derivationally related forms: ↑telephony (for: ↑telephonist) • Hypernyms: ↑ …
3switchboard operator — /ˈswɪtʃbɔd ɒpəreɪtə/ (say swichbawd opuhraytuh) noun a person employed to operate a switchboard, taking incoming calls and redirecting them to the required person …
4Love Affair; Or The Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator — ( Ljubavni slucaj ili tragedija sluzbenice P.T.T. in Serbian) is a film made in 1967 in Yugoslavia. Directed by Dušan Makavejev. PlotA sexologist in his office talks about the history of sex.Isabella, a Hungarian switchboard operator, meets and… …
5switchboard — switch‧board [ˈswɪtʆbɔːd ǁ bɔːrd] noun [countable] a system used to connect telephone calls in an office building, hotel etc: • Calls must pass through the switchboard with the minimum delay. • Contact the switchboard operator to arrange an early …
6operator — op‧e‧ra‧tor [ˈɒpəreɪtə ǁ ˈɑːpəreɪtər] noun [countable] 1. JOBS MANUFACTURING someone who works a machine or piece of equipment: • a computer operator • This machine requires a skilled operator. 2. a person or company that operates a particu …
7switchboard — switch board n. 1. an elctrical apparatus consisting predominantly of a panel on which are switches or other means of completing electrical circuits; used especially for the devices used in telephone exchanges. See sense 2. [PJC] 2. (Telephone)… …
8operator, operative — An operator is someone who operates (works, handles) a machine, switchboard, or any kind of apparatus: a switchboard operator, a telegraph operator, a Linotype operator. As a noun, operative also means a worker engaged, employed, or skilled in… …
9operator — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. worker, handler; speculator. See communication, agency, exertion. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [One who operates a machine] Syn. engineer, driver, operative, operant, skilled employee, trained employee; see… …
10switchboard — [[t]swɪ̱tʃbɔː(r)d[/t]] switchboards N COUNT A switchboard is a place in a large office or business where all the telephone calls are connected. He asked to be connected to the central switchboard at London University... The switchboard operator… …
