foreman

CEFRC1

/ˈfɔː(ɹ).mən/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A worker who supervises others and organizes their tasks.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A workplace leader., The boss or manager of a particular workplace or section of a workplace, particularly a factory.

Examples

  • My father became senior foreman at the plant.

  • The foreman docked me an hour's pay for getting to work late.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf.

  2. The leader of a work crew.

  3. A workplace leader.

More examples

In context

  • Tom was promoted to foreman.

  • factory foreman

  • Since we’re getting too friendly, Ephraim Winslow, tell me, what’s a timber man want with being a wickie? Not enough quiet for ye up north? Sawdust itching yer nethers? Foreman found ye too high-tempered for carrying an axe?

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Question 1 · Quick check

The construction blank directed the crew, ensuring everyone followed safety procedures on site.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English foremon, forman. Compare West Frisian foarman, Dutch voorman, German Vormann, Danish formand, Swedish förman, Icelandic formaður. By surface analysis, fore- + man.