boss
gb/bˈɔs/ us/bˈɔs/
A2
Anglų
~ 2400
Reikšmės
0 reikšmių
Daiktavardis
A2
entity
1
Person who manages others
The person who tells workers what to do and makes decisions in a job or company.
Vartosenos šablonas:
[someone]'s boss
Dažna klaida:
Learners sometimes confuse 'boss' with 'owner'. A boss may not be the owner of the company; they can simply be a manager or supervisor.
Sinonimai
manager (Often used for someone in charge of a team or department, especially in business settings.)
|
supervisor (More formal and often used in workplace or HR contexts.)
Antonimai
employee (An employee works under a boss's direction.)
Kolokacijos
immediate boss
|new boss
|former boss
|tough boss
|report to a boss
Temos
business
|workplace
|management
|work
|core_vocabulary
Pavyzdžiai
- My boss approved my vacation request.
- She asked her boss for a raise.
- His boss gave him a new project to complete.
Mokymuisi skirti pavyzdžiai
- My boss is very kind.
- I talk to my boss every day.
- Her boss is not in the office today.
Daiktavardis
informal
B1
entity
2
Person highly skilled or dominant
Someone who is very good at something or controls a situation well.
Vartosenos šablonas:
be a boss at [something]
Dažna klaida:
Learners may think this means the person is literally their work supervisor, but here it is slang for skill or dominance.
Sinonimai
champion (Emphasizes winning or being the best, often in competitions.)
|
master (Highlights complete skill or control over something.)
Antonimai
amateur (Suggests someone with little skill or experience in an activity.)
Kolokacijos
act like a boss
|play like a boss
Temos
slang
|achievement
|daily_life
|communication
|core_vocabulary
Pavyzdžiai
- She handled that meeting like a boss.
- He's the boss when it comes to cooking.
- You wrote that code like a real boss.
Mokymuisi skirti pavyzdžiai
- He plays football like a boss.
- She can cook like a boss.
- You dance like a boss.
Veiksmažodis
informal
B1
action
3
Order someone around
To keep telling someone what to do in a way they may not like.
Vartosenos šablonas:
boss [someone] around
Dažna klaida:
Learners may confuse this with being someone's official manager. In informal use, it can mean acting controlling even without formal authority.
Sinonimai
order around (Similar meaning but slightly more neutral; focuses on giving commands.)
|
dictate to (Emphasizes imposing one's will on others.)
Antonimai
follow (To take orders instead of giving them.)
Kolokacijos
boss people around
Temos
interpersonal
|conflict
|communication
|relationships
|work
Pavyzdžiai
- Stop trying to boss me around!
- She likes to boss her younger brother around.
- He spent the afternoon bossing the volunteers around.
Mokymuisi skirti pavyzdžiai
- Don't boss me around.
- She bosses her team too much.
- He bosses his friends at school.
adjective
slang
B2
property
4
Excellent or impressive
Very good or cool.
Dažna klaida:
Learners may not realize this usage is informal and mainly used in certain dialects or among younger speakers.
Sinonimai
awesome (Very positive and enthusiastic; widely used slang.)
|
cool (Casual praise for something pleasing or stylish.)
Antonimai
lame (Slang for unimpressive or boring.)
Kolokacijos
boss move
|boss car
Temos
slang
|praise
|core_vocabulary
|communication
Pavyzdžiai
- That was a boss performance!
- Your new shoes are totally boss.
- We had a boss time at the party.
Mokymuisi skirti pavyzdžiai
- This game is boss.
- Your idea is boss.
- That song is boss.
Gramatika
Pagrindinė forma
boss
IPA
GB/bˈɔs/
US/bˈɔs/
Skiemenys ir kirčiavimas
boss (1 skiemuo)
Stress on 1st syllable (boss)
Žodžio formos
Noun
- Base: boss
- Plural: bosses
Verb
- Base: boss
- 3rd Person Singular: bosses
- Present Participle: bossing
- Past: bossed
Žodžių šeima
Forms
bosses
noun
bossing
verb
bossed
verb
Core family
bossy
adjective B1
Related words
bossiness
noun
Advanced or less common
bossily
adverb
Posakiai
boss around
1/bˈɔs ɚˈaʊnd/
phrasal verb
informal
Give overbearing orders to someone
To keep telling someone what to do in an annoying way.
Pavyzdžiai
- Don't try to boss me around.
- She bosses her classmates around all the time.
like a boss
1/lˈaɪk ə bˈɔs/
idiom
informal
With skill and confidence
To do something very well and with confidence.
Pavyzdžiai
- She finished the project like a boss.
- He handled that problem like a boss.
meet the new boss, same as the old boss
1/mˈit ðə njˈu bˈɔs | sˈeɪm ˈæz ðə ˈoʊld bˈɔs/
idiom
informal
New leader behaves like old one
When a new person in charge acts just like the previous one, often disappointingly.
Pavyzdžiai
- The company changed CEOs, but it's meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
- Politics often feels like meet the new boss, same as the old boss.