boss
gb/bˈɔs/ us/bˈɔs/
A2
İngilizce
~ 2400
Anlamlar
0 anlam
İsim
A2
entity
1
Person who manages others
The person who tells workers what to do and makes decisions in a job or company.
Kullanım kalıbı:
[someone]'s boss
Sık yapılan hata:
Learners sometimes confuse 'boss' with 'owner'. A boss may not be the owner of the company; they can simply be a manager or supervisor.
Eş anlamlılar
manager (Often used for someone in charge of a team or department, especially in business settings.)
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supervisor (More formal and often used in workplace or HR contexts.)
Zıt anlamlılar
employee (An employee works under a boss's direction.)
Eşdizimler
immediate boss
|new boss
|former boss
|tough boss
|report to a boss
Konular
business
|workplace
|management
|work
|core_vocabulary
Örnekler
- My boss approved my vacation request.
- She asked her boss for a raise.
- His boss gave him a new project to complete.
Öğrenenler için örnekler
- My boss is very kind.
- I talk to my boss every day.
- Her boss is not in the office today.
İsim
informal
B1
entity
2
Person highly skilled or dominant
Someone who is very good at something or controls a situation well.
Kullanım kalıbı:
be a boss at [something]
Sık yapılan hata:
Learners may think this means the person is literally their work supervisor, but here it is slang for skill or dominance.
Eş anlamlılar
champion (Emphasizes winning or being the best, often in competitions.)
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master (Highlights complete skill or control over something.)
Zıt anlamlılar
amateur (Suggests someone with little skill or experience in an activity.)
Eşdizimler
act like a boss
|play like a boss
Konular
slang
|achievement
|daily_life
|communication
|core_vocabulary
Örnekler
- She handled that meeting like a boss.
- He's the boss when it comes to cooking.
- You wrote that code like a real boss.
Öğrenenler için örnekler
- He plays football like a boss.
- She can cook like a boss.
- You dance like a boss.
Fiil
informal
B1
action
3
Order someone around
To keep telling someone what to do in a way they may not like.
Kullanım kalıbı:
boss [someone] around
Sık yapılan hata:
Learners may confuse this with being someone's official manager. In informal use, it can mean acting controlling even without formal authority.
Eş anlamlılar
order around (Similar meaning but slightly more neutral; focuses on giving commands.)
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dictate to (Emphasizes imposing one's will on others.)
Zıt anlamlılar
follow (To take orders instead of giving them.)
Eşdizimler
boss people around
Konular
interpersonal
|conflict
|communication
|relationships
|work
Örnekler
- Stop trying to boss me around!
- She likes to boss her younger brother around.
- He spent the afternoon bossing the volunteers around.
Öğrenenler için örnekler
- 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.
Sık yapılan hata:
Learners may not realize this usage is informal and mainly used in certain dialects or among younger speakers.
Eş anlamlılar
awesome (Very positive and enthusiastic; widely used slang.)
|
cool (Casual praise for something pleasing or stylish.)
Zıt anlamlılar
lame (Slang for unimpressive or boring.)
Eşdizimler
boss move
|boss car
Konular
slang
|praise
|core_vocabulary
|communication
Örnekler
- That was a boss performance!
- Your new shoes are totally boss.
- We had a boss time at the party.
Öğrenenler için örnekler
- This game is boss.
- Your idea is boss.
- That song is boss.
Dil bilgisi
Sözlük biçimi
boss
IPA
GB/bˈɔs/
US/bˈɔs/
Heceler ve vurgu
boss (1 hece)
Stress on 1st syllable (boss)
Kelime biçimleri
Noun
- Base: boss
- Plural: bosses
Verb
- Base: boss
- 3rd Person Singular: bosses
- Present Participle: bossing
- Past: bossed
Kelime ailesi
Forms
bosses
noun
bossing
verb
bossed
verb
Core family
bossy
adjective B1
Related words
bossiness
noun
Advanced or less common
bossily
adverb
İfadeler
boss around
1/bˈɔs ɚˈaʊnd/
phrasal verb
informal
Give overbearing orders to someone
To keep telling someone what to do in an annoying way.
Örnekler
- 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.
Örnekler
- 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.
Örnekler
- 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.