Masterminds - English meaning

verb

Manage and be responsible for the running of (a business, organization, etc.).

Usage examples:

Each school was administered separately

verb

Supervise or be in charge of

noun

A person who is qualified to design buildings and to plan and supervise their construction.

Usage examples:

An architect takes into consideration all of the constraints involved in building a house

verb

A person who designs buildings and in many cases also supervises their construction.

Usage examples:

The great norman architect of durham cathedral

noun

A person who designs new buildings and is responsible for how they are built

Usage examples:

Doug and wendy worked with an architect to create their dream home., fig. president roosevelt was t…

verb

Put (things) in a neat, attractive, or required order.

Usage examples:

She had just finished arranging the flowers

verb

Put into a proper or systematic order

verb

To plan or make preparations for something or for something to happen

Usage examples:

[ t ] he arranged a meeting between the two leaders., [ + to infinitive ] my friends arranged to ea…

noun

A writer of a book, article, or document.

Usage examples:

He is the author of several books on the subject

verb

Be the author of (a book or piece of writing).

Usage examples:

She has authored several articles on wildlife

noun

An organ of soft nervous tissue contained in the skull of vertebrates, functioning as the coordinating centre of sensation and intellectual and nervous activity.

Usage examples:

A brain tumour

verb

Hit (someone) hard on the head with an object.

Usage examples:

She brained me with a rolling pin

noun

An organ of soft nervous tissue contained in the skull of vertebrates, functioning as the coordinating centre of sensation and intellectual and nervous activity.

Usage examples:

A brain tumour

verb

Hit (someone) hard on the head with an object.

Usage examples:

She brained me with a rolling pin

verb

Create (an embryo) by fertilizing an egg.

Usage examples:

She was conceived when her father was 49

verb

To bring a thought or idea into being; imagine

Usage examples:

[ i always + adv/prep ] when they talk about billions of dollars, i can’t even conceive of that muc…

noun

The manner in which a person behaves, especially in a particular place or situation.

Usage examples:

They were arrested for disorderly conduct

verb

Organize and carry out.

Usage examples:

In the second trial he conducted his own defence

verb

Direct the performance of (a piece of music or an orchestra, choir, etc.).

Usage examples:

The concert is to be conducted by sir simon rattle

noun

The power to influence or direct people's behaviour or the course of events.

Usage examples:

The whole operation is under the control of a production manager

verb

Determine the behaviour or supervise the running of.

Usage examples:

He was appointed to control the company's marketing strategy

verb

Power to direct or determine

verb

Bring the different elements of (a complex activity or organization) into a harmonious or efficient relationship.

Usage examples:

He had responsibility for coordinating london's transport services

adjective

Equal in rank or importance.

Usage examples:

Cross references in the catalogue link subjects which may be coordinate

noun

Each of a group of numbers used to indicate the position of a point, line, or plane.

Usage examples:

It happened when he came across a theorem which stated that points in the plane could be specified …

verb

Plan or invent (a complex procedure, system, or mechanism) by careful thought.

Usage examples:

A training programme should be devised

noun

A clause in a will leaving something, especially real estate, to someone.

Usage examples:

The issue, however, is whether the language of the devise of the somerset estate can fairly be inte…

verb

Arrange by systematic planning and united effort

adjective

Extending or moving from one place to another without changing direction or stopping.

Usage examples:

There was no direct flight that day

adverb

With no one or nothing in between.

Usage examples:

They seem reluctant to deal with me direct

verb

Control the operations of; manage or govern.

Usage examples:

An economic elite directed the nation's affairs

noun

A person who is in charge of an activity, department, or organization.

Usage examples:

The sales director

noun

A person in charge of an organization or of a particular part of a company’s business

Usage examples:

A marketing director

noun

One of the managers who control a company or an organization

Usage examples:

He became director of the new royal lyceum theatre company, serve as/act as a director she is retir…

noun

A person who designs, builds, or maintains engines, machines, or structures.

Usage examples:

This is important to the engineers who design and build products, because it gives them a tool to d…

verb

Design and build (a machine or structure).

Usage examples:

The men who engineered the tunnel

noun

A person specially trained to design and build machines, structures, and other things, including bridges, roads, vehicles, and buildings

Usage examples:

He is an engineer at a large electronics company., the bridge is engineered to withstand an earthqu…

noun

Exceptional intellectual or creative power or other natural ability.

Usage examples:

She was a teacher of genius

adjective

Very clever or ingenious.

Usage examples:

A genius idea

noun

Very great and rare natural ability or skill, especially in a particular area such as science or art, or a person who has this

Usage examples:

(an) artistic/creative/musical genius, einstein was a (mathematical) genius., from the age of three…

noun

A person or thing that initiates someone or something.

Usage examples:

As initiators of culture and producers of the societies in which we live, the destiny of modern man…

noun

A person who causes something to begin

Usage examples:

She was one of the project's initiators.

noun

The faculty of reasoning and understanding objectively, especially with regard to abstract matters.

Usage examples:

He was a man of action rather than of intellect

noun

A person’s ability to think and understand esp. ideas at a high level

Usage examples:

[ c ] the stroke left her partially paralyzed, but her intellect was not affected.

noun

A person who invented a particular process or device or who invents things as an occupation.

Usage examples:

One of the schemes will help women inventors and innovators to develop their ideas and skills.

noun

Someone who designs or creates something that did not exist before

Usage examples:

Alfred nobel was the inventor of dynamite.

noun

Someone who has invented something, or whose job is to invent things

Usage examples:

The inventor of sth thomas edison was the inventor of the electric light bulb.

verb

Be in charge of (a business, organization, or undertaking); run.

Usage examples:

Their elder son managed the farm

verb

Be in charge of, act on, or dispose of

verb

To succeed in doing something, esp. something difficult

Usage examples:

[ + to infinitive ] the pilot managed to land the plane safely., [ + to infinitive ] we managed to …

noun

A person responsible for controlling or administering an organization or group of staff.

Usage examples:

The manager of a bar

noun

Someone whose job is to control or organize someone or something, esp. a business

Usage examples:

The manager of a supermarket, he is manager of the new york city ballet., managerial skills

noun

The person who is responsible for managing a company, store, etc., or a department of a company, etc.

Usage examples:

Effective/good/bad manager a sign of a good manager is knowing how to delegate., top/senior manager…

noun

The element of a person that enables them to be aware of the world and their experiences, to think, and to feel; the faculty of consciousness and thought.

Usage examples:

A lot of thoughts ran through my mind

verb

Be distressed, annoyed, or worried by.

Usage examples:

I don't mind the rain

noun

The part of a person that makes it possible for him or her to think, feel emotions, and understand things

Usage examples:

Her mind was full of what had happened the night before, and she just wasn't concentrating., of cou…

verb

Arrange or score (music) for orchestral performance.

Usage examples:

The song cycle was stunningly arranged and orchestrated

verb

Arrange systematically; order.

Usage examples:

Organize lessons in a planned way

verb

Arrange by systematic planning and united effort

verb

To make the necessary plans for something to happen; arrange

Usage examples:

The group organizes theater trips once a month., they organized a meeting between the students and …

noun

A person who arranges an event or activity.

Usage examples:

The organizers of the demonstration

noun

A person who creates or initiates something.

Usage examples:

Wegener was the originator of the theory of continental drift

noun

The person who first thinks of something and causes it to happen

Usage examples:

There are lots of reasons why the inventor or originator of an idea may not get the lion's share of…

noun

A detailed proposal for doing or achieving something.

Usage examples:

The un peace plan

verb

Decide on and make arrangements for in advance.

Usage examples:

They were planning a trip to egypt

verb

A series of steps to be carried out or goals to be achieved

noun

A person who makes plans.

Usage examples:

Economic planners

noun

A person whose job is to plan something, esp. how land in a particular area is to be used and what should be built on it

Usage examples:

A city planner, an urban planner

noun

Someone whose job is to make decisions relating to the future of an activity or industry

Usage examples:

A financial/project/strategic planner, a city/town/urban planner, a wall/desk planner

verb

Control or maintain the rate or speed of (a machine or process) so that it operates properly.

Usage examples:

A hormone which regulates metabolism

verb

To control an activity or process by rules or a system

Usage examples:

A computer system regulates production., [ + question word ] their parents regulate how much tv the…

verb

To check that the activities of a business or organization are legal and follow official rules or laws

Usage examples:

Congress has the power to regulate interstate commerce., the agency regulates the financial service…

verb

Move at a speed faster than a walk, never having both or all the feet on the ground at the same time.

Usage examples:

The dog ran across the road

noun

An act or spell of running.

Usage examples:

I usually go for a run in the morning

verb

Move fast by using one's feet

verb

To arrange and control an event carefully in order to achieve the result you want

Usage examples:

Many people have become cynical about the stage-managed debates between politicians which regularly…

verb

Be responsible for the management or arrangement of (an activity or organization); oversee.

Usage examples:

He superintended a land reclamation scheme

verb

To be officially in charge of a process or activity

Usage examples:

The attorney general has been stripped of his role in superintending prosecutions.

verb

Observe and direct the execution of (a task or activity).

Usage examples:

The sergeant left to supervise the loading of the lorries

verb

Watch and direct