boss
To exercise authoritative control overTo exercise authoritative control over; to tell (someone) what to do, often repeatedly.
» Our boss is hard to please.
Нашему начальнику трудно угодить.
Нашому босу важко догодити.
Нашому начальнику важко догодити.
Meaning
2 senses(transitive)To exercise authoritative control over; to tell (someone) what to do, often repeatedly.
ука́зыватьukázyvatʹ, распоряжа́тьсяrasporjažátʹsja, кома́ндоватьkomándovatʹ
(transitive)To decorate with bosses; to emboss.
- raise in a relief
Examples
1626 sentencesOur boss is hard to please.
Нашому босу важко догодити. — deniko
ruНашему начальнику трудно угодить. — marafon
Tom wants to be the boss.
Том хоче бути начальником. — deniko
I've had problems with my boss.
У мене проблеми з моїм начальником. — deniko
Have you met the new boss?
Ти знайомий із моїм новим босом? — deniko
ruТы виделся с новым боссом? — odexed
deHast du den neuen Boss getroffen? — dinkel_girl
Tom is no longer my boss.
Том мені більше не начальник. — deniko
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Borrowed from Dutch baas, from Middle Dutch baes (“master of a household, friend”), from OBorrowed from Dutch baas, from Middle Dutch baes (“master of a household, friend”), from Old Dutch *baso (“uncle, kinsman”), from Proto-West Germanic *baswō, from Proto-Germanic *baswô (“uncle”), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *ba-, *bō- (“father, older male relative”), source also of the English terms babe, boy, bub, bully. Cognate with Middle Low German bās (“supervisor, foreman”), Old Frisian bas (“master”), hence Saterland Frisian Boas (“boss”), Old High German basa (“father's sister, cousin”), hence German Base (“aunt, cousin”).
From Middle English bos, bose, boce, from Old French boce (“lump, bulge, protuberance, knot”), from Frankish *bottja, from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to hit, strike, beat”). Doublet of beat; see there for more.
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Forms
bosses, bossing, bossed, bossedPhrasal verbs
3 phrasal verbs- boss aroundхуліганTo act in a bossy manner with another person, ordering them to do things, whether or not one is actually their superior.
- boss upTo strive to reach one's goals through effort and determination; to start working hard.
- boss aboutTo act in a bossy manner toward (another person), ordering them to do things, whether or not one is actually their superior.
Synonyms
4 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
12 patterns- be the boss
- my boss is
- a good boss
- by his boss
- new boss
- asked his boss
- with my boss
- told his boss
- very good boss
- is my boss
- the boss is
- the new boss