/bɒs/
Translation
The person who is in charge and tells the workers what to do.
Word origin
From Dutch baas, meaning master, used for the person in charge.
- Origin
- Dutch
- Root
- baas
Grammar
Examples
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"Boss" is the person in charge of the workers.
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"Bosses" is the plural, meaning more than one boss.
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Here "boss" means the person who leads the others.
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(3)Grammar articles
(6)As vs like in English: swims like a fish, works as a waiter, and the truth about like I said
Causative have and get in English: have something done, get something done and having someone do it
Hedging and vague language in English: sort of, a bit, -ish, stuff and or so
Modal verbs in English: rules, examples and how to use them
Participle clauses in English: -ing and -ed clauses, and the dangling participle trap
Relative clauses in English: defining, non-defining and when to drop the pronoun
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