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# foreman

noun (a foreman, foremen)

«foreman» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A worker in charge of a group of workers, for example on a building site or in a factory. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/foreman/#m1)
2. (law) The person who speaks for a jury in court. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/foreman/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday and story settings: «the foreman of the building site» gives orders to the builders. In court stories, «the jury foreman» reads out the verdict. Modern gender-neutral words: supervisor, forewoman, foreperson.

### Examples

- The foreman told the builders where to start. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/foreman/#x1)
- My uncle is a foreman at the factory. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/foreman/#x2)
- The foreman checked everyone was wearing a hard hat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/foreman/#x3)
- The jury foreman stood up to give the verdict. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/foreman/#x4)
- Ask the foreman before you go on site. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/foreman/#x5)
- The foreman counted the workers each morning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/foreman/#x6)

### Note

Plural: foremen (like man/men). Not «fourman». Gender-neutral: supervisor or foreperson.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «foreman» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/foreman/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«foreman» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/foreman.html) on Mova free.