Foreman
noun
The person who is in charge of a group of workers.
The construction foreman instructed the workers on their tasks for the day.
Often appears as...
- construction foreman
- shop foreman
noun
The main juror in a jury who speaks for them.
The jury foreman revealed the final verdict to the court.
Often appears as...
- jury foreman
- foreman of the jury
Usage tips
Legal
noun
The person who is in charge of a group of workers.
The construction foreman instructed the workers on their tasks for the day.
Often appears as...
- construction foreman
- shop foreman
noun
The main juror in a jury who speaks for them.
The jury foreman revealed the final verdict to the court.
Often appears as...
- jury foreman
- foreman of the jury
Usage tips
Legal
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Workplace Leader
The foreman is seen as an authority figure and leader on work sites, directing operations.
Under the foreman's guidance, the construction project advanced smoothly.
Pro Tip 2/3Expertise Implied
Often, a foreman has worked up from the ranks, demonstrating practical skills and knowledge.
Our shop foreman used to be the best mechanic on the floor.
Pro Tip 3/3First Point of Contact
Workers usually report directly to the foreman with questions or issues.
If you find a safety issue, tell the foreman immediately.
Pro Tip 1/3Workplace Leader
The foreman is seen as an authority figure and leader on work sites, directing operations.
Under the foreman's guidance, the construction project advanced smoothly.
Pro Tip 2/3Expertise Implied
Often, a foreman has worked up from the ranks, demonstrating practical skills and knowledge.
Our shop foreman used to be the best mechanic on the floor.
Pro Tip 3/3First Point of Contact
Workers usually report directly to the foreman with questions or issues.
If you find a safety issue, tell the foreman immediately.
Pro Tip 1/3Workplace Leader
The foreman is seen as an authority figure and leader on work sites, directing operations.
Under the foreman's guidance, the construction project advanced smoothly.
Pro Tip 2/3Expertise Implied
Often, a foreman has worked up from the ranks, demonstrating practical skills and knowledge.
Our shop foreman used to be the best mechanic on the floor.
Pro Tip 3/3First Point of Contact
Workers usually report directly to the foreman with questions or issues.
If you find a safety issue, tell the foreman immediately.
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What is Selective...
- OK. - Because all that? - There are fancy words for you. You're going to move the concrete and the steel. - That's what I like to hear. - That's it. So first thing, you'll need some protective gear. So there's some glasses and gloves you're going to need throughout the day, and here is a pen and paper in case you want to take notes. That's your call. - Notes? - A foreman take notes? - I didn't come to do trigonometry. - OK, that's your call.
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What's a snollygoster? A...
presides over a meeting it was like the the foreman of the jury and it didn't have much more grandeur than the term foreman or overseer there were occasional presidents of little colonial councils and bits of government but it was really a nothing title and that's why the Senate objected to it they said that's ridiculous you can't call him
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David Holt: The stories...
and I told it at a concert. My mom was in the audience. After the -- she was glad to have a story about herself, of course, but after the concert she came up and she said, "David, I've got to tell you something. I set that whole thing up. I set it up with the foreman. I set it up with the owner of the land.
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Creative houses from...
Labor is disproportionately more expensive than materials well that's just a myth there's a story Jim told us one of the guys I trained I said Jim it's time now I got a job for you as a foreman on a framing crew it's time for you to go down I just don't think I'm
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Sting: How I started...
of people I'd known, and they become characters in a kind of three-dimensional drama, where they explain who they are, what they do, their hopes and their fears for the future. This is Jackie White. He's the foreman of the shipyard. My name is Jackie White,
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A juror's reflections on...
The final juror that I spoke to was Ken. Ken was the foreman of the jury. When we sat down to talk, it was apparent that he was deeply saddened by what we were required to do. He relived the day that he left the courthouse and he drove home
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Part Ape, Part Human:...
then as they started drilling these holes for the dynamite the foreman probably walked up the hill found all these easy-to-get caves and they had then gone and destroyed every one of those 46 caves and as I said that
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Blood, concrete, and...
But the most dangerous work was still ahead. Over 1 million cubic meters of loose rock needed to be cleared from the canyon walls. So foremen brought in high scalers who descended the cliffs on ropes,
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Ben Dunlap: The...
They toured the facility and were asked if there were any questions, and inevitably the same question "Is this plant integrated or what?" And one of the white foremen stepped forward and said,
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Neil Pasricha: The 3 A's...
And that's the sad part. The cashiers at your grocery store, the foreman at your plant, the guy tailgating you home on the highway, the telemarketer calling you during dinner,
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What is Selective...
- OK. - Because all that? - There are fancy words for you. You're going to move the concrete and the steel. - That's what I like to hear. - That's it. So first thing, you'll need some protective gear. So there's some glasses and gloves you're going to need throughout the day, and here is a pen and paper in case you want to take notes. That's your call. - Notes? - A foreman take notes? - I didn't come to do trigonometry. - OK, that's your call.
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What's a snollygoster? A...
presides over a meeting it was like the the foreman of the jury and it didn't have much more grandeur than the term foreman or overseer there were occasional presidents of little colonial councils and bits of government but it was really a nothing title and that's why the Senate objected to it they said that's ridiculous you can't call him
Video examples
David Holt: The stories...
and I told it at a concert. My mom was in the audience. After the -- she was glad to have a story about herself, of course, but after the concert she came up and she said, "David, I've got to tell you something. I set that whole thing up. I set it up with the foreman. I set it up with the owner of the land.
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Creative houses from...
Labor is disproportionately more expensive than materials well that's just a myth there's a story Jim told us one of the guys I trained I said Jim it's time now I got a job for you as a foreman on a framing crew it's time for you to go down I just don't think I'm
Video examples
Sting: How I started...
of people I'd known, and they become characters in a kind of three-dimensional drama, where they explain who they are, what they do, their hopes and their fears for the future. This is Jackie White. He's the foreman of the shipyard. My name is Jackie White,
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A juror's reflections on...
The final juror that I spoke to was Ken. Ken was the foreman of the jury. When we sat down to talk, it was apparent that he was deeply saddened by what we were required to do. He relived the day that he left the courthouse and he drove home
Video examples
Part Ape, Part Human:...
then as they started drilling these holes for the dynamite the foreman probably walked up the hill found all these easy-to-get caves and they had then gone and destroyed every one of those 46 caves and as I said that
Video examples
Blood, concrete, and...
But the most dangerous work was still ahead. Over 1 million cubic meters of loose rock needed to be cleared from the canyon walls. So foremen brought in high scalers who descended the cliffs on ropes,
Video examples
Ben Dunlap: The...
They toured the facility and were asked if there were any questions, and inevitably the same question "Is this plant integrated or what?" And one of the white foremen stepped forward and said,
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Neil Pasricha: The 3 A's...
And that's the sad part. The cashiers at your grocery store, the foreman at your plant, the guy tailgating you home on the highway, the telemarketer calling you during dinner,
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Raymond Carver
American Writer
For a long time I wanted to do the kind of work my dad did. He was going to ask his foreman at the mill to put me on after I graduated. So I worked at the mill for about six months. But I hated the work and knew from the first day I didn't want to do that for the rest of my life.
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William Pepper
American Scientist
Foreman told Ray to plead guilty and he'd then give his brother $500, if Ray didn't cause any problems at the guilty plea hearing, and he could take that $500 and hire a lawyer to set aside the plea. Foreman actually put that in writing.
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Hayao Miyazaki
Japanese Director
I am an animator. I feel like I'm the manager of a animation cinema factory. I am not an executive. I'm rather like a foreman, like the boss of a team of craftsmen. That is the spirit of how I work.
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Adrian Dunbar
Irish Actor
My father was a foreman on building sites and he was really good at getting a day's work out of fellas. And he did it without being a tyrant. He was a good guy.
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Ronald Perelman
American Businessman
I was the night foreman of a galvanizing factory, which is hot and smelly and dirty and miserable.
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Raymond Carver
American Writer
For a long time I wanted to do the kind of work my dad did. He was going to ask his foreman at the mill to put me on after I graduated. So I worked at the mill for about six months. But I hated the work and knew from the first day I didn't want to do that for the rest of my life.
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William Pepper
American Scientist
Foreman told Ray to plead guilty and he'd then give his brother $500, if Ray didn't cause any problems at the guilty plea hearing, and he could take that $500 and hire a lawyer to set aside the plea. Foreman actually put that in writing.
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Hayao Miyazaki
Japanese Director
I am an animator. I feel like I'm the manager of a animation cinema factory. I am not an executive. I'm rather like a foreman, like the boss of a team of craftsmen. That is the spirit of how I work.
Quote examples
Adrian Dunbar
Irish Actor
My father was a foreman on building sites and he was really good at getting a day's work out of fellas. And he did it without being a tyrant. He was a good guy.
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Ronald Perelman
American Businessman
I was the night foreman of a galvanizing factory, which is hot and smelly and dirty and miserable.
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