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Meaning of "switchboard operator" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR

switchboard operator  [ˈswɪtʃˌbɔːd ˈɒpəreɪtə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR

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Switchboard operator is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

switchboard operator

Switchboard operator

In the early days of telephony, through roughly the 1960s, companies used manual telephone switchboards and switchboard operators connected each call by inserting a pair of phone plugs into the appropriate jacks. Each pair of plugs was part of a cord circuit with a switch associated that let the operator participate in the call. Each jack had a light above it that lit when the telephone receiver was lifted. Lines from the central office were usually arranged along the bottom row. Before the advent of operator distance dialing and customer Direct Dial calling, switchboard operators would work with their counterparts in the distant central office to complete long distance calls. With the development of computerized telephone dialing systems, many telephone calls which previously required a live operator can be placed automatically by the calling party without additional human intervention. Switchboard operators are typically required to have very strong communication skills.

Definition of switchboard operator in the English dictionary

The definition of switchboard operator in the dictionary is a person who operates an installation in a telephone exchange, office, hotel, etc, at which the interconnection of telephone lines is manually controlled.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR


accelerator
ækˈsɛləˌreɪtə
administrator
ədˈmɪnɪˌstreɪtə
aerator
ˈɛəreɪtə
aerogenerator
ˈɛərəʊˌdʒɛnəreɪtə
ameliorator
əˈmiːljəreɪtə
co-operator
kəʊˈɒpəreɪtə
collaborator
kəˈlæbəreɪtə
cooperator
kəʊˈɒpəreɪtə
curator
kjʊəˈreɪtə
deaerator
diːˈɛəreɪtə
generator
ˈdʒɛnəˌreɪtə
Greater
ˈɡreɪtə
illustrator
ˈɪləstreɪtə
liberator
ˈlɪbəreɪtə
moderator
ˈmɒdəˌreɪtə
noncooperator
ˌnɒnkəʊˈɒpəreɪtə
operator
ˈɒpəˌreɪtə
refrigerator
rɪˈfrɪdʒəˌreɪtə
separator
ˈsɛpəˌreɪtə
vibrator
vaɪˈbreɪtə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR

switch on
switch selling
switch yard
switch-hit
switch-hitter
switchable
switchback
switchblade
switchblade knife
switchboard
switched-on
switched-star
switchel
switcher
switcheroo
switchgear
switchgirl
switchgrass
switchlike
switchman

WORDS THAT END LIKE SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR

arbitrator
calculator
comparator
configurator
demonstrator
evaporator
imperator
incinerator
incorporator
integrator
linear accelerator
machine operator
narrator
numerator
orator
particle accelerator
perpetrator
preparator
random number generator
respirator
tour operator

Synonyms and antonyms of switchboard operator in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «switchboard operator» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR

Find out the translation of switchboard operator to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of switchboard operator from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «switchboard operator» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

接线员
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

telefonista
570 millions of speakers

English

switchboard operator
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्विचबोर्ड ऑपरेटर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المشغل لوحة مفاتيح
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

оператор коммутатор
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

telefonista
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সুইচবোর্ড অপারেটর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

standardiste
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Operator papan suis
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Telefonistin
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

電話交換手
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

배전반 연산자
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Operator switchboard
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

điều hành tổng đài
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுவிட்ச்போர்டு ஆபரேட்டர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्विचबोर्ड ऑपरेटर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

santral memuru
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

centralinista
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

centrala operatora
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

оператор комутатор
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

operator de centrală
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χειριστής τηλεφωνικών κέντρων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skakelbord -operateur
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

telefonist
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sentralbordoperatør
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of switchboard operator

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR»

The term «switchboard operator» is quite widely used and occupies the 50.539 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about switchboard operator

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2 QUOTES WITH «SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word switchboard operator.
1
Harold Coffin
In the business world an executive knows something about everything, a technician knows everything about something and the switchboard operator knows everything.
2
Stephanie Courtney
I was a switchboard operator on the first season of 'Mad Men.' I was the oldest and bitterest.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR»

Discover the use of switchboard operator in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to switchboard operator and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Office Skills
HOW A SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR SHOULD DEAL WITH CALLS The switchboard operator deals with all incoming (external) telephone calls, re- routing (connecting) them to the person who has been asked for. The switchboard operator ...
Thelma J. Foster, 1994
2
Teletypewriter Circuits and Equipment (fundamentals).
Basic operational procedures which will apply to most installations are outlined in the subparagraphs immediately following. However, these procedures must not - be considered standard. a. Calling Switchboard Operator. The station operator ...
‎1991
3
Law Office Policy and Procedures Manual
4.3 Switchboard Operator/Receptionist 4.3.1 Telephone 1. Answering The switchboard operator /receptionist (hereafter "receptionist") answers all calls that come to the switchboard from inside or outside the office. External calls are answered ...
Howard I. Hatoff, Robert C. Wert, 2006
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Operator and Organizational Maintenance Manual Including ...
In one arrangement ((1) below), a radio operator is stationed at the AN/GSA-7, to make the RWI arrangements with the switchboard operator (B, fig. 6-15). In a second arrangement ((2) below), a telephone at the switchboard is continuously  ...
‎1965
5
Operator's and Organizational Maintenance Manual: Radio Sets ...
In one arrangement ((1) below), a radio operator is stationed at the AN/GSA-7 to make the RWI arrangements with the switchboard operator (B, fig. 6-11). In a second arrangement ((2) below), a telephone at the switchboard is continuously  ...
‎1981
6
Operator, Organizational, Direct Support, and General ...
This Converter automatically accepts calls from the central office automatic switchboard and alerts the two-wire manual switchboard operator when a request-for- service has been made. The manual switchboard operator responds to the ...
‎1988
7
Telephone Switchboard Operating Procedure
I his manual supersedes Tentative I'M 24-75, Telephone Suitchboord Operating Procedure, 30 October 194J, CHAPTER I TELEPHONE SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR 1. GENERAL. The primary responsibility of a telephone switchboard  ...
United States. War Dept, 1944
8
Occupational Outlook Handbook
Training may vary by place of employment — a switchboard operator in a hospital would learn how to handle different emergencies, for example. Since switchboard operators' duties may include clerical work, training in basic computer and ...
U.S. Department of Labor, 2008
9
Naval Firepower: Battleship Guns and Gunnery in the ...
A Plotter B Plotter C Clock Operator D Dial Operator E Switchboard Operator F Deflection Transmitter Operator G Turret Telephone and Voice Tube Operator H Electrician I Officer in Charge of Sub J Unused K Fire Control Switchboard ...
Norman Friedman, 2013
10
Operation and Maintenance Manual: Telephone, Central Office, ...
(3) Signal the switchboard operator in the AN/MTC-3. When the switchboard operator answers, check to be sure that transmission is satisfactory in both directions. (4) Before moving to the next trunk circuit, ask the switchboard operator to ...
‎1986

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term switchboard operator is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Way We Were: Park City's game of phones
In 1881, the American Bell Telephone Company issued a license to the Park ... of the 20th Century, all calls in Park City went through a switchboard operator. «The Park Record, Jul 15»
2
Top 10 'Mad Men' cameos: From Mr. Belding to Flo the Progressive …
Best known as the perky Flo from the Progressive Insurance commercials, Courtney also played a Sterling Cooper switchboard operator in several Season 1 ... «New York Daily News, May 15»
3
Norbert and me
This situation led me to take a part-time student job as switchboard operator for East Campus on the late night or graveyard shift, as it was called. If I were going ... «The MIT Tech, Mar 15»
4
Long Before Net Neutrality, Rules Leveled The Landscape For …
When there was an emergency people called the switchboard operators, says Dan Schiller, professor emeritus of communication at the University of Illinois. «NPR, Feb 15»
5
A switchboard operator made in heaven
A switchboard operator made in heaven. Longtime voice of the Free Press finally got the call that would take her home. By: Gordon Sinclair Jr. «Winnipeg Free Press, Feb 15»
6
Amnesty Protesters Crash Capitol Hill Switchboard
When quizzed by TheDC, the switchboard operator merely said “there is high call volume.” She declined to describe the level of calls. “My job is to answer and ... «Daily Caller, Dec 14»
7
Getting to know a hospital switchboard operator
VAN WERT — Sharon Melendez was 18-years-old and living in Florida when she first took training to become a switchboard operator. She noted that she felt at ... «Times Bulletin, Oct 14»
8
Top 10 endangered jobs face threat from technology, report says
Technology killed the switchboard operator, the lamp lighter and the ice cutter. ... of other fields, from flight attendants to drill press operators to lumberjacks. «Dallas Morning News, Aug 14»
9
Marcella M. Guenzel, 88, switchboard operator
During the war years, Marcy enjoyed working as a Wartime Switchboard Operator, connecting servicemen's first calls home. After the war, Marcy and Ed married ... «The Ridgefield Press, Jul 14»
10
Mad Men: “The Hobo Code”
This is contrasted with the person Sal does successfully flirt with, the new switchboard operator Lois Sadler. She loves listening to him talk to his mother in Italian ... «A.V. Club Milwaukee, Feb 14»

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