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Meaning boss meaning
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Synonyms boss synonyms
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Conjugation boss conjugation
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boss · verb
Present I boss
Positive I boss
Singular
1st person I boss
2nd person you boss
3rd person he/she/it bosses
Plural
1st person we boss
2nd person you boss
3rd person they boss
Negative I don't boss
Singular
1st person I don't boss I do not boss
2nd person you don't boss you do not boss
3rd person he/she/it doesn't boss he/she/it does not boss
Plural
1st person we don't boss we do not boss
2nd person you don't boss you do not boss
3rd person they don't boss they do not boss
Question do I boss?
Singular
1st person do I boss?
2nd person do you boss?
3rd person does he/she/it boss?
Plural
1st person do we boss?
2nd person do you boss?
3rd person do they boss?
Negative question don't I boss?
Singular
1st person don't I boss? do I not boss?
2nd person don't you boss? do you not boss?
3rd person doesn't he/she/it boss? does he/she/it not boss?
Plural
1st person don't we boss? do we not boss?
2nd person don't you boss? do you not boss?
3rd person don't they boss? do they not boss?
Past I bossed
Positive I bossed
Singular
1st person I bossed
2nd person you bossed
3rd person he/she/it bossed
Plural
1st person we bossed
2nd person you bossed
3rd person they bossed
Negative I didn't boss
Singular
1st person I didn't boss I did not boss
2nd person you didn't boss you did not boss
3rd person he/she/it didn't boss he/she/it did not boss
Plural
1st person we didn't boss we did not boss
2nd person you didn't boss you did not boss
3rd person they didn't boss they did not boss
Question did I boss?
Singular
1st person did I boss?
2nd person did you boss?
3rd person did he/she/it boss?
Plural
1st person did we boss?
2nd person did you boss?
3rd person did they boss?
Negative question didn't I boss?
Singular
1st person didn't I boss? did I not boss?
2nd person didn't you boss? did you not boss?
3rd person didn't he/she/it boss? did he/she/it not boss?
Plural
1st person didn't we boss? did we not boss?
2nd person didn't you boss? did you not boss?
3rd person didn't they boss? did they not boss?
Future I'll boss
Positive I'll boss
Singular
1st person I'll boss I will boss
2nd person you'll boss you will boss
3rd person he/she/it'll boss he/she/it will boss
Plural
1st person we'll boss we will boss
2nd person you'll boss you will boss
3rd person they'll boss they will boss
Negative I won't boss
Singular
1st person I won't boss I will not boss
2nd person you won't boss you will not boss
3rd person he/she/it won't boss he/she/it will not boss
Plural
1st person we won't boss we will not boss
2nd person you won't boss you will not boss
3rd person they won't boss they will not boss
Question will I boss?
Singular
1st person will I boss?
2nd person will you boss?
3rd person will he/she/it boss?
Plural
1st person will we boss?
2nd person will you boss?
3rd person will they boss?
Negative question won't I boss?
Singular
1st person won't I boss? will I not boss?
2nd person won't you boss? will you not boss?
3rd person won't he/she/it boss? will he/she/it not boss?
Plural
1st person won't we boss? will we not boss?
2nd person won't you boss? will you not boss?
3rd person won't they boss? will they not boss?
Conditional I'd boss
Positive I'd boss
Singular
1st person I'd boss I would boss
2nd person you'd boss you would boss
3rd person he/she/it'd boss he/she/it would boss
Plural
1st person we'd boss we would boss
2nd person you'd boss you would boss
3rd person they'd boss they would boss
Negative I wouldn't boss
Singular
1st person I wouldn't boss I would not boss
2nd person you wouldn't boss you would not boss
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't boss he/she/it would not boss
Plural
1st person we wouldn't boss we would not boss
2nd person you wouldn't boss you would not boss
3rd person they wouldn't boss they would not boss
Question would I boss?
Singular
1st person would I boss?
2nd person would you boss?
3rd person would he/she/it boss?
Plural
1st person would we boss?
2nd person would you boss?
3rd person would they boss?
Negative question wouldn't I boss?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I boss? would I not boss?
2nd person wouldn't you boss? would you not boss?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it boss? would he/she/it not boss?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we boss? would we not boss?
2nd person wouldn't you boss? would you not boss?
3rd person wouldn't they boss? would they not boss?
Present continuous I'm bossing
Positive I'm bossing
Singular
1st person I'm bossing I am bossing
2nd person you're bossing you are bossing
3rd person he/she/it's bossing he/she/it is bossing
Plural
1st person we're bossing we are bossing
2nd person you're bossing you are bossing
3rd person they're bossing they are bossing
Negative I'm not bossing
Singular
1st person I'm not bossing I am not bossing
2nd person you aren't bossing you're not bossing you are not bossing
3rd person he/she/it isn't bossing he/she/it's not bossing he/she/it is not bossing
Plural
1st person we aren't bossing we're not bossing we are not bossing
2nd person you aren't bossing you're not bossing you are not bossing
3rd person they aren't bossing they're not bossing they are not bossing
Question am I bossing?
Singular
1st person am I bossing?
2nd person are you bossing?
3rd person is he/she/it bossing?
Plural
1st person are we bossing?
2nd person are you bossing?
3rd person are they bossing?
Negative question aren't I bossing?
Singular
1st person aren't I bossing? am I not bossing?
2nd person aren't you bossing? are you not bossing?
3rd person isn't he/she/it bossing? is he/she/it not bossing?
Plural
1st person aren't we bossing? are we not bossing?
2nd person aren't you bossing? are you not bossing?
3rd person aren't they bossing? are they not bossing?
Past continuous I was bossing
Positive I was bossing
Singular
1st person I was bossing
2nd person you were bossing
3rd person he/she/it was bossing
Plural
1st person we were bossing
2nd person you were bossing
3rd person they were bossing
Negative I wasn't bossing
Singular
1st person I wasn't bossing I was not bossing
2nd person you weren't bossing you were not bossing
3rd person he/she/it wasn't bossing he/she/it was not bossing
Plural
1st person we weren't bossing we were not bossing
2nd person you weren't bossing you were not bossing
3rd person they weren't bossing they were not bossing
Question was I bossing?
Singular
1st person was I bossing?
2nd person were you bossing?
3rd person was he/she/it bossing?
Plural
1st person were we bossing?
2nd person were you bossing?
3rd person were they bossing?
Negative question wasn't I bossing?
Singular
1st person wasn't I bossing? was I not bossing?
2nd person weren't you bossing? were you not bossing?
3rd person wasn't he/she/it bossing? was he/she/it not bossing?
Plural
1st person weren't we bossing? were we not bossing?
2nd person weren't you bossing? were you not bossing?
3rd person weren't they bossing? were they not bossing?
Future continuous I'll be bossing
Positive I'll be bossing
Singular
1st person I'll be bossing I will be bossing
2nd person you'll be bossing you will be bossing
3rd person he/she/it'll be bossing he/she/it will be bossing
Plural
1st person we'll be bossing we will be bossing
2nd person you'll be bossing you will be bossing
3rd person they'll be bossing they will be bossing
Negative I won't be bossing
Singular
1st person I won't be bossing I will not be bossing
2nd person you won't be bossing you will not be bossing
3rd person he/she/it won't be bossing he/she/it will not be bossing
Plural
1st person we won't be bossing we will not be bossing
2nd person you won't be bossing you will not be bossing
3rd person they won't be bossing they will not be bossing
Question will I be bossing?
Singular
1st person will I be bossing?
2nd person will you be bossing?
3rd person will he/she/it be bossing?
Plural
1st person will we be bossing?
2nd person will you be bossing?
3rd person will they be bossing?
Negative question won't I be bossing?
Singular
1st person won't I be bossing? will I not be bossing?
2nd person won't you be bossing? will you not be bossing?
3rd person won't he/she/it be bossing? will he/she/it not be bossing?
Plural
1st person won't we be bossing? will we not be bossing?
2nd person won't you be bossing? will you not be bossing?
3rd person won't they be bossing? will they not be bossing?
Conditional continuous I'd be bossing
Positive I'd be bossing
Singular
1st person I'd be bossing I would be bossing
2nd person you'd be bossing you would be bossing
3rd person he/she/it'd be bossing he/she/it would be bossing
Plural
1st person we'd be bossing we would be bossing
2nd person you'd be bossing you would be bossing
3rd person they'd be bossing they would be bossing
Negative I wouldn't be bossing
Singular
1st person I wouldn't be bossing I would not be bossing
2nd person you wouldn't be bossing you would not be bossing
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't be bossing he/she/it would not be bossing
Plural
1st person we wouldn't be bossing we would not be bossing
2nd person you wouldn't be bossing you would not be bossing
3rd person they wouldn't be bossing they would not be bossing
Question would I be bossing?
Singular
1st person would I be bossing?
2nd person would you be bossing?
3rd person would he/she/it be bossing?
Plural
1st person would we be bossing?
2nd person would you be bossing?
3rd person would they be bossing?
Negative question wouldn't I be bossing?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I be bossing? would I not be bossing?
2nd person wouldn't you be bossing? would you not be bossing?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it be bossing? would he/she/it not be bossing?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we be bossing? would we not be bossing?
2nd person wouldn't you be bossing? would you not be bossing?
3rd person wouldn't they be bossing? would they not be bossing?
Present perfect I've bossed
Positive I've bossed
Singular
1st person I've bossed I have bossed
2nd person you've bossed you have bossed
3rd person he/she/it's bossed he/she/it has bossed
Plural
1st person we've bossed we have bossed
2nd person you've bossed you have bossed
3rd person they've bossed they have bossed
Negative I haven't bossed
Singular
1st person I haven't bossed I have not bossed
2nd person you haven't bossed you have not bossed
3rd person he/she/it hasn't bossed he/she/it has not bossed
Plural
1st person we haven't bossed we have not bossed
2nd person you haven't bossed you have not bossed
3rd person they haven't bossed they have not bossed
Question have I bossed?
Singular
1st person have I bossed?
2nd person have you bossed?
3rd person has he/she/it bossed?
Plural
1st person have we bossed?
2nd person have you bossed?
3rd person have they bossed?
Negative question haven't I bossed?
Singular
1st person haven't I bossed? have I not bossed?
2nd person haven't you bossed? have you not bossed?
3rd person hasn't he/she/it bossed? has he/she/it not bossed?
Plural
1st person haven't we bossed? have we not bossed?
2nd person haven't you bossed? have you not bossed?
3rd person haven't they bossed? have they not bossed?
Past perfect I had bossed
Positive I had bossed
Singular
1st person I had bossed
2nd person you had bossed
3rd person he/she/it had bossed
Plural
1st person we had bossed
2nd person you had bossed
3rd person they had bossed
Negative I hadn't bossed
Singular
1st person I hadn't bossed I had not bossed
2nd person you hadn't bossed you had not bossed
3rd person he/she/it hadn't bossed he/she/it had not bossed
Plural
1st person we hadn't bossed we had not bossed
2nd person you hadn't bossed you had not bossed
3rd person they hadn't bossed they had not bossed
Question had I bossed?
Singular
1st person had I bossed?
2nd person had you bossed?
3rd person had he/she/it bossed?
Plural
1st person had we bossed?
2nd person had you bossed?
3rd person had they bossed?
Negative question hadn't I bossed?
Singular
1st person hadn't I bossed? had I not bossed?
2nd person hadn't you bossed? had you not bossed?
3rd person hadn't he/she/it bossed? had he/she/it not bossed?
Plural
1st person hadn't we bossed? had we not bossed?
2nd person hadn't you bossed? had you not bossed?
3rd person hadn't they bossed? had they not bossed?
Future perfect I'll have bossed
Positive I'll have bossed
Singular
1st person I'll have bossed I will have bossed
2nd person you'll have bossed you will have bossed
3rd person he/she/it'll have bossed he/she/it will have bossed
Plural
1st person we'll have bossed we will have bossed
2nd person you'll have bossed you will have bossed
3rd person they'll have bossed they will have bossed
Negative I won't have bossed
Singular
1st person I won't have bossed I will not have bossed
2nd person you won't have bossed you will not have bossed
3rd person he/she/it won't have bossed he/she/it will not have bossed
Plural
1st person we won't have bossed we will not have bossed
2nd person you won't have bossed you will not have bossed
3rd person they won't have bossed they will not have bossed
Question +'ll I have bossed?
Singular
1st person +'ll I have bossed? will I have bossed?
2nd person +'ll you have bossed? will you have bossed?
3rd person +'ll he/she/it have bossed? will he/she/it have bossed?
Plural
1st person +'ll we have bossed? will we have bossed?
2nd person +'ll you have bossed? will you have bossed?
3rd person +'ll they have bossed? will they have bossed?
Negative question won't I have bossed?
Singular
1st person won't I have bossed? will I not have bossed?
2nd person won't you have bossed? will you not have bossed?
3rd person won't he/she/it have bossed? will he/she/it not have bossed?
Plural
1st person won't we have bossed? will we not have bossed?
2nd person won't you have bossed? will you not have bossed?
3rd person won't they have bossed? will they not have bossed?
Conditional perfect I'd have bossed
Positive I'd have bossed
Singular
1st person I'd have bossed I would have bossed
2nd person you'd have bossed you would have bossed
3rd person he/she/it'd have bossed he/she/it would have bossed
Plural
1st person we'd have bossed we would have bossed
2nd person you'd have bossed you would have bossed
3rd person they'd have bossed they would have bossed
Negative I wouldn't have bossed
Singular
1st person I wouldn't have bossed I would not have bossed
2nd person you wouldn't have bossed you would not have bossed
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't have bossed he/she/it would not have bossed
Plural
1st person we wouldn't have bossed we would not have bossed
2nd person you wouldn't have bossed you would not have bossed
3rd person they wouldn't have bossed they would not have bossed
Question would I have bossed?
Singular
1st person would I have bossed?
2nd person would you have bossed?
3rd person would he/she/it have bossed?
Plural
1st person would we have bossed?
2nd person would you have bossed?
3rd person would they have bossed?
Negative question wouldn't I have bossed?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I have bossed? would I not have bossed?
2nd person wouldn't you have bossed? would you not have bossed?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it have bossed? would he/she/it not have bossed?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we have bossed? would we not have bossed?
2nd person wouldn't you have bossed? would you not have bossed?
3rd person wouldn't they have bossed? would they not have bossed?
Imperative boss!
Positive
you boss!
we let's boss!
Negative
you don't boss!
we let's not boss!
Examples boss examples
How do I use boss in a sentence?
Simple sentences
My boss is very cheerful today.
The lie got him in trouble when his boss found out the truth.
I do not have the courage to ask my boss to lend me his car.
She thinks of her boss as a father.
I told my boss over the phone that I would be going straight home without returning to the company.
The boss sent Tom to Boston on business.
If you want more details about that, you'll have to ask my boss.
My boss is very strict.
I brought the documents to my boss.
My boss told me that he was dissatisfied with me.
I don't want him to be my boss.
Tom complained about me to the boss. He will regret it.
I don't want Tom to be my boss.
I don't want Tom to be my boss because he is an idiot.
You talk as if you were the boss.
The boss could not approve of what one of his men did.
The boss made them work day and night.
The boss has a good opinion of your work.
The boss called him out for his blunders.
The boss has been on his high horse all month long.
The boss called Jim into his office and gave him his pink slip.
When the boss checks our expenses it can be pretty dicey. He knows how to read between the lines.
Put me through to the boss, please.
I can't keep this up. It's an emotional roller coaster around here and all we have to do is look at the boss's face to know whether everybody is going to be happy or sad.
I've come under pressure from my boss.
The boss said this group is a real mixed bag. I wonder if he places me with the wheat or the chaff.
Lisa, this is Mr Murata. He's my boss.
Can you figure out why the boss is so unfriendly this week?
Who is the boss of this company?
Between you and me, I think our boss is stupid.
Our boss is hard to please.
I did that work on the orders of my boss.
Movie subtitles
Oh, that would be so boss.
OK. Thanks, boss.
Hi, boss.
He's not here, boss.
You're a generous boss.
Well, my boss called, saying we were holding back exemptions for a couple months.
Just kidding, boss.
Abigail's your boss.
I told my boss.
But he is your boss.
Our new boss!
Fear of the big boss forces them to settle the fight outside.
The boss sent me to replace you.
His boss convinced him that all Russians were savages.
Boss! Mr. Charmasson is coming.
The boss isn't a loafer like you!
Be careful, boss.
Where are you going, boss?
Boss, I want to go to Algiers with you.
Want some wine, boss?
Your package, boss.
The boss has found a new guy!
What's my boss up to?
Got a good wagon boss for the trip? Red Flack.
He understands that you're the wagon boss.
You are the big boss man of the whole yard.
Because from what you told me, it seems like you got locked in an elevator with your fine boss.
About my boss.
Maybe the boss was joking.
The girl has got the boss.
Poor girl, she will become our boss.
A little gift to our boss.
Boss, will you give me some money?
Where's the boss?
You don't think the big boss will object.
The boss is taking the air outside.
I'm the boss now.
The boss made speeches.. and the senator was there.
News and current affairs
That is why the Castro brothers dispatched the regime's number three boss, Ramiro Valdez, who has been involved in Cuban security since 1959, to keep watch on matters in Venezuela.
Obviously, Pakistani Prime Minister Mir Zafarulla Khan Jamali will be able to offer no satisfactory answer to this question--not when he has to go home and report to his boss, the General-turned-President Pervez Musharraf.
Bo's ex-police chief, who is said to have done the dirty work, embarrassed the Party by fleeing to the US consulate in Chengdu in February, after he fell out with his boss.
In other words, Bo bore all the hallmarks of a gangster boss: corrupt, ruthless towards his enemies, contemptuous of the law, and yet moralistic in his self-presentation.
After the demonstration, China's government adopted a hands-on approach, letting the people of Hong Kong know who the boss really is.
It is no surprise, then, that for the last 400 years Don Quixote and Panza have bred many relatives and successors, including countless buffoonish boss-and-servant couples.
If you don't take bribes, how can you pay off the boss?
In the end, listening carefully is the best way to show respect for anyone, customer or partner, friend or boss.
The new German boss of the IMF is, so far, making the right noises in negotiations with the Kremlin.
But the bad cop, Putin, is the real boss.
That spat not only prevented a merger, apparently welcomed by the market, with the Dutch firm KPN, it put the Spanish Security and Exchange Commission (CNMV) in a difficult spot as broker between government and a powerful company boss.
Other than drive his boss around and attend meetings, he did nothing more to promote the terrorist attacks of September 2001.
The son of a poor building worker, he had a meteoric rise through communist ranks to become party boss in the industrial city of Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg) in the Urals.
We extend this simple notion through all of our reasoning about the world: man and woman, boss and employee, love and hate, left and right.
It also appointed Kalmay Khalilzad, another former Unocal consultant --indeed, Karzai's boss--as special US envoy.
In the first episode of A Touch of Sin, the local boss has become a private-plane-owning billionaire by stripping and selling all of his region's collective assets.
So the arrest of Politburo member and Shanghai Communist Party boss Chen Liangyu on corruption charges has sent shock waves across the country.
When Mao Zedong purged his most senior Party boss, Liu Shaoqi, during the Cultural Revolution, Liu's wife was paraded through the streets wearing ping-pong balls around her neck as a symbol of wicked decadence and extravagance.
The entire operation is run by a close-knit group of men (women play no part in this murky business), all of whom are beholden to the boss.
Who has a boss or company that better supports reconciling work and family obligations?
In the opening session, Obama's special envoy, Denis Ross, was greeted with resounding silence when he conveyed to the participants his boss's warm wishes.
Pakistan also provides sanctuary to the Afghan Taliban's chief, Mullah Mohammad Omar (and also harbors a well-known international fugitive, the Indian organized crime boss Dawood Ibrahim).
The face of General Electric's longtime boss Jack Welch is in bookstore windows across China, although his latest book is probably a pirated edition because China still has a way to go on copyright protection.
Is the Boss Overpaid?
Who can be proud that Romania's last Communist boss, Nicolai Ceaucescu, and his wife were shot without even the semblance of a fair trial?
But what Russia needs is political parties that stand for something other than their boss's will.
But the sudden emergence of the 54-year-old Xi, a former Zhejiang Province party boss who became Shanghai's top cadre seven months ago, says much about the CCP's delicate factional balance and the behind-the-scenes jockeying.
The low-key Shanghai party boss is acceptable to Hu partly because the elder Xi was a comrade-in-arms of late liberal party chief Hu Yaobang, Hu's former mentor.