What does it mean when someone reports to somebody?





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I checked "report" and "report to" with the dictionaries and over the Internet. But didn't find any satisfactory meaning matching this example. So it's still nonsense to me.
Here is the example:




Hi Yury, thanks for the connect! Wanted to reach out as I lead a team
that places .NET Developers here in the DC area, we have done work
with SuperFlower in the past in terms of staffing and have a signed
agreement by John Smith. Saw there was a .NET role posted on the
website, does that report to you? Sophie




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    When A reports to B, it means that B is a boss, B is a manager over A, B manages A, B controls A. Taking into account this logics she probably asked me if I posted that .NET role or if I can control that posted message. She probably mean that this .NET role was posted on our corporate website (SuperFlower company website) and I probably a manager responsible for recruiting...
    – Yury Shpakov
    38 mins ago



















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I checked "report" and "report to" with the dictionaries and over the Internet. But didn't find any satisfactory meaning matching this example. So it's still nonsense to me.
Here is the example:




Hi Yury, thanks for the connect! Wanted to reach out as I lead a team
that places .NET Developers here in the DC area, we have done work
with SuperFlower in the past in terms of staffing and have a signed
agreement by John Smith. Saw there was a .NET role posted on the
website, does that report to you? Sophie




So what did she mean by "to report to"?










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  • 1




    When A reports to B, it means that B is a boss, B is a manager over A, B manages A, B controls A. Taking into account this logics she probably asked me if I posted that .NET role or if I can control that posted message. She probably mean that this .NET role was posted on our corporate website (SuperFlower company website) and I probably a manager responsible for recruiting...
    – Yury Shpakov
    38 mins ago















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I checked "report" and "report to" with the dictionaries and over the Internet. But didn't find any satisfactory meaning matching this example. So it's still nonsense to me.
Here is the example:




Hi Yury, thanks for the connect! Wanted to reach out as I lead a team
that places .NET Developers here in the DC area, we have done work
with SuperFlower in the past in terms of staffing and have a signed
agreement by John Smith. Saw there was a .NET role posted on the
website, does that report to you? Sophie




So what did she mean by "to report to"?










share|improve this question













I checked "report" and "report to" with the dictionaries and over the Internet. But didn't find any satisfactory meaning matching this example. So it's still nonsense to me.
Here is the example:




Hi Yury, thanks for the connect! Wanted to reach out as I lead a team
that places .NET Developers here in the DC area, we have done work
with SuperFlower in the past in terms of staffing and have a signed
agreement by John Smith. Saw there was a .NET role posted on the
website, does that report to you? Sophie




So what did she mean by "to report to"?







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    When A reports to B, it means that B is a boss, B is a manager over A, B manages A, B controls A. Taking into account this logics she probably asked me if I posted that .NET role or if I can control that posted message. She probably mean that this .NET role was posted on our corporate website (SuperFlower company website) and I probably a manager responsible for recruiting...
    – Yury Shpakov
    38 mins ago
















  • 1




    When A reports to B, it means that B is a boss, B is a manager over A, B manages A, B controls A. Taking into account this logics she probably asked me if I posted that .NET role or if I can control that posted message. She probably mean that this .NET role was posted on our corporate website (SuperFlower company website) and I probably a manager responsible for recruiting...
    – Yury Shpakov
    38 mins ago










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When A reports to B, it means that B is a boss, B is a manager over A, B manages A, B controls A. Taking into account this logics she probably asked me if I posted that .NET role or if I can control that posted message. She probably mean that this .NET role was posted on our corporate website (SuperFlower company website) and I probably a manager responsible for recruiting...
– Yury Shpakov
38 mins ago






When A reports to B, it means that B is a boss, B is a manager over A, B manages A, B controls A. Taking into account this logics she probably asked me if I posted that .NET role or if I can control that posted message. She probably mean that this .NET role was posted on our corporate website (SuperFlower company website) and I probably a manager responsible for recruiting...
– Yury Shpakov
38 mins ago












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Upon first reading this I thought it might be an incorrect usage of the word. If the author did mean "report to," in this context she is asking whether or not the .NET role is a position to which you are the superior.






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  • So she waned to know if I'm a boss over the positions performing .NET role -- in other word if .NET developers reports to me?
    – Yury Shpakov
    28 mins ago












  • @YuryShpakov For example, the vice president reports to the president. So, to whom would the person filling this particular .NET role report?
    – Jason Bassford
    14 mins ago












  • When "someone reports to someone" it's clear to me - pretty common usage (boss-subordinate). But I got confused when "something reports to someone". But in this example by "something reports to someone" she actually meant "(someone performing) something reports to someone". I guess the dictionaries need to be extended with that meaning/usage.
    – Yury Shpakov
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Upon first reading this I thought it might be an incorrect usage of the word. If the author did mean "report to," in this context she is asking whether or not the .NET role is a position to which you are the superior.






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  • So she waned to know if I'm a boss over the positions performing .NET role -- in other word if .NET developers reports to me?
    – Yury Shpakov
    28 mins ago












  • @YuryShpakov For example, the vice president reports to the president. So, to whom would the person filling this particular .NET role report?
    – Jason Bassford
    14 mins ago












  • When "someone reports to someone" it's clear to me - pretty common usage (boss-subordinate). But I got confused when "something reports to someone". But in this example by "something reports to someone" she actually meant "(someone performing) something reports to someone". I guess the dictionaries need to be extended with that meaning/usage.
    – Yury Shpakov
    8 mins ago















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Upon first reading this I thought it might be an incorrect usage of the word. If the author did mean "report to," in this context she is asking whether or not the .NET role is a position to which you are the superior.






share|improve this answer










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P. O'Connell is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
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  • So she waned to know if I'm a boss over the positions performing .NET role -- in other word if .NET developers reports to me?
    – Yury Shpakov
    28 mins ago












  • @YuryShpakov For example, the vice president reports to the president. So, to whom would the person filling this particular .NET role report?
    – Jason Bassford
    14 mins ago












  • When "someone reports to someone" it's clear to me - pretty common usage (boss-subordinate). But I got confused when "something reports to someone". But in this example by "something reports to someone" she actually meant "(someone performing) something reports to someone". I guess the dictionaries need to be extended with that meaning/usage.
    – Yury Shpakov
    8 mins ago













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Upon first reading this I thought it might be an incorrect usage of the word. If the author did mean "report to," in this context she is asking whether or not the .NET role is a position to which you are the superior.






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Upon first reading this I thought it might be an incorrect usage of the word. If the author did mean "report to," in this context she is asking whether or not the .NET role is a position to which you are the superior.







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  • So she waned to know if I'm a boss over the positions performing .NET role -- in other word if .NET developers reports to me?
    – Yury Shpakov
    28 mins ago












  • @YuryShpakov For example, the vice president reports to the president. So, to whom would the person filling this particular .NET role report?
    – Jason Bassford
    14 mins ago












  • When "someone reports to someone" it's clear to me - pretty common usage (boss-subordinate). But I got confused when "something reports to someone". But in this example by "something reports to someone" she actually meant "(someone performing) something reports to someone". I guess the dictionaries need to be extended with that meaning/usage.
    – Yury Shpakov
    8 mins ago


















  • So she waned to know if I'm a boss over the positions performing .NET role -- in other word if .NET developers reports to me?
    – Yury Shpakov
    28 mins ago












  • @YuryShpakov For example, the vice president reports to the president. So, to whom would the person filling this particular .NET role report?
    – Jason Bassford
    14 mins ago












  • When "someone reports to someone" it's clear to me - pretty common usage (boss-subordinate). But I got confused when "something reports to someone". But in this example by "something reports to someone" she actually meant "(someone performing) something reports to someone". I guess the dictionaries need to be extended with that meaning/usage.
    – Yury Shpakov
    8 mins ago
















So she waned to know if I'm a boss over the positions performing .NET role -- in other word if .NET developers reports to me?
– Yury Shpakov
28 mins ago






So she waned to know if I'm a boss over the positions performing .NET role -- in other word if .NET developers reports to me?
– Yury Shpakov
28 mins ago














@YuryShpakov For example, the vice president reports to the president. So, to whom would the person filling this particular .NET role report?
– Jason Bassford
14 mins ago






@YuryShpakov For example, the vice president reports to the president. So, to whom would the person filling this particular .NET role report?
– Jason Bassford
14 mins ago














When "someone reports to someone" it's clear to me - pretty common usage (boss-subordinate). But I got confused when "something reports to someone". But in this example by "something reports to someone" she actually meant "(someone performing) something reports to someone". I guess the dictionaries need to be extended with that meaning/usage.
– Yury Shpakov
8 mins ago




When "someone reports to someone" it's clear to me - pretty common usage (boss-subordinate). But I got confused when "something reports to someone". But in this example by "something reports to someone" she actually meant "(someone performing) something reports to someone". I guess the dictionaries need to be extended with that meaning/usage.
– Yury Shpakov
8 mins ago


















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