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chief
[ cheef ]
noun
- the head or leader of an organized body of people; the person highest in authority:
the chief of police.
- the head or ruler of a tribe or clan:
an Indian chief.
- Chief, U.S. Army. a title of some advisers to the Chief of Staff, who do not, in most instances, command the troop units of their arms or services:
Chief of Engineers;
Chief Signal Officer.
- Informal: Sometimes Offensive. boss or leader:
We'll have to talk to the chief about this.
- Heraldry.
- the upper area of an escutcheon.
- an ordinary occupying this area.
adjective
- highest in rank or authority:
the chief priest;
the chief administrator.
Antonyms:
- most important; principal:
his chief merit;
the chief difficulty.
Synonyms: , , , ,
adverb
- Archaic. chiefly; principally.
chief
/ ʃː /
noun
- the head, leader, or most important individual in a group or body of people
- another word for chieftain
- heraldry the upper third of a shield
- in chiefprimarily; especially
adjective
- prenominal
- most important; principal
- highest in rank or authority
adverb
- archaic.principally
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Other 51Թ Forms
- · adjective
- · noun
- ܲ· noun
- ܲ·· noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of chief1
Idioms and Phrases
- in chief,
- in the chief position; highest in rank (used in combination):
editor in chief; commander in chief.
- Heraldry. in the upper part of an escutcheon.
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Finance chief Matthew Friend has also cited tariffs as an example of developments that were affecting consumer confidence.
Since then, he said, he’s worked in the jails, been a chief’s executive aide, served as spokesman under the last administration and currently is watch commander at the Palmdale sheriff’s station.
Military chiefs from both the UK and France met Zelensky in Kyiv on Friday to discuss plans for foreign peacekeepers to be stationed in Ukraine as part of a potential ceasefire deal.
Prince Andrew's involvement with an alleged Chinese spy came at a time his chief aide and other royals believed his reputation was "irrecoverable".
Richard Parry, the Canal and River Trust's chief executive, said it was not "sustainable for a charity to shoulder the full financial burden of this new legislative requirement".
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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