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UK
/tʃˈiːf/
]
[ US /ˈtʃif/ ]
[ US /ˈtʃif/ ]
NOUN
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a person who exercises control over workers
if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman - the head of a tribe or clan
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a person who is in charge
the head of the whole operation
ADJECTIVE
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most important element
policemen were primary targets
the chief aim of living
the principal example
the master bedroom
a master switch
the main doors were of solid glass
the principal rivers of America
How To Use chief In A Sentence
- The Chief Inspector has suggested a complete overhaul of the good book, reducing it to a pacier 250 pages, a greater focus on “Floods and brimstone and other cool stuff” and a possible rewrite by Dan Brown to “Sex the whole thing up a bit.” Archive 2008-10-01
- A big Chinaman, remarkably evil-looking, with his head swathed in a yellow silk handkerchief and face badly pock-marked, planted a pike-pole on the White and Yellow
- These "Observations" were the first of a series of volumes by Gilpin on the scenery of Great Britain, composed in a poetic and somewhat over-luxuriant style, illustrated by drawings in aquatinta, and all described on the title page as "Relative chiefly to Picturesque Beauty. A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century
- The Etihad chief has taken charge of just two friendlies and still does not have all his squad together. The Sun
- No, just stylish, insists G.O.D. founder and chief executive Douglas Young.
- The commander-in-chief was given 36 hours to secure a withdrawal of his troops from the combat zone.
- Relations with the regulatory agencies are coordinated by the Chief Financial Officer.
- He claimed that the Chief of the USAR at the time, told him that he didn't need to re-enlist (he had only accrued two good years for retirement in the 4 years he was back on the books) and to keep singing for the troops. Heroes or Villains?
- Other handy bits and pieces like plasters, handkerchief, aftersun and a needle and thread can also come in handy, and don't take up too much room.
- Made chiefly from riveted stainless steel and copper sheeting, these free-standing works are occasionally complemented with wood.