[ UK /t‍ʃˈiːf/ ]
[ US /ˈtʃif/ ]
NOUN
  1. a person who exercises control over workers
    if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman
  2. the head of a tribe or clan
  3. a person who is in charge
    the head of the whole operation
ADJECTIVE
  1. 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
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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
  • 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.
  • The sonnet's chief English importers were Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503 - 42) and Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1515 - 47), who had generally translated their Italian originals not only into English but into a different shape of sonnet.
  • Since the anito is the cause of all bodily afflictions the chief function of the person who battles for the health of the afflicted is that of the exorcist, rather than that of the therapeutist. The Bontoc Igorot
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