Definition von chief

Häufigkeit

chief

(tʃiːf )

Wortformen: plural chiefs

1. zählbares Substantiv

The chief of an organization is the person who is in charge of it.

...a commission appointed by the police chief.

...Putin's chief of security. [+ of]

2. zählbares Substantiv & Substantiv-Titel

The chief of a tribe is its leader.

...Sitting Bull, chief of the Sioux tribes of the Great Plains. [+ of]

3. Adjektiv [ADJECTIVE noun]

Chief is used in the job titles of the most senior worker or workers of a particular kind in an organization.

...the chief test pilot.

4. Adjektiv [ADJECTIVE noun]

The chief cause, part, or member of something is the most important one.

Financial stress is well established as a chief reason for divorce.

The job went to one of his chief rivals.

Synonyme: primary, highest, leading, main Weitere Synonyme von chief

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chief in British English

(tʃiːf )

Substantiv

the head, leader, or most important individual in a group or body of people

2. another word for chieftain (sense 2)

3. heraldry

the upper third of a shield

4. See in chief

Adjektiv

5. (prenominal)

most important; principal

highest in rank or authority

Adverb

6. archaic

principally

Wortherkunft von chief

C13: from Old French, from Latin caput head

Häufigkeit

chief in American English

(tʃif )

Substantiv

the head or leader of a group, organization, etc.; person of highest title or authority

2. Archaic

the most valuable or main part of anything

3. Heraldry

the upper third of a shield

4. [usually C-]; Nautical

a chief engineer or chief petty officer

Adjektiv

highest, as in rank or office; foremost

the chief magistrate

most important or significant; main; principal

the chief advantages

Adverb

7. Archaic

chiefly

Redewendungen:

in chief

SYNONYMY NOTE: chief is applied to the person or thing first in rank, authority, importance, etc., and usually connotes subordination of all others [his chief problem was getting a job]; principal is applied to the person who directs or controls others [a principal clerk] or to the thing or person having precedence over all others by reason of size, position, importance, etc. [the principal products of Africa]; main, in strict usage, is applied to the thing, often part of a system or an extensive whole, that is preeminent in size, power, importance, etc. [the main line of a railroad]; lead1 verb transitive stresses capacity for guiding, conducting, or drawing others [a leading light, question, etc.]; foremost suggests a being first by having moved ahead to that position [the foremost statesman of our time]; capital1 is applied to that which is ranked at the head of its kind or class because of its importance or its special significance [the capital city]

OPPOSITES: subordinate, subservient

Abgeleitete Formen

chiefdom (ˈchiefdom)

Substantiv

Wortherkunft von chief

ME chef, chief, leader < OFr < VL *capum < L caput, head

Häufigkeit

chief in American English

(tʃif)

Substantiv

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

3. (cap) 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

4. informal

boss or leader

We'll have to talk to the chief about this

5. Heraldry

the upper area of an escutcheon

an ordinary occupying this area

6. See in chief

Adjektiv

highest in rank or authority

the chief priest

the chief administrator

most important; principal

his chief merit

the chief difficulty

Adverb

9. archaic

chiefly; principally

Abgeleitete Formen

chiefless

Adjektiv

chiefship

Substantiv

Wortherkunft von chief

[1250–1300; ME ‹ AF chief, chef, OF chef ‹ VL *capum, re-formation of L caput head]

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