Definición de chief

Frecuencia de uso de la palabra

chief

(tʃiːf )

Formas de la palabra: plural chiefs

1. sustantivo contable

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. sustantivo contable & título sustantivo

The chief of a tribe is its leader.

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

3. adjetivo [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. adjetivo [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.

Sinónimos: primary, highest, leading, main Más sinónimos de chief

Más sinónimos de chief

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Frecuencia de uso de la palabra

chief in British English

(tʃiːf )

sustantivo

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

adjetivo

5. (prenominal)

most important; principal

highest in rank or authority

adverbio

6. archaic

principally

Origen de la palabra chief

C13: from Old French, from Latin caput head

Frecuencia de uso de la palabra

chief in American English

(tʃif )

sustantivo

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

adjetivo

highest, as in rank or office; foremost

the chief magistrate

most important or significant; main; principal

the chief advantages

adverbio

7. Archaic

chiefly

Modismos:

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

Formas derivadas

chiefdom (ˈchiefdom)

sustantivo

Origen de la palabra chief

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

Frecuencia de uso de la palabra

chief in American English

(tʃif)

sustantivo

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

adjetivo

highest in rank or authority

the chief priest

the chief administrator

most important; principal

his chief merit

the chief difficulty

adverbio

9. archaic

chiefly; principally

Formas derivadas

chiefless

adjetivo

chiefship

sustantivo

Origen de la palabra chief

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

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Highly respected, he was tipped at one point to become lord chief justice.In only two and half days, chief executives clock up the average annual wage.Yet one quango chief picked up 50,000 this year. EUROPEAN football chiefs are heading for war.The chief medical officer said she had no plans to stop working and urged others to follow suit if they want to boost their life expectancy. COLD calls offering investment opportunities should be banned because they are always scams, the police chief in charge of tackling financial fraud warns today.This alliance had as its chief purpose heading off popular resistance movements.The district police chief was also hurt in the attack.The chief medical officer says action is needed because there are not enough new antibiotics becoming available.The chief reason for this devaluation is the individualism of most evangelicals.

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heraldry, Titles of rulers

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a charge consisting of the lower half of a diagonally divided quarter, usually in the top left corner of the shield

canton giron label

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any diurnal bird of prey of the family Falconidae, esp any of the genus Falco (gyrfalcon, peregrine falcon, etc), typically having pointed wings and a long tail

crest falcon wyvern

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a pointed stylized shield used for displaying armorial bearings

college of arms inescutcheon shield

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an ordinary consisting of a diagonal cross on a shield

bend fesse saltire

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a representation of the sun with rays and a human face

rebus spread eagle sun in splendour

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