Definizione di chief

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chief

(tʃiːf   )
parola: plural chiefs  
1. sostantivo numerabile
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. sostantivo numerabile & tipo di sostantivo
The chief of a tribe is its leader.
...Sitting Bull, chief of the Sioux tribes of the Great Plains. [+ of]  
3. aggettivo [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. aggettivo [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.  
Sinonimi: primary, highest, leading, main   Ulteriori sinonimi di chief
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chief in British English

(tʃiːf   )
sostantivo
1. 
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
aggettivo
5. (prenominal)
a. 
most important; principal
b. 
highest in rank or authority
avverbio
6.  archaic
principally
Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
Parola origine chief
C13: from Old French, from Latin caput head

chief in American English

(tʃif   )
sostantivo
1. 
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
aggettivo
5. 
highest, as in rank or office; foremost
the chief magistrate
6. 
most important or significant; main; principal
the chief advantages
avverbio
7.  Archaic
chiefly
Modi di dire:
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
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
forme derivate
chiefdom (ˈchiefdom)
sostantivo
Parola origine chief
ME chef, chief, leader < OFr < VL *capum < L caput, head

chief in American English

(tʃif)
sostantivo
1. 
the head or leader of an organized body of people; the person highest in authority
the chief of police
2. 
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
a. 
the upper area of an escutcheon
b. 
an ordinary occupying this area
6.  See in chief
aggettivo
7. 
highest in rank or authority
the chief priest
the chief administrator
8. 
most important; principal
his chief merit
the chief difficulty
avverbio
9. archaic
chiefly; principally
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forme derivate
chiefless
aggettivo
chiefship
sostantivo
Parola origine 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.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
In only two and half days, chief executives clock up the average annual wage.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Yet one quango chief picked up 50,000 this year.
The Sun (2016)
 EUROPEAN football chiefs are heading for war.
The Sun (2016)
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.
The Sun (2016)
 COLD calls offering investment opportunities should be banned because they are always scams, the police chief in charge of tackling financial fraud warns today.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
This alliance had as its chief purpose heading off popular resistance movements.
Henry, John F The Making of Neoclassical Economics (1990)
The district police chief was also hurt in the attack.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The chief medical officer says action is needed because there are not enough new antibiotics becoming available.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The chief reason for this devaluation is the individualism of most evangelicals.
Christianity Today (2000)
Two men have made rival claims to the lucrative and powerful post of village chief.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It was the chief opposition group still in business.
Hebblethwaite, Peter Paul VI - The First Modern Pope (1993)
An airport security chief deplored the fact that warnings before the attack had not been acted upon.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
He mixes easily with the most powerful world leaders and business chiefs.
The Sun (2008)
 The chiefs of the tribes are only local chiefs.
Sanderson, Stephen K. Macrosociology: An Introduction to Human Societies (1995)
He is one of the head chief of all tribes in this country.
Harris, Marvin Cultural Anthropology (1995)
The best police chiefs will no doubt step up to the financial challenge with flair and imagination.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The chief reasons why it so profoundly needs to reform are precisely the reasons why it will not.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
To my mind the uncertainty over the management of the school has been one of the chief contributors to its downgrading.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It was perhaps one of the most dramatic and difficult health concerns to cross the path of a chief medical officer.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
In boardrooms up and down the country, chief executives face shareholder pressure for salary restraint.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
When subsequently it was suspended, pilots gave the chief executive a vote of no confidence.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
I was only just in the job and we had a new chief executive as well.
The Sun (2014)
If you take the job and your chief emotion is fear of failure you're halfway to losing already.
The Sun (2014)
The Etihad chief has taken charge of just two friendlies and still does not have all his squad together.
The Sun (2016)
Most people have been priced out of the civil courts and have to represent themselves, the lord chief justice said yesterday.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They also agreed to cut his pay to reflect the fact that he will just be chairman, and not chief executive as well.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)

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COBUILD Collocazioni
chief
 

chief commissioner
chief concern
chief culprit
chief curator
chief designer
chief economist
chief examiner
chief investigator
chief judge
chief magistrate
chief mechanic
chief minister
chief negotiator
chief pilot
chief prosecutor
chief scientist
chief steward
chief strategist
chief suspect
clan chief
council chief
deputy chief
division chief
finance chief
health chief
intelligence chief
local chief
military chief
naval chief
paramount chief
security chief
spy chief
station chief
studio chief
tribal chief

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Inglese britannico: chief   /tʃiːf/ ADJECTIVE
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.
  • Inglese americano: chief   /tˈʃif/
  • Arabo: رَئِيسيّ  
  • Portoghese brasiliano: chefe  
  • Cinese: 首要的  
  • Croato: glavni  
  • Ceco: hlavní  
  • Danese: ledende  
  • Olandese: voornaamst  
  • Spagnolo europeo: jefe  
  • Finlandese: pää-  
  • Francese: principal   plus important
  • Tedesco: wichtigster  
  • Greco: κύριος  
  • Italiano: capo  
  • Giapponese: 主要な  
  • Coreano: 제1의  
  • Norvegese: sjefs-  
  • Polacco: główny   naczelny
  • Portoghese Europeo: chefe  
  • Romeno: șef
  • Russo: старший  
  • Spagnolo: en jefe  
  • Svedese: huvud-  
  • Thailandese: (ตำแหน่ง) ที่สำคัญที่สุด
  • Turco: baş  
  • Ucraino: головний
  • Vietnamita: trưởng  
Inglese britannico: chief   /tʃiːf/ NOUN
The chief of an organization or department is its leader or the person in charge of it.
...the police chief.
  • Inglese americano: chief   /tˈʃif/
  • Arabo: رَئِيس  
  • Portoghese brasiliano: chefe  
  • Cinese: 首领  
  • Croato: šef  
  • Ceco: vedoucí  
  • Danese: chef  
  • Olandese: leider  
  • Spagnolo europeo: jefe  
  • Finlandese: päällikkö  
  • Francese: chef   patron
  • Tedesco: Oberhaupt  
  • Greco: αρχηγός  
  • Italiano: capo  
  • Giapponese: ･･･長   統率
  • Coreano: 우두머리  
  • Norvegese: leder  
  • Polacco: szef  
  • Portoghese Europeo: chefe  
  • Romeno: șef
  • Russo: руководитель  
  • Spagnolo: jefe  
  • Svedese: ledare  
  • Thailandese: หัวหน้า
  • Turco: şef  
  • Ucraino: керівник
  • Vietnamita: người đứng đầu  

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