Chief
[tʃiːf] or [tʃif]
Definition
(adj.) most important element; 'the chief aim of living'; 'the main doors were of solid glass'; 'the principal rivers of America'; 'the principal example'; 'policemen were primary targets'; 'the master bedroom'; 'a master switch' .
Checker: Seymour--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The head or leader of any body of men; a commander, as of an army; a head man, as of a tribe, clan, or family; a person in authority who directs the work of others; the principal actor or agent.
(n.) The principal part; the most valuable portion.
(n.) The upper third part of the field. It is supposed to be composed of the dexter, sinister, and middle chiefs.
(a.) Highest in office or rank; principal; head.
(a.) Principal or most eminent in any quality or action; most distinguished; having most influence; taking the lead; most important; as, the chief topic of conversation; the chief interest of man.
(a.) Very intimate, near, or close.
Checker: Patrice
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Leading, supreme, headmost, first, supreme, most eminent.[2]. Principal, main, prime, vital, especial, great, grand, cardinal, master, most important.
n. [1]. Chieftain, commander.[2]. Leader, head, corypheus, principal person.
Typist: Nathaniel
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See CHIEFTAIN]
Inputed by Andre
Definition
adj. head: principal highest first: (Scot.) intimate.—adv. chiefly.—n. a head or principal person: a leader: the principal part or top of anything: (her.) an ordinary consisting of the upper part of the field cut off by a horizontal line generally made to occupy one-third of the area of the shield.—ns. Chief′-bar′on the President of the Court of Exchequer; Chief′dom Chief′ship state of being chief: sovereignty; Chief′ery an Irish chieftaincy: the dues paid to a chief; Chief′ess a female chief; Chief′-jus′tice (see Justice).—adj. Chief′less without a chief or leader.—adv. Chief′ly in the first place: principally: for the most part.—ns. Chief′ry a rent paid to the supreme lord: a chief's lands; Chief′tain the head of a clan: a leader or commander:—fem. Chief′tainess; Chief′taincy Chief′tainship; Chief′tainry.—In chief (her.) means that the charge is borne in the upper part of the shield: applied to holding land directly from the sovereign: at the head as commander-in-chief.
Typist: Ted
Examples
- Upon the main caravan routes the chief towns rose to a certain second-rate prosperity, and foremost among them were Medina and Mecca. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Probably the chief cause of devotion to rigidity of method is, however, that it seems to promise speedy, accurately measurable, correct results. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Instead of it, a new supreme court of judicature was established, consisting of a chief justice and three judges, to be appointed by the crown. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- His chief interest lay in speculation. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The chief waiter had had enough of me. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Kitty, to her very material advantage, spent the chief of her time with her two elder sisters. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- It was early used in both the Holland and Lake boats and is still the chief prime motor. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- This Mr. Will was commander-in-chief of Worcester's servants. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The Duke of St. Austrey, who sat at his hostess's right, was naturally the chief figure of the evening. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The days of Homer were his ideal, when a man was chief of an army of heroes, or spent his years in wonderful Odyssey. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The Chief Butler, erect and calm, replied in these memorable words. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The chief writer of this Pan-Hellenic movement was Isocrates. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- How would the lady-chief of an English school approve this custom? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Their chief Khan was the Khan of the Golden Horde. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Friends, said the Chief, looking round, the old man is but a Jew, natheless his grief touches me. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- And a man discovered by the chiefs is dead. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The magicians usually believed more or less in their own magic, the priests in their ceremonies, the chiefs in their right. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Confusedly in response to that demand, bold men, wise men, shrewd and cunning men were arising to become magicians, priests, chiefs, and kings. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Chanted originally to the chiefs and leading men in hall, they were now recited at the public festivals. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The subalterns receive orders from their chiefs; they are in a good state of discipline; no blow is struck without mature deliberation. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- And he made acquaintance with the ministers, and the chiefs of his party, determining to rank as one of them before many years were over. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- At the meeting of the chiefs, this plan was finally concluded upon. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- They buried the ashes of their chiefs and important people in round barrows. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Both the Saxon chiefs were made prisoners at the same moment, and each under circumstances expressive of his character. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- They are presented as patriarchal Bedouin chiefs, living the life of nomadic shepherds in the country between Babylonia and Egypt. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Make all requisitions upon the chiefs of their respective departments in the field with me at City Point. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- She knew the story as well as if she had read it in one of her favourite novel-books--Fatherless Fanny, or the Scottish Chiefs. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- A man who has been false to the Brotherhood is discovered sooner or later by the chiefs who know him--presidents or secretaries, as the case may be. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Originally, both the sovereign and the inferior chiefs used to exercise this jurisdiction in their own persons. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- How far their chiefs are good judges in peace, or good leaders in war, is obvious to the observation of almost every single man among them. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
Typist: Sonia