chief

[tʃiːf]

Definition:
1. A person who is in charge.
2. A person who exercises control over workers.
3. Most important element.

Use 'chief' in a sentence:

1. As chief executive, he assembled a polished stable of celebrities.
2. Tourism is now the chief industry of Dawson City.
3. The Chief was left speechless by this fatuous remark.
4. If she were involved in business, she would make a strong chief executive.
5. For the moment, it constitutes their chief danger.
6. The chief handicrafts of this country are pottery and wood carving.
7. He is to remain in the hot seat as chief executive.
8. She took over as chief executive of the Book Trust.
9. The chief designer has just completed a new improved model.
10. Back at the station the chief inspector returned the call.
11. In the squash court his chief aim is to flatten me.
12. The chief killer was the widely used DDT.
13. Mr Cross will assume the role of Chief Executive with a team of four directors.
14. The chief editorial writer also blames weak leadership for the current crisis.
15. FA chiefs could still face a rap and a possible fine.
16. The company's chief operating officer was the numero-uno fund-raiser for the event.
17. 75 percent of chief executives come from inside the company.
18. This is one of the chief functions of satire and irony.
19. The sultan was still nominally the chief of staff.
20. The programme of sell-offs has been implemented by the new chief executive.
21. He is the company's chief financial officer.
22. His plans almost caught security chiefs and hotel staff on the hop.
23. Financial stress is well established as a chief reason for divorce.
24. The president of the United States is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces.
25. Water industry chiefs were rapped yesterday for failing their customers.
26. He sent a letter inviting Naomi to attend his installation as chief of his tribe.
27. He was the smoothest and probably the most powerful chief of staff in political memory.
28. I am astounded at the comments made by the Chief Superintendent.
29. US Bancorp chief Richard Davis sees the situation differently.
30. He achieved notoriety as chief counsel to President Nixon in the Watergate break-in.
31. Chief Hart had sole control over that fund.
32. The Chief turned and swept out.
33. On Thursday night the rebels' chief negotiator at the peace talks announced that dialogue had gone as far as it could go.
34. The chief objection to this book is its great length.
35. Yesterday saw the resignation of the chief financial officer.
36. A'cai, chief of Tu Gu Hun, had 20 sons.
37. Back at the station the Chief Inspector returned the call.
38. Rainey's chief interest in life is hunting with hounds.
39. He had the good fortune to marry off his daughter to the local chief.
40. Atlanta was voted the best city in which to locate a business by more than 400 chief executives.
41. There are many undeserving rich—overpaid chief executives, for instance.
42. He clerked for the chief justice of the Supreme Court.
43. Police chiefs strongly defended police conduct against a wave of criticism.
44. That's John Gibb, operations chief for New York Emergency Management.
45. Their chief negotiator turned his critical eye on the United States.
46. You yourself are one of the chief offenders.
47. The chief of naval operations wants to open opportunities for women in the Navy.
48. NATO remains the United States' chief institutional anchor in Europe.
49. The CEO has named a new chief financial officer.
50. Unemployment was the chief cause of poverty.
51. His chances do not seem good in view of the fact that the Chief Prosecutor has already voiced his public disapproval.
52. The index is the government's chief gauge of future economic activity.