āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
chief
01
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨, āĻ¸āĻŦāĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ
having the highest importance
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He is the leader, but his chief responsibility is overseeing operations.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻž, āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻšāĻ˛ āĻ
āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĨ¤
02
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨, āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻ
holding the highest rank or position in an organization or group
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The chief scientist led the team in groundbreaking research.
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻĻāĻ˛āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¯ā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻŦā§āĻˇāĻŖāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
As chief of staff, she managed the president's schedule.
āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻžāĻĢā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§, āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ°āĻžāĻˇā§āĻā§āĻ°āĻĒāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¸ā§āĻā§ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨, āĻ¸āĻŦāĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻ āĻāĻļ
the most prominent part of something
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He focused on the chief of the speech, ignoring the minor details.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦāĻā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻ
āĻāĻļā§ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻŋāĻŦā§āĻļ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨, āĻā§āĻāĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻĒā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
03
āĻāĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻĻāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§ āĻāĻŽā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§, āĻāĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻĻāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§ āĻāĻŽā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ (āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§)
(prison) a Native American inmate
Slang
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Everyone respected the chief in the unit.
āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¸āĻŦāĻžāĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨-āĻā§ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
chiefdom
chiefly
chief
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
