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{
"term": "chief",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "most important",
"sensetop": "chief among somebody/something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "the chief cause/problem/reason"
},
{
"text": "He became the chief architect of the Treaty of Paris."
},
{
"text": "She cites the economy as her chief concern."
},
{
"text": "one of the President’s chief rivals"
},
{
"text": "somebody's chief enemy/opponent"
},
{
"text": "Chief among his challenges is the impact that current reforms could have on small businesses.",
"contextForm": "chief among somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "Her chief rival for the gold medal is Jones of the USA."
},
{
"text": "The lion is the zebra's chief enemy."
},
{
"text": "Their chief preoccupation was how to feed their families."
},
{
"text": "Unemployment was the chief cause of poverty."
},
{
"text": "the chief exponent of something"
},
{
"text": "the chief suspect in the case"
},
{
"text": "the chief guest at the function"
},
{
"text": "Chief among the government's opponents were the bureaucrats, the military and the monarchy."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "highest in rank",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "the **chief economist** at the World Bank"
},
{
"text": "She is **Chief Medical Officer** for England."
},
{
"text": "the **chief minister/secretary**"
},
{
"text": "the chief Washington correspondent for CBS News"
},
{
"text": "the chief negotiator/adviser/strategist/spokesman"
},
{
"text": "He became chief engineer of the Great Western Railway."
},
{
"text": "Who is the new Chief Education Officer?"
},
{
"text": "Detective Chief Inspector Williams"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "of the highest rank",
"examples": [
{
"text": "commander-in-chief"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/tʃiːf/",
"audio": "ch/chief/chief__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/tʃiːf/",
"audio": "ch/chief/chief__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French chief, chef, based on Latin caput ‘head’."
}