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chief (adjective)
This entry is located in the following unit: capit-, capt-, cap-, cep-, ceps-, chapt-, chef, cip- (page 2)
chief (s) (noun), chiefs (pl)
1. The head or primary person. 2. The main thing: "Poverty is one of the chief causes of crime."
This entry is located in the following unit: capit-, capt-, cap-, cep-, ceps-, chapt-, chef, cip- (page 3)
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(Greek > Latin: chief, principal leader, first [in position or rank])
(Greek: govern, rule; ruler, chief [first in position])
(Latin: head; leader, chief, or first)
(Latin: hinge, hinge of a door, pivot, that on which something turns; thus, principal, chief)
(Latin: magister, chief, head, leader; from Latin magnus, "great")
(Latin: first, chief, foremost; of first rank)
(Latin: first, chief)
(Greek: first; foremost, front, earliest form of, original, primitive; chief, principal; usually used as a prefix)
(Latin: bark, rind; literally, that which is "stripped off"; used in its extended senses, chief among these being "pertaining to the outer layer of a bodily organ, especially the brain")
(Latin: highest, topmost, chief point)
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chief
1. The head person.
2. The main thing.

"One of the chief causes of crime is poverty."

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chief justice
The presiding or principal judge of a court, possessing nominal authority over the other judges; such as, the chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Sony chief seems thwarted at every turn
thwarted:

"Divisions and rivalries within the group still prevent its many parts from working better together."

The Global Edition of the New York Times, May 28-29, 2011; page 15.