chief
B2Frequent NGSL-2UK /tʃiːf/US /tʃiːf/
Meaning
adjective
most important
“the chief cause/problem/reason”
noun
a person with a high rank or the highest rank in a company or an organization
“army/police chiefs”
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“First, both chief scientists of NVIDIA were from Caltech.”
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“Yet, the founder and chief executive officer of the world's largest retailer, whose net sales surpassed 24.5 billion in 2009, is only 46 years old.”
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