{
    "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’."
}