chief

chief
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noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ tribal, village
▪ army, corporate, council, fire, industry, intelligence, military, party, police, security, station, union
▪ branch, division, section
▪ counterterrorism, education, finance, health, marketing, etc.
VERB + CHIEF
▪ appoint (sb), become, name sb
▪

Sanger was appointed chief of the Fire Department.

PHRASES
▪ chief of police, chief of staff
{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}
adj.
Chief is used with these nouns: ↑accountant, ↑adviser, ↑advocate, ↑agent, ↑aim, ↑architect, ↑assistant, ↑attraction, ↑attribute, ↑bridesmaid, ↑cause, ↑character, ↑characteristic, ↑clerk, ↑coach, ↑competitor, ↑complaint, ↑concern, ↑conductor, ↑constable, ↑correspondent, ↑counsel, ↑critic, ↑culprit, ↑deputy, ↑designer, ↑diplomat, ↑economist, ↑editor, ↑enemy, ↑engineer, ↑executive, ↑exponent, ↑export, ↑function, ↑guest, ↑impediment, ↑influence, ↑inspector, ↑instructor, ↑instrument, ↑librarian, ↑magistrate, ↑mechanic, ↑minister, ↑negotiator, ↑obstacle, ↑officer, ↑opponent, ↑preoccupation, ↑priest, ↑prosecutor, ↑purpose, ↑reason, ↑reporter, ↑representative, ↑researcher, ↑rival, ↑scientist, ↑secretary, ↑sponsor, ↑steward, ↑surgeon, ↑suspect, ↑target, ↑technician, ↑vet, ↑veterinarian, ↑virtue, ↑witness

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