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DictionaryEnglish - Myanmar

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chiefly

/ˈtʃiːfli/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈtʃiːfli/

chiefly

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Long vowel
Ending: Final y vowel sound

chief - ly -> chiefly

Myanmar meaning

(adv) အဓိကအားဖြင့်။

Full entry

chief /tʃi:f/ n

၁။ (မျိုးနွယ်စု) ခေါင်းဆောင်။ အကြီးအကဲ။ Chief Buthelezi.
၂။ ဌာနအကြီးအကဲ။
a chief of police ❍ army chiefs.
adj
၁။ အဓိက။ အရေးပါသော။
the chief rivers of India ❍ The chief thing to remember is … ❍ Smoking is one of the chief causes of lung cancer.
၂။ ဩဇာအာဏာအရှိဆုံး။ အချုပ်။ the chief priest.
❏ Chief Constable n (Brit )
ဒေသဆိုင်ရာ ရဲတပ်ဖွဲ့ အကြီး အကဲ။
❏ chiefly adv
(က) အဓိက။ အရေးအပါဆုံး။
The government is chiefly concerned with controlling inflation.
(ခ) အများစု။ Air consists chiefly of nitrogen.
❏ Chief of Staff n ကာကွယ်ရေးဦးစီးချုပ်။
❏ -in-chief (forming compound ns ) …ချုပ်။ editor-in-chief စာတည်းမှူးချုပ်။ ❍ commander-in-chief.
❏ (there are) too many chiefs and not enough Indians [IDM ] (infml saying ) အိမ်ခြေတစ်ရာ ပြည်စိုးအစိတ် (ဖြစ်နေသည်)။

More examples

Unemployment was the chief cause of poverty during the 1930s.
Dana had always considered her looks her chief asset.
The majority of the market has gone to their chief rival, Renault.
Keith joined the company as chief industrial engineer.
The government’s Chief Medical Officer

Synonyms

leader, ruler, head, person in command, boss, person in charge, captain, President, arch, big cheese, big gun, big wheel, bigwig, capital, cardinal, central, champion, chieftain, commander, consequential, controlling, crucial, dictator, director, dominant, effective, especial, essential, first, foremost, foreperson, general, governor, grand, head honcho, head person, highest, honcho, key, key player, leading, main, major, manager, momentous, monarch, most important, number one, outstanding, overlord, overseer, paramount, potent, predominant, preeminent, premier, primal, primary, prime, principal, proprietor, ringleader, ruling, significant, sovereign, star, stellar, superintendent, superior, supervisor, supreme, supremo, suzerain, telling, top brass, top cat, topmost, uppermost, vital, weighty

Antonyms

apprentice, auxiliary, bad, employee, extra, follower, inessential, inferior, insignificant, lower, minor, nonessential, poor, secondary, servant, subordinate, underling, unimportant, unnecessary, worker

Cross references

leader ruler head person in command boss person in charge captain President arch big cheese big gun big wheel bigwig capital cardinal central champion chieftain commander consequential controlling crucial dictator director dominant effective especial essential

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