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1. (adj.) rife
of common or frequent occurrence; prevalent; widespread:
Crime is rife in the city.
2. rife
abundant, plentiful, or numerous.
3. rife
abounding (usu. fol. by with).
Etymology: (bef. 1150; OE rīfe)
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| Definition of 'rife' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) prevailing, prevalent, predominant, dominant, rife
most frequent or common
"prevailing winds"
2. (adj) overabundant, plethoric, rife
excessively abundant
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1. (adj) rife
prevailing; prevalent; abounding
2. (adj) rife
having power; active; nimble
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Sense: (especially of bad or dangerous things) very widespread
After the failure of the harvest, disease and starvation were rife.
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 Afrikaans: oorvloedig |
 Arabic: شائِع، مُتَفَشٍّ |
 Bulgarian: широко разпространен |
 Brazilian: alastrando |
 Czech: hojný, běžný |
 German: grassieren |
 Danish: udbredt |
 Greek: ευρύτατα διαδεδομένος |
 Spanish: abundante |
 Estonian: üldlevinud |
 Farsi: شایع؛ فراوان |
 Finnish: yleinen |
 French: qui sévit |
 Hebrew: נָפוֹץ |
 Hindi: प्रचलित |
 Croatian: vrlo raširen |
 Hungarian: elterjedt |
 Indonesian: meluas |
 Icelandic: útbreiddur |
 Italian: comune, diffuso |
 Japanese: 流行して |
 Korean: 퍼져있는 |
 Lithuanian: plačiai paplitęs |
 Latvian: (par negatīvām parādībām) |
 Malay: tersebar |
 Dutch: wijdverbreid |
 Norwegian: utbredt |
 Polish: rozpowszechniony, nagminn |
 Persian: شایع؛ فراوان |
 Pashto: خپور، مشهور، مروج: پريمان |
 Portuguese: corrente |
 Romanian: (larg) răspândit |
 Russian: распространённый |
 Slovak: častý, bežný, rozšírený |
 Slovenian: razširjen |
 Serbian: koji je uzeo maha |
 Swedish: utbredd, förhärskande |
 Thai: แพร่กระจาย |
 Turkish: yaygın |
 Taiwanese: 蔓延的 |
 Ukrainian: поширений |
 Urdu: عام |
 Vietnamese: lan tràn |
 Chinese: 流行的 |
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