Definitions for riferaɪf
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
riferaɪf(adj.)
of common or frequent occurrence; prevalent; widespread:
Crime is rife in the city.
abundant, plentiful, or numerous.
abounding (usu. fol. by with).
Origin of rife:
bef. 1150; OE rīfe
rife′ly(adv.)
Princeton's WordNet
prevailing, prevalent, predominant, dominant, rife(adj)
most frequent or common
"prevailing winds"
overabundant, plethoric, rife(adj)
excessively abundant
Wiktionary
rife(Adverb)
Plentifully, abundantly.
The snowdrops grow rife on the slopes of Mount Pembroke.
rife(Adjective)
Abounding; present in large numbers, plentiful.
The red deer are rife in these woodlands.
rife(Adjective)
Widespread, common (especially of unpleasant or harmful things).
The red deer are rife in these woodlands.
Webster Dictionary
Rife(adj)
prevailing; prevalent; abounding
Rife(adj)
having power; active; nimble
Translations for rife
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
rife(adjective)
(especially of bad or dangerous things) very widespread
After the failure of the harvest, disease and starvation were rife.
- oorvloedigAfrikaans
- شائِع، مُتَفَشٍّArabic
- широко разпространенBulgarian
- alastrandoPortuguese (BR)
- hojný, běžnýCzech
- grassierenGerman
- udbredtDanish
- ευρύτατα διαδεδομένοςGreek
- abundanteSpanish
- üldlevinudEstonian
- شایع؛ فراوانFarsi
- yleinenFinnish
- qui sévitFrench
- נָפוֹץHebrew
- प्रचलितHindi
- vrlo raširenCroatian
- elterjedtHungarian
- meluasIndonesian
- útbreiddurIcelandic
- comune, diffusoItalian
- 流行してJapanese
- 퍼져있는Korean
- plačiai paplitęsLithuanian
- (par negatīvām parādībām) izplatīts; pārpilnsLatvian
- tersebarMalay
- wijdverbreidDutch
- utbredtNorwegian
- rozpowszechniony, nagminnyPolish
- شایع؛ فراوانPersian
- خپور، مشهور، مروج: پريمانهPashto
- correntePortuguese
- (larg) răspânditRomanian
- распространённыйRussian
- častý, bežný, rozšírenýSlovak
- razširjenSlovenian
- koji je uzeo mahaSerbian
- utbredd, förhärskandeSwedish
- แพร่กระจายThai
- yaygınTurkish
- 蔓延的Chinese (Trad.)
- поширенийUkrainian
- عامUrdu
- lan trànVietnamese
- 流行的Chinese (Simp.)
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