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rife

[ rahyf ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

of common or frequent occurrence; prevalent; in widespread existence, activity, or use:
Crime is rife in the slum areas of our cities.
current in speech or report:
Rumors are rife that the government is in financial difficulty.
abundant, plentiful, or numerous.
Synonyms: teeming, multitudinous, plenteous
Antonyms: scarce
abounding (usually followed by with ).

rife

/ raɪf /

Origin of rife¹

before 1150; Middle English; Old English rīfe; cognate with Middle Dutch rijf abundant, Old Norse rīfr

Origin of rife¹

Old English rīfe ; related to Old Norse rīfr generous, Middle Dutch rīve

The banlieue setting is rough and rife with violence and drug trafficking.

(Referenda tend to be expensive, rife with misinformation, and favorable to extreme positions).

Adding insult to injury for these ethnically distinct residents, discrimination and racism are rife on a daily basis.

It is all a result of segregated communities where illiteracy is rife and the men think they can get away with anything.

The years between 26 and 34 are rife with those kinds of life changes so heavy they earn moniker of “milestones.”

Foot and mouth disease had for some time been rife in Great Britain and Ireland, and legislation became necessary.

Blood-shed, oppression, extortion, and all the instinctive habits of the shrewd savage were again rife.

Never had her solemn vows of obedience been so utterly despised; never had the temptation to evil been so rife in her heart.

Speculation on this point was rife everywhere, and on no one had it a stronger hold than on Howard himself.

Rumours of a fleet to be commanded by Stukeley were again rife, and some talked of as many as fifty ships.

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