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rife
[ rahyf ]
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 /
adjective
- of widespread occurrence; prevalent or current
rumour was rife in the village
- very plentiful; abundant
- foll by with abounding (in)
a land rife with poverty
Derived Forms
- ˈrifely, adverb
- ˈrifeness, noun
Other Words From
- rifely adverb
- rifeness noun
- over·rife adjective
- un·rife adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of rife1
Word History and Origins
Origin of rife1
Example Sentences
Like its counterpart at the state level, the federal death penalty system is rife with arbitrariness and discrimination.
A big part of her coaching philosophy has been to create high-pressure situations so as to develop "mentality monsters" that were rife at Chelsea.
In contrast Mr Gensler told the BBC in September that it was an industry “rife with fraud and hucksters and grifters”.
From the beginning of his learning curve, Charles charges ahead with a mixture of professional determination, childlike glee and scientific precision — finding the atmosphere “rife with secrets, grudges, interpersonal issues.”
Moreover, “it is the district’s responsibility to prepare students to be able to make distinctions between news and opinion in an increasingly fractured information environment rife with misinformation, polarization and questionable sources.”
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