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- [rahyf]
- /raɪf/
- /raɪf/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [rahyf]
- /raɪf/
Definitions of rife word
- adjective rife of common or frequent occurrence; prevalent; in widespread existence, activity, or use: Crime is rife in the slum areas of our cities. 1
- adjective rife current in speech or report: Rumors are rife that the government is in financial difficulty. 1
- adjective rife abundant, plentiful, or numerous. 1
- adjective rife abounding (usually followed by with). 1
- adjective rife abundant, widespread 1
- expression rife full of: sth bad 1
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Origin of rife
First appearance:
before 1150 One of the 7% oldest English words
before 1150; Middle English; Old English rīfe; cognate with Middle Dutch rijf abundant, Old Norse rīfr
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Parts of speech for Rife
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
rife popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 84% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
rife usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for rife
adj rife
- across the board — If a policy or a situation applies across the board, it affects everything or everyone in a particular group.
- alive with — teeming with; full of (living or moving things)
- all over the place — If something is happening all over the place, it is happening in many different places.
- all-embracing — Something that is all-embracing includes or affects everyone or everything.
- bumper — Bumpers are bars at the front and back of a vehicle which protect it if it bumps into something.
adjective rife
- endemic — (of a disease or condition) regularly found among particular people or in a certain area.
- epidemic — A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.
- outspread — spread out; stretched out: outspread arms.
- whitebread — any white or light-colored bread made from finely ground, usually bleached, flour.
- abundant — Something that is abundant is present in large quantities.
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