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rife Adjective 1. widespread or common 2. rife with full of: the media is rife with speculation [Old English rīfe]
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rife adjective 1. widespread, abundant, plentiful, rampant, general, common, current, raging, universal, frequent, prevailing, epidemic, prevalent, ubiquitous Translations rife [raɪf] adj to be rife (corruption, disease etc) → grassieren; to be rife with (rumours etc) → durchsetzt sein von adj rife [raif] (especially of bad or dangerous things) very widespread After the failure of the harvest, disease and starvation were rife. oorvloedig شائِع، مُتَفَشٍّ широко разпространен hojný, běžný udbredt grassieren ευρύτατα διαδεδομένος abundante üldlevinud شایع؛ فراوان yleinen qui sévit נָפוֹץ प्रचलित vrlo raširen elterjedt meluas útbreiddur comune, diffuso 流行して 만연한, 퍼져 있는 plačiai paplitęs (par negatīvām parādībām) izplatīts; pārpilns tersebar wijdverbreid utbredt rozpowszechniony, nagminny corrente (larg) răspândit распространённый častý, bežný, rozšírený razširjen koji je uzeo maha utbredd, förhärskande แพร่กระจาย yaygın 流行的 поширений عام lan tràn 流行的 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Stories of foul play and successive murders had always been rife, but never were authenticated. Oh for a life that stretched afar, Where no dead dust of books were rife, Where spring sang clear from star to star; Alas Throughout the whole army and at headquarters most joyful though erroneous rumors were rife of the imaginary approach of columns from Russia, of some victory gained by the Austrians, and of the retreat of the frightened Bonaparte. |
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