rife (redirected from rifeness)

rife  (rf)

adj. rif·er, rif·est

1. In widespread existence, practice, or use; increasingly prevalent.

2. Abundant or numerous.

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[Middle English, from Old English rfe.]

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rife [raɪf]

adj (postpositive)

1. of widespread occurrence; prevalent or current rumour was rife in the village

2. very plentiful; abundant

3. (foll by with) abounding (in) a land rife with poverty

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

rifely  adv

rifeness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	rife - most frequent or common; "prevailing winds" predominant, prevailing, prevalent, dominant frequent - coming at short intervals or habitually; "a frequent guest"; "frequent complaints"
	2.	rife - excessively abundant overabundant, plethoric abundant - present in great quantity; "an abundant supply of water"

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rife

adjective

1. widespread, abundant, plentiful, rampant, general, common, current, raging, universal, frequent, prevailing, epidemic, prevalent, ubiquitous Speculation is rife that he'll be sacked.

2. (usually with with) abounding, full, alive, bursting, swarming, seething, teeming Hollywood soon became rife with rumours.

Translations

rife [raɪf] ADJ to be rife [problem] → ser muy común; [rumours, speculation, fears] → abundar, proliferar; [disease] → hacer estragos; [unemployment, crime] → abundar, hacer estragos; [racism, corruption] → estar muy extendido
smallpox was still rife → la viruela aún hacía estragos
(to be) rife with sth: countries rife with Aids → países plagados de sida → países donde el sida hace estragos
it is rife with mistakes → está plagado de errores
the whole industry is rife with corruption → la corrupción reina or está muy extendida en todo el sector
the whole town is rife with rumours → en la ciudad proliferan los rumores
a region rife with unemployment → una región donde abunda el paro or donde el paro hace estragos
the media is rife with speculation about → los medios de comunicación no dejan de especular acerca de ..., en los medios de comunicación abundan or proliferan las especulaciones acerca de ...

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rife [ˈraɪf] adj → répandu(e)
to be rife [crime, corruption, disease, unemployment] → sévir; [speculation] → aller bon train
rumours are rife → de nombreuses rumeurs circulent
rife with sth [+ fears, corruption, fraud] → en proie à qch
The academic world is rife with jealousy
BUT Dans le milieu universitaire, tout le monde se jalouse.
Hollywood soon became rife with rumors
BUT Les rumeurs se sont rapidement propagées dans tout Hollywood.

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rife

adj

(= widespread) disease, corruption → weitverbreitet; to be rife → grassieren; (rumour) → umgehen; rumours (Brit) or rumors (US) are/speculation is rife that … → es geht das Gerücht um/es wird spekuliert, dass …

(= full of) rife with → voll von, voller +gen; the garden was rife with weeds → der Garten strotzte vor Unkraut; countries rife with Aids → Länder mit einer hohen Aidsrate; areas rife with unemployment/violence → Gegenden mit hoher Arbeitslosigkeit/Gewaltkriminalität

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rife [raɪf] adj (frm) to be rife (corruption, disease) → dilagare
to be rife with → abbondare di

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rife

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 퍼져있는 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 蔓延的 поширений عام lan tràn 流行的