What does rife mean?
Definitions for rife
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This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word rife.
Princeton's WordNet
prevailing, prevalent, predominant, dominant, rifeadjective
most frequent or common
"prevailing winds"
overabundant, plethoric, rifeadjective
excessively abundant
Wiktionary
rifeadverb
Plentifully, abundantly.
The snowdrops grow rife on the slopes of Mount Pembroke.
rifeadjective
Abounding; present in large numbers, plentiful.
The red deer are rife in these woodlands.
rifeadjective
Widespread, common (especially of unpleasant or harmful things).
The red deer are rife in these woodlands.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
RIFEadjective
Prevalent; prevailing; abounding. It is now only used of epidemical distempers.
Etymology: ryfe , Saxon; rijf, Dutch.
While those restless desires, in great men rise,
To visit so low folks did much disdain,
This while, though poor, they in themselves did reign. Philip Sidney.Guyon closely did await
Avantage; whilst his foe did rage most rife;
Sometimes athwart, sometimes he strook him straight,
And falsed oft his blows. Fairy Queen, b. ii.The plague was then rife in Hungary. Richard Knolles.
Blessings then are plentiful and rife,
More plentiful than hope. George Herbert.Space may produce new worlds; whereof so rife
There went a fame in heav’n, that he ere long
Intended to create. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. i.This is the place,
Whence ev’n now the tumult of loud mirth
Was rife, and perfect in my list’ning ear. John Milton.That grounded maxim
So rife and celebrated in the mouths
Of wisest men, that to the publick good
Private respects must yield. John Milton.Before the plague of London, inflammations of the lungs were rife and mortal. John Arbuthnot, on Air.
ChatGPT
rife
Rife is an adjective that describes something unpleasant or undesirable that is very common, widespread, or frequent.
Webster Dictionary
Rifeadjective
prevailing; prevalent; abounding
Rifeadjective
having power; active; nimble
Etymology: [AS. rf abundant, or Icel. rfr munificent; akin to OD. riff, rijve, abundant.]
Wikidata
RIFE
RIFE is a content management framework designed for rapid web application development in Java, without using J2EE. RIFE's design blends together in a consistent component object model two approaches, request-based and component-based. Through a centralized site structure, an application can be split up into reusable binary modules that can be integrated into other projects.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Rife
rīf, adj. prevailing: abundant: plentiful: well supplied: current: manifest.—adv. Rife′ly.—n. Rife′ness. [A.S. rífe; Dut. rijf, Ice. rífr.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
rife
An old provincial term for a salt-water pond.
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
RIFE
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Rife is ranked #5268 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Rife surname appeared 6,620 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Rife.
93.1% or 6,166 total occurrences were White.
2.3% or 152 total occurrences were Black.
2% or 135 total occurrences were of two or more races.
1.6% or 110 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
0.4% or 31 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
0.3% or 26 total occurrences were Asian.
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Anagrams for rife »
fire
refi
reif
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of rife in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of rife in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of rife in a Sentence
In hindsight, I now think that there is reason to believe that misuse of data was rife amongst the businesses and campaigns of Arron Banks.
This is a situation which is rife with the risk of unintended consequences.
The death penalty is an inherently cruel and irreversible punishment in all circumstances, it's particularly egregious to execute defendants sentenced in Gaza, whose court system is rife with coercion, torture and compromised procedures.
Most of our films, which I feel is a mistake, get defined by the opening weekend. They'll say it's a hit or it's a miss. But all of my favorite films, I found them well after the fact, history is rife with films that we love today that were abysmal' bombs' on their opening weekend. And we find them later, or we catch up with them.
I would caution anyone from popping the champagne quite yet, this matter is rife with the opportunity for misperception and misunderstanding.
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