Definitions for rife
raɪfrife

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. prevailing, prevalent, predominant, dominant, rifeadjective

   most frequent or common

   "prevailing winds"

2. overabundant, plethoric, rifeadjective

   excessively abundant

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. rifeadverb

   Plentifully, abundantly.

   The snowdrops grow rife on the slopes of Mount Pembroke.

2. rifeadjective

   Abounding; present in large numbers, plentiful.

   The red deer are rife in these woodlands.

3. rifeadjective

   Widespread, common (especially of unpleasant or harmful things).

   The red deer are rife in these woodlands.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. rife

   Rife is an adjective that describes something unpleasant or undesirable that is very common, widespread, or frequent.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Rifeadjective

   prevailing; prevalent; abounding

2. Rifeadjective

   having power; active; nimble

3. Etymology: [AS. rf abundant, or Icel. rfr munificent; akin to OD. riff, rijve, abundant.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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 TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. rife

   An old provincial term for a salt-water pond.

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1. RIFE

   What does RIFE stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the RIFE acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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 »

1. fire

2. refi

3. reif

How to pronounce rife?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say rife in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of rife in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of rife in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of rife in a Sentence

1. Kelli Ward:

   Congress's bipartisan spending addiction was on full display earlier this year when Arizona Reps. Kyrsten Sinema and Martha McSally voted for the $ 1.3 trillion omnibus bill, which was rife with waste and funded innumerable Democratic priorities, the President's proposed spending cuts should be passed right away.

2. Carl Douglas:

   LA County has been rife with gangs that wear khaki and green for more than 40 years, we have to stamp out those gangs that patrol our neighborhoods with that warrior mentality.

3. Qari Yousaf Ahmadi:

   There are allegations that our communication is rife with sensationalism and embellishment but we never abandon the truth, we correct it immediately.

4. Maia Kobabe:

   I know we have the internet, but the internet is absolutely rife with misinformation, and I think there's a danger if you Google some topics about queerness, that you will land on sites that either are misinformation or coming from a really negative point of view, or it will send you straight to pornography, unfortunately.

5. Rachel Lindsay:

   Oh, it’s good. I ’m here tonight in LA at the ESPYS party, so it’s great, i got to do' First Take' a couple of weeks ago and most people do n’t know that I have a sports background before' Bachelorette' in addition to legal, so it’s been great. I ’m combining the two and it’s been a lot of fun. Last year, Abasoloreceived the final rose from Lindsay during the Season 13 finale after a season that was rife with big moments including an alleged cheating scandal between one of the contestants and an ex-girlfriend. Now, the couple are in the midst of planning a potential TV wedding, with Lindsay revealing toPeopleon Sunday that the pair are.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=rife
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Rife
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=rife
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rife
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=rife
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=rife
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=rife
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
10. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=rife