rife
adjective/raɪf/
/raɪf/
[not before noun]- if something bad or unpleasant is rife in a place, it is very common there synonym widespread
- It is a country where corruption is rife.
- Rumours are rife that he is going to resign.
Extra Examples- Cheating remains rife.
- Speculation was rife among the students.
- Corruption was rife in the south of the country.
- Racism was rife among the colonials.
- Rumours have been rife in media circles all summer.
- Speculation is rife that the company is about to be sold.
- Temperatures were extreme and epidemics rife.
- rife (with something) full of something bad or unpleasant
- Los Angeles is rife with gossip about the stars' private lives.
Word Originlate Old English rȳfe, probably from Old Norse rīfr ‘acceptable’.
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