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rife

/raɪf/adjective

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(बुरी चीज़ें) व्याप्त, फैला हुआ, बहुतायत में

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  1. 1

    [not before noun]

    (of bad things) very common in a place

    (बुरी चीज़ें) व्याप्त, फैला हुआ, बहुतायत में

    • Corruption was rife in the department.
    • Rumours are rife that the minister will resign.

    Synonyms widespread prevalent rampant common endemic

    Opposite rare scarce uncommon

  2. 2

    [not before noun] ~ with sth

    full of something bad or unpleasant

    से भरा हुआ (बुरी चीज़ों से)

    • The city was rife with disease after the floods.

    Synonyms full of teeming with riddled with

≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

widespread prevalent rampant common endemic full of teeming with riddled with

Antonyms

rare scarce uncommon

§Grammar and usage

Rife is not used before a noun, so we say 'Corruption is rife', not 'a rife corruption'.

Rife noun से पहले प्रयोग नहीं होता, इसलिए 'Corruption is rife' कहते हैं, 'a rife corruption' नहीं।

We say a place is rife with something, as in 'rife with rumours'.

कोई स्थान rife with something होता है, जैसे 'rife with rumours'।