Английский Этимологический словарь - rife
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~ adj 1 if something bad or unpleasant is rife, it is very common (Violent crime is rife in our inner cities.) (- see also run rife run1 (37)) 2 rife with full of something bad or unpleasant (The streets were rife with rumors of the President's resignation.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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If you say that something, usually something bad, is rife in a place or that the place is rife with it, you mean that it is very common. Speculation is rife that he will be sacked... Hollywood soon became rife with rumors. ADJ: v-link ADJ, oft ADJ with n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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adjective Etymology: Middle English ryfe, from Old English ry?fe; akin to Old Norse rifr abundant Date: 12th century 1. prevalent especially to an increasing degree suspicion and cruelty were ~ — W. E. B. DuBois 2. abundant, common 3. copiously supplied ; abounding — usually used with with ~ with rumors • ~ adverb • ~ly adverb ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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predic.adj. 1 of common occurrence; widespread. 2 (foll. by with) abounding in; teeming with. Derivatives rifeness n. Etymology: OE ryfe prob. f. ON r{iacute}fr acceptable f. reifa enrich, reifr cheerful ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. обычный, частый, распространенный to grow rife —- распространяться, делаться обычным superstition is still rife in country districts —- суеверие еще бытует в сельской местности 2. (with) изобилующий; кишащий (чем-л.) rife with error —- пестрящий ошибками language rife with maxims —- язык, насыщенный изречениями the country was rife with rumours of war —- страна была полна слухов о войне ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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adj.; predic. 1) обычный, частый; распространенный; to be/grow/wax rife - быть/делаться обычным 2) изобилующий; his language is rife with maxims - его язык изобилует изречениями Syn: see prevalent ...Англо-русский словарь
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