rife

rife
predicative adjective
(widespread) weit verbreitet

rumours were rife — es gingen Gerüchte um

* * *
adjective
((especially of bad or dangerous things) very widespread: After the failure of the harvest, disease and starvation were rife.) grassieren
* * *
rife
[raɪf]
adj inv, pred (form)
1. (widespread) weit verbreitet
2. (full of) voller (with +gen)
the office was \rife with rumours im Büro kursierten jede Menge Gerüchte
* * *
[raɪf]
adj
1) (= widespread) disease, corruption weitverbreitet

to be rife — grassieren; (rumour) umgehen

are/speculation is rife that ... — es geht das Gerücht um/es wird spekuliert, dass ...

2)

(= full of) rife with — voll von, voller

the garden was rife with weeds — der Garten strotzte vor Unkraut

countries rife with Aids — Länder mit einer hohen Aidsrate

areas rife with unemployment/violence — Gegenden mit hoher Arbeitslosigkeit/Gewaltkriminalität

* * *
rife [raıf] adj
1. be rife (vor)herrschen, grassieren;
grow (oder wax) rife überhandnehmen
2. (with) voll (von), angefüllt (mit)
* * *
predicative adjective
(widespread) weit verbreitet

rumours were rife — es gingen Gerüchte um


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