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REIF

Definition: REIF

REIF

Noun

1. Robbery; spoil.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Crosswords: REIF

Etymologies containing "REIF": Rafty. (references)
Non-English Usage: "REIF" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

German (bangle, circlet, Hoar, hoarfrost, hoar-frost, hoop, mature, maturely, mellowly, ready, rime, ripe, seasoned).

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Modern Usage: REIF

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Wenn Menschen reif zur Liebe werden (1916)

Reif für Rimini (2001)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: REIF

DomainTitle

Books

  • Geistiger Umbruch : Bilanz der marxistischen Epoche : ein Gespräch mit Adelbert Reif (reference)

  • Lima im Blick ; Reif für die Jetztzeit ; Showdown in Chrom (reference)

  • Osterweiterung der Europäischen Union : sind die mittel- und osteuropäischen Länder und die EU reif für eine Erweiterung? (reference)

  • Reif auf den Bäumen (reference)

  • Reif für das Museum? : Ausbildung, Fortbildung, Einbildung : Bericht über ein internationales Symposium, veranstaltet von den ICOM-Nationalkomitees der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Österreichs und der Schweiz vom 1. bis 4. Juni 1994 am Bodensee (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: REIF

"REIF" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "REIF" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)100%5157,705

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: REIF

The following table summarizes the usage of "REIF" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
ReifLast name1,00011,793
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: REIF

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

reif

20

reif taryn

19

reif tara

10

estate reif winery

3

linda reif

2

rita reif

2

reif winery

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: REIF

Language Translations for "REIF"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Ukranian 

  

Ð"рабіж. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: REIF

Derivations

Words beginning with "REIF": reification, reifications, reified, reifier, reifiers, reifies, reifs, reify, reifying. (additional references)

Words containing "REIF": choreiform. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "REIF"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "REIF" (pronounced rē"f)
3r ē" fbrief, debrief, grief, reef.
2-ē" fbeef, belief, chief, disbelief, fief, Keef, kief, leaf, lief, massif, motif, relief, Seif, Sharif, sheaf, thief.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: REIF

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: fire, rife.

Words within the letters "e-f-i-r"

-1 letter: fer, fie, fir, ire, ref, rei, rif.

-2 letters: ef, er, if, re.

 Words containing the letters "e-f-i-r"
 

+1 letter: afire, brief, feria, fermi, fiber, fibre, fiery, fifer, filer, finer, fired, firer, fires, fiver, fixer, flier, fried, frier, fries, frise, grief, infer, kefir, lifer, refit, refix, reifs, reify, rifer, rifle, serif.

 

+2 letters: aerify, briefs, defier, differ, faerie, fainer, faired, fairer, farcie, feirie, feriae, ferial, ferias, ferine, ferity, ferlie, fermis, ferric, fervid, fiacre, fibber, fibers, fibres, fierce, fifers, figure, filers, filler, filmer, filter, finder, finery, finger, firers, firmed, firmer, fisher, fitter, fivers, fixers, fixure, fizzer, fliers, foxier, fozier, fraise, fridge, friend, friers, frieze, fringe, frisee, frises, frized, frizer, frizes, fumier, furies, griefs, griffe, heifer, iffier, infare, infers, ireful, kefirs, knifer, liefer, lifers, lifter, niffer, pilfer, prefix, redfin, refile, refill, refilm, refind, refine, refire, refits, relief, resift, rifely, rifest, riffed, riffle, rifled, rifler, rifles, rifted, serifs, sherif, sifter, strife, titfer, trifle, verify.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: REIF


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

52 45 49 46

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-.    .    ..    ..-.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010010 01000101 01001001 01000110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#82 &#69 &#73 &#70

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0052 0045 0049 0046

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

52394340

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Usage Frequency
6. Names: Frequency
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Derivations
10. Rhymes
11. Anagrams
12. Orthography
13. Bibliography


  

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