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rif
1[ rif ]
verb (used with object)
- to discharge (a person) from military or civil service, especially as part of an economy program.
Rif
2[ rif ]
noun
- Er [er], a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
RIF
3[ rif ]
noun
- Military. a reduction in the personnel of an armed service or unit.
- a reduction in the number of persons employed by a business, government department, etc., especially for budgetary reasons.
Rif
/ ˈrɪfɪ; rɪf /
noun
- RifsRiffsRifisRifRiffRifi a member of a Berber people, inhabiting the Atlas Mountains in Morocco
- Also calledRifianRiffianˈrɪfɪən the dialect of Berber spoken by this people
- See Er Rif
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of rif1
Origin of rif2
Example Sentences
“My own staff is largely getting news of GSA’s activities from the press, from a Reddit thread titled ‘GSA RIF Megathread’ — you’ll never hear me say that again — and occasionally from ex-GSA employees.”
The Education Department said it will use a reduction in force process, known colloquially as a Rif, to reduce staffing levels.
Instead, on a kayak tour with Serlon St Jago, a guide from the Curaçao Rif Mangrove Park, we were learning about the country’s mangrove restoration, and the vital role mangrove habitats play in coastal resilience, protection for marine and bird species, and fighting the effects of climate change.
Fighters form the Berber community resisted this, most notoriously in the long and bloody Rif War between 1921 and 1926, which saw the Spanish army decimated by forces led by Abdelkrim al-Khattabi.
It was Morocco's deadliest since at least a 2004 tremor in the northern Rif mountains that killed over 600 people.
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