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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
/ 藞r瑟f瑟; r瑟f /
noun
- RifsRiffsRifisRifRiffRifi a member of a Berber people, inhabiting the Atlas Mountains in Morocco
- Also calledRifianRiffian藞r瑟f瑟蓹n the dialect of Berber spoken by this people
- See Er Rif
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of rif1
Origin of rif2
Example Sentences
鈥淢y own staff is largely getting news of GSA鈥檚 activities from the press, from a Reddit thread titled 鈥楪SA RIF Megathread鈥 鈥 you鈥檒l never hear me say that again 鈥 and occasionally from ex-GSA employees.鈥
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 Cura莽ao Rif Mangrove Park, we were learning about the country鈥檚 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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