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| ADJECTIVE | 1 | rare | Not widely known |
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| 2 | rare | Recurring only at long intervals | |
| 3 | rare | Not widely distributed | |
| 4 | rare, uncommon | Marked by an uncommon quality | |
| 5 | rare, rarefied, rarified | Having low density | |
| 6 | rare | (of meat) cooked a short time |
| Sounds | reh'r |
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| Rhymes | affair, air, airfare, and 110 more rhymes in ehr... |
| Meaning | Not widely known. Especially valued for its uncommonness. |
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| Examples | "a rare word"; "rare books" |
| Similar to | uncommon |
| Meaning | Recurring only at long intervals. |
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| Examples | "a rare appearance"; "total eclipses are rare events" |
| Similar to | infrequent |
| Nouns | rareness |
| Adverbs | rarely |
| Meaning | Not widely distributed. |
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| Examples | "rare herbs"; "rare patches of green in the desert" |
| Similar to | scarce |
| Nouns | rarity, rareness |
| Meaning | Marked by an uncommon quality. Especially superlative or extreme of its kind. |
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| Examples | "what is so rare as a day in June"-J.R.Lowell; "a rare skill" |
| Synonyms | uncommon |
| Similar to | extraordinary |
| Nouns | rarity |
| Meaning | Having low density. |
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| Examples | "rare gasses"; "lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air" |
| Synonyms | rarefied, rarified |
| Similar to | thin |
| Nouns | rarity |
| Meaning | (of meat) cooked a short time. Still red inside. |
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| Examples | "rare roast beef" |
| Similar to | raw |
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