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| 1. | [ adjective ] not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness | |
| Examples: | "a rare word" "rare books" |
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| Related terms: | uncommon | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] recurring only at long intervals | |
| Examples: | "a rare appearance" "total eclipses are rare events" |
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| Related terms: | infrequent | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] not widely distributed | |
| Examples: | "rare herbs" "rare patches of gree in the desert" |
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| Related terms: | scarce | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind | |
| Synonyms: | uncommon | |
| Examples: | "what is so rare as a day in June"-J.R.Lowell "a rare skill" "an uncommon sense of humor" "she was kind to an uncommon degree" |
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| Related terms: | extraordinary | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] having low density | |
| Synonyms: | rarified rarefied | |
| Examples: | "rare gasses" "lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air" |
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| Related terms: | thin | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] (of meat) cooked a short time; still red inside | |
| Examples: | "rare roast beef" |
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| Related terms: | raw | |
