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rare

/r/(@)/r/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. Early.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

  2. Nearly raw; partially cooked; not thoroughly cooked; underdone; as, <i>rare</i> beef or mutton.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

  3. Not frequent; seldom met with or occurring; unusual; as, a <i>rare</i> event.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness

    adj.all

    Examples
    A rare word.
    Rare books.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. recurring only at long intervals

    adj.all

    Examples
    A rare appearance.
    Total eclipses are rare events.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. not widely distributed

    adj.all

    Examples
    Rare herbs.
    Rare patches of green in the desert.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  4. having low density

    adj.all

    Examples
    Rare gasses.
    Lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air.
    Synonyms rarefied rarified

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  5. marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind

    adj.all

    Examples
    What is so rare as a day in June.
    A rare skill.
    Synonyms uncommon

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  6. (of meat) cooked a short time; still red inside

    adj.all

    Examples
    Rare roast beef.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

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