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Definition of 'Rare'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) rare
occurring or found infrequently; markedly uncommon:
a rare disease.

2.  rare
having the component parts loosely compacted; thin:
rare gases.

3.  rare
unusually great.

4.  rare
admirable; exemplary:
She showed rare tact in inviting them.

5. (adj.) rare
(of meat) cooked just slightly:
rare steak.

Etymology: (1715–25)

Definition of 'Rare'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) rare
not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness
"a rare word"; "rare books"

2. (adj) rare
recurring only at long intervals
"a rare appearance"; "total eclipses are rare events"

3. (adj) rare
not widely distributed
"rare herbs"; "rare patches of green in the desert"

4. (adj) rare, rarefied, rarified
having low density
"rare gasses"; "lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air"

5. (adj) rare, uncommon
marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind
"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"

6. (adj) rare
(of meat) cooked a short time; still red inside
"rare roast beef"

Definition of 'Rare'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (adjective) rare
unusual or infrequent
a rare opportunity to work abroad; a rare genetic disorder; It's rare for my parents to argue.

2. rare
scarce and therefore valuable
a rare species

Definition of 'Rare'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) Rare
early

2.  Rare
nearly raw; partially cooked; not thoroughly cooked; underdone; as, rare beef or mutton

3.  Rare
not frequent; seldom met with or occurring; unusual; as, a rare event

4.  Rare
of an uncommon nature; unusually excellent; valuable to a degree seldom found

5.  Rare
thinly scattered; dispersed

6.  Rare
characterized by wide separation of parts; of loose texture; not thick or dense; thin; as, a rare atmosphere at high elevations

Translation of 'Rare'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: not done, found, seen etc very often; uncommon a rare flower; a rare occurrence.
Afrikaans: skaars	Arabic: نادِر	Bulgarian: рядък
Brazilian: raro	Czech: vzácný, řídký	German: selten
Danish: sjælden	Greek: σπάνιος	Spanish: raro, poco común
Estonian: harv	Farsi: کمیاب؛ عالی؛ بی نظیر	Finnish: harvinainen
French: rare	Hebrew: נָדִיר	Hindi: दुर्लभ
Croatian: rijedak, neobičan	Hungarian: ritka	Indonesian: langka
Icelandic: sjaldgæfur	Italian: raro	Japanese: 珍しい
Korean: 드문	Lithuanian: retas	Latvian: rets
Malay: jarang	Dutch: zeldzaam	Norwegian: sjelden, uvanlig
Polish: rzadki	Persian: کمیاب؛ عالی؛ بی نظیر	Pashto: نرۍ(كله وريځ)، نازك، تنكى
Portuguese: raro	Romanian: rar	Russian: редкий
Slovak: vzácny, zriedkavý	Slovenian: redek	Serbian: redak
Swedish: sällsynt, ovanlig	Thai: ซึ่งหายาก	Turkish: ender, nadir
Taiwanese: 稀有的，罕見的	Ukrainian: рідкісний, незвичайний	Urdu: نادر
Vietnamese: hiếm	Chinese: 稀有的，不平凡的
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