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[rair] Pronunciation Key
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[rair] Pronunciation Key –adjective, rar·er, rar·est.
| 1. | coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon: a rare disease; His visits are rare occasions. |
| 2. | thinly distributed over an area; few and widely separated: Lighthouses are rare on that part of the coast. |
| 3. | having the component parts not closely compacted together; not dense: rare gases; lightheaded from the rare mountain air. |
| 4. | unusually great: a rare display of courage. |
| 5. | unusually excellent; admirable; fine: She showed rare tact in inviting them. |
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < L rārus loose, wide apart, thin, infrequent]
] —Related forms
rareness, noun
—Synonyms 1. exceptional, extraordinary, singular. 2. sparse, infrequent. 5. choice, incomparable, inimitable.
—Antonyms 1. common. 2. frequent. 5. inferior.
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[rair] Pronunciation Key
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[rair] Pronunciation Key –adjective, rar·er, rar·est.
| (of meat) cooked just slightly: He likes his steak rare. |
[Origin: 1645–55; var. of earlier rear, ME rere, OE hrér lightly boiled]
] —Related forms
rareness, noun
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| rare 1
(râr) Pronunciation Key
adj. rar·er, rar·est
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin rārus.] rare'ness n. |
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| rare 2
(râr) Pronunciation Key
adj. rar·er, rar·est Cooked just a short time so as to retain juice and redness: a rare steak. [Middle English rere, lightly boiled, from Old English hrēr; see kerə- in Indo-European roots.] rare'ness n. |
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