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rare

adjective

Not widely distributed

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Word Facts

Word length
4
Starts with
R
Ends with
E
Contains
AR
Scrabble score
4
CEFR level
B1

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adjective

  1. Not widely distributed

    “Rare herbs”

adjective

  1. Not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness

    “A rare word”

adjective

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

    “Rare roast beef”

adjective

  1. Recurring only at long intervals

    “A rare appearance”

adjective

  1. Marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind

    “{'source': 'J.R.Lowell', 'text': 'what is so rare as a day in June'}”

adjective

  1. Having low density

    “Rare gasses”

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Example Sentences

Rare herbs
Rare patches of green in the desert
A rare word
Rare books
Rare roast beef
A rare appearance
Total eclipses are rare events
{'source': 'J.R.Lowell', 'text': 'what is so rare as a day in June'}
A rare skill
An uncommon sense of humor
She was kind to an uncommon degree
Rare gasses
Lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air

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