rare
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4.1
- adjective
- /rɛr/
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raro
- This is a rare opportunity to see inside a nuclear power plant.
- extremely rare
- very rare
- on rare occasions
Hey, everybody, welcome to a rare Friday Late Show.
- Hey, everybody, welcome to a rare Friday Late Show.
- The fact is, it's very rare that this would happen.
- It's like that's rare with millennials raising kids.
- The next deal I worked on was for a rare gun parts contract.
- These qualities are rare, and they shouldn't be lost.
- That can happen, but those are very rare occurrences.
- We loaded up just because we knew how rare and hard it was to get.
- I think that it's rare that people love anything very much.
- And that's pretty rare for someone to do that.
- You know, he said it's got a rare carrot base.
Examples
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It's for children with certain rather rare forms of epilepsy.
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Breast cancer in men is rare, accounting for less than 1% of male cancers.
Academic text (2012) -
So this is actually quite a rare object.
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Hey, everybody, welcome to a rare Friday Late Show.
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The fact is, it's very rare that this would happen.
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In other academic areas, it is rare to find content offered for only one sex.
Academic text (2008) -
Actually, lawns are a super rare thing to have in this town.
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SUVs are actually pretty rare in Pakistan.
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The excavations revealed 18 very rare horse burials dating to the early fifth century B.C.
Academic text (2011) -
This painting is a rare find, unlike anything I have seen before.
Synonyms
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2.2
Not common and different from what people expect
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4.6
Not often found or seen and so rare
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4.8
Not enough of something for people who need it
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5.5
Very rare and not happening often
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4.5
Happening only sometimes and not often
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How Rare
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Etymology
Rare comes from the Latin rarus, which meant 'thin' or 'seldom found'. So a rare thing is one that is not common or is scarce.