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- [rair]
- /rɛər/
- /reə(r)/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [rair]
- /rɛər/
Definitions of rare word
- abbreviation Technical meaning of RARE Réseaux Associés pour la Recherche Européenne 3
- adjective rare (of meat) cooked just slightly: He likes his steak rare. 1
- verb without object rare rear2 (def 6). 1
- adjective rare infrequent 1
- adjective rare meat: briefly cooked 1
- adjective rare scarce 1
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Origin of rare
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English < Latin rārus loose, wide apart, thin, infrequent
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Rare
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
rare popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
rare usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for rare
adj rare
- a few — small number of
- a-1 — noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- a-ok — in perfect working order; excellent
- a1 — in good health; physically fit
- admirable — An admirable quality or action is one that deserves to be praised and admired.
noun rare
- dearth — If there is a dearth of something, there is not enough of it.
- exiguity — The quality of being meagre or scanty.
- exiguousness — The quality of being meagre or scanty.
- inimitability — incapable of being imitated or copied; surpassing imitation; matchless.
- matchlessness — The state or condition of being matchless.
adjective rare
- attenuate — To attenuate something means to reduce it or weaken it.
- attenuated — An attenuated object is unusually long and thin.
- celebrious — (obsolete) famous.
- elegant — Pleasingly graceful and stylish in appearance or manner.
- endangered — (of a species) Seriously at risk of extinction.
Antonyms for rare
adj rare
- across the board — If a policy or a situation applies across the board, it affects everything or everyone in a particular group.
- addicting — a person who is addicted to an activity, habit, or substance: a drug addict.
- alive with — teeming with; full of (living or moving things)
- all in — If you say that you are all in, you mean that you are extremely tired.
- all over — All over a place means in every part of it.
noun rare
- copiousness — large in quantity or number; abundant; plentiful: copious amounts of food.
- cornucopia — A cornucopia of things is a large number of different things.
- luxuriance — luxuriant growth or productiveness; rich abundance; lushness.
adjective rare
- endemic — (of a disease or condition) regularly found among particular people or in a certain area.
- everyday — Happening or used every day; daily.
- intermutual — (obsolete) mutual.
- junglelike — Resemblng a jungle.
- level — having no part higher than another; having a flat or even surface.
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