rareadjective
uk/reər/us/rer/rare adjective (NOT COMMON)
B1 not common; very unusual:
a rare disease/species
The museum is full of rare and precious treasures.
a rare occasion/opportunity/visit/treat, etc.
[ + to infinitive ] It's very rare to find these birds in New England in winter.
It's very rare to find someone who combines such qualities.
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- They mainly deal in rare books.
- The coast here abounds with rare plants.
- Talent like hers is rare in someone so young.
- The word itself is so rare as to be almost obsolete.
- He has a collection of rare insect specimens.
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Unique and unusual
- accidental
- alt-
- alternative
- be marked out as sth idiom
- be one in a million idiom
- extraordinary
- fantastic
- guerrilla
- incongruous
- inimitable
- irreplaceable
- personalize
- random
- rarity
- refreshing
- remarkable
- remarkably
- signally
- singular
- unwonted
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Scarce, inadequate and not enough
rare adjective (OF MEAT)
C1 (of meat) not cooked for very long and still red:
I'd like my steak rare, please.
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medium adjective
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Preparing food using heat
- bake
- barbecue
- baste
- batch-bake
- boil sth up
- boiled
- curry
- flambé
- flash-fry
- fried
- frizzled
- fry
- lightly
- microwave
- precook
- preheat
- render sth down
- rendering
- sauté
- shallow-fry
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rare adjective (OF AIR)
used to describe the air at the top of a mountain, which contains less oxygen, making it harder to breathe
See also
rarefied
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Weather & climate - general words
- ambient
- aneroid barometer
- atmospherics
- aurora
- barometer
- barometric pressure
- climatic
- clime
- frontal system
- glass
- low-pressure
- meteorology
- microclimate
- pollen count
- rarefied
- the aurora australis
- the Met Office
- weather
- weather station
- zone
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rareness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈreə.nəs//ˈrer.nəs/
The main attraction of this butterfly is its rareness.
Idiom(s)
have a rare old time
rare bird