rare

  • 11rare — rare; rare·bit; rare·ly; rare·ness; …

    English syllables

  • 12Rare — (r[^a]r), a. [Cf. {Rather}, {Rath}.] Early. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Rude mechanicals that rare and late Work in the market place. Chapman. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 13rare — [adj1] exceptional, infrequent attenuate, attenuated, deficient, extraordinary, few, few and far between*, flimsy, inconceivable, isolated, light, limited, occasional, out of the ordinary, rarefied, recherché, scanty, scarce, scattered, seldom,… …

    New thesaurus

  • 14rare — Ⅰ. rare [1] ► ADJECTIVE (rarer, rarest) 1) occurring very infrequently. 2) remarkable: a player of rare skill. ORIGIN Latin rarus. Ⅱ. rare …

    English terms dictionary

  • 15rare — rare1 [rer] adj. rarer, rarest [ME < MFr < L rarus, loose, thin, scarce, prob. < IE base * (e)re , loose > Gr erēmos, solitary] 1. not frequently encountered; scarce; unusual 2. unusually good; excellent [a rare scholar] 3. not dense; …

    English World dictionary

  • 16RARE — Hospitality International, Inc. (Business » NASDAQ Symbols) * Ropemarks Artistic Rope Exchange (Business » Firms) * Rare Animal Relief Effort (Medical » Veterinary) * Rapid Assessment Research Evaluation (Business » General) * Rooted And Reaching …

    Abbreviations dictionary

  • 17RARE —   [Abk. für Réseaux Associés pour la Recherche Européene, dt. »vereinigtes europäisches Forschungnetz«], eine 1986 gegründete Organisation, in der sich die Betreiber von Forschungsnetzen in Europa zusammengeschlossen haben. Die RARE will die… …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 18rare — ‘uncommon’ [15] and rare ‘underdone’ [17] are not the same word. The former was borrowed from Latin rārus, which originally signified ‘having a loose texture, widely separated’ – hence ‘scarce’. It is not known what its ultimate source is. The… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 19rare — ‘uncommon’ [15] and rare ‘underdone’ [17] are not the same word. The former was borrowed from Latin rārus, which originally signified ‘having a loose texture, widely separated’ – hence ‘scarce’. It is not known what its ultimate source is. The… …

    Word origins

  • 20rare — I adjective choice, curious, different, excellent, exceptional, exquisite, extraordinary, fine, incomparable, inconceivable, infrequent, inusitatus, matchless, noteworthy, out of circulation, out of the ordinary, peerless, precious, priceless,… …

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