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Word: Rare
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘widely spaced, infrequent’): from Latin rarus
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
rɛː
Dialects: British English
Definition:
(of an event, situation, or condition) not occurring very often
Short Definition:not occurring very often
Examples:- a rare genetic disorder
- it's rare to see a house so little altered
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