Usually means: Infrequently occurring; not commonly found.
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We found 43 dictionaries that define the word rare:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. rare: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. rare, rare: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. rare, rare: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. rare: Collins English Dictionary
  5. rare: Vocabulary.com
  6. Rare, rare: Wordnik
  7. rare: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. rare: Wiktionary
  9. rare: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. rare: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. rare: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Rare, rare: Dictionary.com
  13. rare (adj.1), rare (adj.2), rare (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. rare: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Rare (Asia album), Rare (David Bowie album), Rare (Hundredth album), Rare (Northern Irish band), Rare (Selena Gomez album), Rare (Selena Gomez song), Rare (band), Rare (company), Rare (conservation organization), Rare (song), Rare (video game company), Rare (website), Rare: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Rare: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. rare: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. rare: Rhymezone
  19. rare, rare: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. rare: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. rare: Free Dictionary
  22. rare: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. rare: Dictionary/thesaurus
  24. rare: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. rare: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. Epicurus.com Spanish Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Rare: Numismatic Dictionary

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rare: Legal dictionary

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. RARE: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. RARE: CCI Computer
  3. rare: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. RARE: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  3. rare: Idioms

Slang (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. rare: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. rare: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. Rare: Dublin Slang and Phrasebook
  4. rare: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. rare: Coin Collecting
  2. Book Collectors' Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See rareness as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Very uncommon; scarce.
adjective:  (of a gas) Thin; of low density.
adjective:  (UK, slang) Good; enjoyable.
noun:  (gaming) A scarce or uncommon item.
adjective:  (cooking) Particularly of meat, especially beefsteak: cooked very lightly, so the meat is still red.
verb:  (US, intransitive) To rear, rise up, start backwards.
verb:  (US, transitive) To rear, bring up, raise.
adjective:  (obsolete) Early.

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