what does rare mean?

Answer 1

it means not common.....or not hardly cooked (meat/beef)

Answer 2

rare1  /rɛər/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[rair] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation

–adjective, rar‧er, rar‧est. 1. coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon: a rare disease; His visits are rare occasions.
2. thinly distributed over an area; few and widely separated: Lighthouses are rare on that part of the coast.
3. having the component parts not closely compacted together; not dense: rare gases; lightheaded from the rare mountain air.
4. unusually great: a rare display of courage.
5. unusually excellent; admirable; fine: She showed rare tact in inviting them.

Answer 3

Depends on what you are applying the term to.

For cooking as in 'rare steak' it means one that is cooked only a little, outside seared, inside still red.

For most other uses, the word rare denotes frequency = not very often, infrequent.

Answer 4

It depends on the context within which it is found. I would suggest rare affects 1% of the population or less, out to about 1000th of people. A disease affecting only one out of a thousand or fewer would be exotic; but really you have to ask whoever used the term.

And remember, 1 in 1000 would be 300,000 in the U.S.A. .

Answer 5

it means something of more value than common.super rare means something very rare ultra rare is something so rare it is worth millions.i hoped i helped..

Answer 6

Rare means there isn`t very many of that thing.

Answer 7

as in:

My dad went to the doctor's and said he's got a problem - He can't stop singing "green green grass off home". The doctor diagnosed Tom Jones Disease. "Oh my! Is that rare?" said my dad.

"It's not unusual" said the doctor.

Answer 8

In epidemiology it does not have a precise numerical value and the term should in general be avoided.

Answer 9

rare means:not common; very unusual:

Answer 10

Not common, Unusual

Answer 11

rare means not common......in cooking terms it means still bloody! ewe!