Rare - English meaning

idiom

Not very many or not appearing very frequently

Usage examples:

Sunny, warm weekends have been few and far between this summer.

adjective

Coloured or shining like gold.

Usage examples:

Curls of glossy golden hair

adjective

Advantageous, successful, or promising

Usage examples:

The golden days of youth, they had several golden opportunities (= especially good opportunities) t…

adjective

Made of gold

Usage examples:

A golden necklace

adjective

Not occurring often; rare.

Usage examples:

Her visits were so infrequent

adjective

Not happening often; rare

Usage examples:

Wiggins made one of his infrequent trips into manhattan.

adjective

Not happening very often

Usage examples:

His letters became infrequent, then stopped completely.

adjective

Occurring at irregular intervals; not continuous or steady.

Usage examples:

Intermittent rain

adjective

Not happening regularly or continuously; stopping and starting repeatedly or with long periods in between

Usage examples:

It rained intermittently all day.

adjective

Not happening regularly or continuously; stopping and starting repeatedly or with periods in between

Usage examples:

Intermittent rain, an intermittent noise, although she made intermittent movie appearances, she was…

adjective

Far away from other places, buildings, or people; remote.

Usage examples:

Isolated farms and villages

verb

Cause (a person or place) to be or remain alone or apart from others.

Usage examples:

A country which is isolated from the rest of the world

adjective

Not near to other places

Usage examples:

An isolated farm/village

idiom

Said about something that is very difficult to get because a lot of people want it

Usage examples:

Tickets for the concert are like gold dust.

adjective

Restricted in size, amount, or extent; few, small, or short.

Usage examples:

A limited number of places are available

verb

Set or serve as a limit to.

Usage examples:

Try to limit the amount you drink

adjective

Limited also means kept within a particular size, range, time, or group

Usage examples:

The advanced course is limited to those who have already taken the introductory course.

adjective

Occurring, appearing, or done infrequently and irregularly.

Usage examples:

The occasional car went by but no taxis

adjective

Different to what is usual or expected; strange.

Usage examples:

The neighbours thought him very odd

adjective

Strange or unexpected

Usage examples:

An odd person, that’s odd – i thought i left my glasses on the table but they’re not here., he’s go…

adjective

(especially of food, money, or some other resource) insufficient for the demand.

Usage examples:

As raw materials became scarce, synthetics were developed

adverb

Scarcely.

Usage examples:

A babe scarce two years old

adjective

Occurring or found at intervals or various locations rather than all together.

Usage examples:

The forecast is for scattered showers

verb

Throw in various random directions.

Usage examples:

Scatter the coconut over the icing

adjective

Covering a wide area

Usage examples:

Toys and books were scattered about/around the room., my family is scattered all over the world., t…

adjective

Thinly dispersed or scattered.

Usage examples:

Areas of sparse population

adjective

Small in number or amount and not dense or close together

Usage examples:

Plants with sparse foliage, sparse attendance, a sparse vocabulary, this area is very sparsely sett…

adjective

Occurring at irregular intervals or only in a few places; scattered or isolated.

Usage examples:

Sporadic fighting broke out

adjective

Not happening or appearing in a pattern; not continuous or regular

Usage examples:

She makes sporadic trips to europe., the storm caused sporadic flooding throughout the region., i’v…

idiom

To exist only in small numbers or amounts

Usage examples:

Traditional bookshops are thin on the ground these days.

adjective

Not familiar or usual; out of the ordinary.

Usage examples:

They finished their supper with unaccustomed speed

adjective

(of a person) not familiar with or experienced at something

Usage examples:

She was unaccustomed to driving in heavy traffic., his unaccustomed nervousness made us all anxious.