Random Definition
răndəm
adjective
randomest
Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
Random movements.
American Heritage
Lacking aim or method; purposeless; haphazard.
Webster's New World
Not uniform; esp., of different sizes.
Webster's New World
Of or relating to a type of circumstance or event that is described by a probability distribution.
American Heritage
Of statistical sample selection in which all possible samples have equal probability of selection.
Webster's New World
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noun
Impetuous and haphazard movement.
Webster's New World
A roving motion; course without definite direction; lack of rule or method; chance.
Wiktionary
E. Hall.
For courageously the two kings newly fought with great random and force.
Wiktionary
(mining) The direction of a rake-vein.
Wiktionary
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Other Word Forms of Random
Noun
Singular:
random
Plural:
randomsAdjective
Base Form:
random
Superlative:
randomestIdioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Random
Origin of Random
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From Middle English raundon, from Old French randon, from randir (“to gallop") (whence French randonnée (“long walk, hike")), from Frankish *rant, *rand (“a running"), from Proto-Germanic *randijō (“a running"), from Proto-Germanic *rinnanÄ… (“to run"), from Proto-Indo-European *ren- (“to rise; to sink"). See run.
From Wiktionary
From at random by chance, at great speed from Middle English randon speed, violence from Old French from randir to run of Germanic origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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