random
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3.4
- adjective
- /ˈrændəm/
:
aleatorio
- We found that random patrols helped the local population to feel safer and to trust us.
- a random sample
- a random number
- a random selection
It happened by some weird random chain of events.
- It happened by some weird random chain of events.
- Again, this video is super random, so don't come at me.
- But which direction they line up in may be random, right?
- So they do this sort of semi random numbers.
- And you know, that kind of random event affects your whole life.
- OK, this is like really random and I don't know.
- And what this gives you is some big random looking string.
- So we need this hash to be somehow random, stands to reason.
- We like the random gifts, random acts of love and affection.
- So it's very much sort of random what happens.
- When something is said, I'll choose a random birth date out of the sky.
- Essentially, I decided I would buy the most random stuff from Amazon.
- And when I thought about it, this wasn't just some random choice on his part.
Examples
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Parents who decide to home-school do not represent a random assortment of individuals.
Academic text (2011) -
And below these two things, the random moment, the random touch.
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But which direction they line up in may be random, right?
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So we are in some random place in Brooklyn.
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If errors are truly random, agreement levels should not vary with this change in the listening context.
Academic text (2011) -
It happened by some weird random chain of events.
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Yeah, Joe has got to let a random person pick the envelope, and no matter how bad it is, he has to do whatever it says inside.
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The teacher called on arandom student to answer the question.
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The lottery winners were chosen atrandom from all entries.
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They decided to take arandom route to explore the city.
Synonyms
187
4.2
Happening naturally without planning or outside cause
163
4.4
Likely to change suddenly and hard to know in advance
94
6.1
Not regular or predictable and likely to change suddenly
50
2.5
Happening by chance and not planned
25
3.5
Happening by chance without getting ready first
16
7.2
No clear order or plan and often messy
9
7.2
A system where small changes cause very different results that are hard to predict
6
8.1
Based on how likely something is rather than being certain
4
9.9
Having events or results that happen by chance you cannot predict
3
6.9
Sometimes works well and sometimes fails depending on luck
1
9.9
A work that uses chance to decide parts, for example in music or art
1
5.1
Chosen by chance to avoid bias
Not arranged according to a plan or regular order
Unpredictable because it depends on chance
Having no single predictable result because chance affects it
Speech or action that feels natural and not planned
Likely to involve risk or an uncertain result
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
5
3.4
A group of people or things that each has an equal chance of being picked
- Specialized
3
4.3
A device or program that produces numbers that do not follow a pattern
- Specialized
2
6.8
A number that can have different values by chance, with a known chance for each value
- Specialized
1
4.0
Selecting people or items so each has an equal chance of being chosen
- Specialized
1
7.7
A process where a number changes by random steps, like particle motion or price changes
- Specialized
1
3.7
A fast place in a computer where programs keep data while the computer runs
- Specialized
Space inside a computer where programs keep data while running and that is lost when the computer turns off
How Random
Surface Forms
Etymology
Random comes from an old French word randon meaning 'speed' or a sudden move; picture something let go quickly and left to fall where it will. So random today means 'without plan' or 'by chance'.