Etymology : Middle English, impetuosity, from Middle French randon, from Old French, from randir to run, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German rinnan to run; more at RUN
Pronunciation : ran-d&m
Function : noun
Date : 1561
1. chance, fortuitous, accidental, unplanned. adaccidentally, by chance, fortuitously, without prior planning. random\ran"dom\, a. going at random or by chance; done or made at hazard, or without settled direction, aim, or purpose; hazarded without previous calculation; left to chance; haphazard; as, a random guess. some random truths he can impart. so sharp a spur to the lazy, and so strong a bridle to the random. spencer.random courses (masonry), courses of unequal thickness.random shot, a shot not directed or aimed toward any particular object, or a shot with the muzzle of the gun much elevated.random work (masonry), stonework consisting of stones of unequal sizes fitted together, but not in courses nor always with flat beds.random \ran"dom\ , n. [oe. randon, of. randon force, violence, rapidity, a randon, de randon, violently, suddenly, rapidly, prob. of german origin; cf. g. rand edge, border, ohg. rant shield, edge of a shield, akin to e. rand, n. see:
rand, n.].
2. force; violence. [obs.] for courageously the two kings newly fought with great random and force. hall.
3. a roving motion; course without definite direction; want of direction, rule, or method; hazard; chance; -- commonly used in the phrase at random, that is, without a settled point of direction; at hazard. counsels, when they fly at random, sometimes hit most happily. o, many a shaft, at random sent, finds mark the archer little meant ! w. scott.
4. distance to which a missile is cast; range; reach; as, the random of a rifle ball. k. digby.
5. (mining) the direction of a rake-vein. mond.random adj.
6. lacking any definite plan or order or purpose; governed by or depending on chance; "a random choice"; "bombs fell at random"; "random movements" [ant: nonrandom].
7. taken haphazardly; "a random choice".
8. Force; violence.
9. A roving motion; course without definite direction; want of direction, rule, or method; hazard; chance; commonly used in the phrase at random, that is, without a settled point of direction; at hazard.
10. Distance to which a missile is cast; range; reach; as, the random of a rifle ball.
11. The direction of a rake- vein.
12. Going at random or by chance; done or made at hazard, or without settled direction, aim, or purpose; hazarded without previous calculation; left to chance; haphazard; as, a random guess. lacking any definite plan or order or purpose; governed by or depending on chance; "a random choice"; "bombs fell at random"; "random movements" taken haphazardly; "a random choice".
13. 1. A random sample or method is one in which all the people or things involved have an equal chance of being chosen. The survey used a random sample of two thousand people across England and Wales The competitors will be subject to random drug testing. + randomly ran·dom·ly interviews with a randomly selected sample of thirty girls aged between 13 and.
14. 2. If you describe events as random, you mean that they do not seem to follow a definite plan or pattern. random violence against innocent victims + randomly ran·dom·ly drinks and magazines left scattered randomly around.
15. If you choose people or things at random, you do not use any particular method, so they all have an equal chance of being chosen. We received several answers, and we picked one at random.
16. If something happens at random, it happens without a definite plan or pattern. Three black people were killed by shots fired at random from a minibus. adj. random access memory Random House random variable.
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