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ran·dom
 random
- pronunciation:
- raen
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
characterized by lack of pattern or predictability, or carried out or occurring in a way that cannot be predicted and without being based on any reason or purpose.
The noise occurred in a random fashion and kept me awake all night.I didn't have any information on these dentists, so I just made a random choice.The police wondered if these crimes were truly random or if they were linked in some way.- synonyms:
- chance, haphazard
- antonyms:
- orderly, systematic
- similar words:
- aleatory, arbitrary, chaotic, fluky, hit-or-miss, patternless, uncontrolled, unplanned, vagrant, wild
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| definition 2: |
in statistics, of or pertaining to an event that does not have the same result each time it occurs.
- synonyms:
- chance
- similar words:
- stochastic
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| definition 3: |
in statistics, pertaining to the selection of a sample of a population, each member of which has theoretically the same chance of being selected.
- similar words:
- patternless, stochastic
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| related words: |
accidental, aimless, chance, contingent, erratic, fortuitous, haphazard, irregular, offhand, precarious, scratch, stray, uncertain |
| derivations: |
randomly (adv.), randomness (n.) |
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