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ran·dom
(răn′dəm)adj.
Idiom: 1. Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective: random movements. See Synonyms at chance.
2. Mathematics & Statistics Of or relating to a type of circumstance or event that is described by a probability distribution.
3. Of or relating to an event in which all outcomes are equally likely, as in the testing of a blood sample for the presence of a substance.
at random
Without a governing design, method, or purpose; unsystematically: chose a card at random from the deck.
[From at random, by chance, at great speed, from Middle English randon, random, speed, violence, surge, from Old French randon, from randir, to run, probably from Frankish *rand, border, margin (as of a field, used as a racecourse); akin to German Rand, edge.]
ran′dom·ly adv.
ran′dom·ness n.
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| Adv. | 1. |  randomly - in a random manner; "the houses were randomly scattered"; "bullets were fired into the crowd at random" |
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Translations
بصورةٍ عَشْوائِيَّه
náhodně
af handahófi
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
randomly
[ˈrændəmli] adv [selected, chosen] → aléatoirement, au hasard; [assign, allocate] → aléatoirement, au hasard
[scattered] → au hasard
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
randomly
adv (= haphazardly) → wahllos, willkürlich
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
random
(ˈrӕndəm) adjective done etc without any particular plan or system; irregular. The opinion poll was based on a random sample of adults.
ˈrandomly adverbat random
without any particular plan or system. The police were stopping cars at random and checking their brakes; Choose a number at random.
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