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ran⋅dom
[ran-duh
m]
–adjective
| 1. | proceeding, made, or occurring without definite aim, reason, or pattern: the random selection of numbers. |
| 2. | Statistics. of or characterizing a process of selection in which each item of a set has an equal probability of being chosen. |
| 3. | Building Trades.
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–noun
| 4. | Chiefly British. bank 3 (def. 7b). |
–adverb
—Idiom| 5. | Building Trades. without uniformity: random-sized slates. |
| 6. | at random, without definite aim, purpose, method, or adherence to a prior arrangement; in a haphazard way: Contestants were chosen at random from the studio audience. |
Origin:
1275–1325; ME raundon, random < OF randon, deriv. of randir to gallop < Gmc
1275–1325; ME raundon, random < OF randon, deriv. of randir to gallop < Gmc

Related forms:
ran⋅dom⋅ly, adverb
ran⋅dom⋅ness, noun
Synonyms:
1. haphazard, chance, fortuitous.
1. haphazard, chance, fortuitous.
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ran·dom (rān'dəm) adj.
[From at random, by chance, at great speed, from Middle English randon, speed, violence, from Old French, from randir, to run, of Germanic origin.] ran'dom·ly adv., ran'dom·ness n. |
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Randomly
Ran"dom*ly\, adv. In a random manner.
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