random

[US]/ˈrændəm/
[UK]/ˈrændəm/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. without a definite aim, reason, or pattern; made, done, happening, or chosen without method or conscious decision
n. without planning or prearrangement
adv. in a haphazard way

Phrases & Collocations

random selection

random sampling

random number

random order

at random

random variable

random vibration

random noise

random access

random process

random sample

random field

random walk

random error

random signal

random number generator

random access memory

simple random sampling

random sequence

random copolymer

stratified random sampling

Example Sentences

took a random guess.

a random sample of 100 households.

struck by a random shot;

random efforts that lack method.

a random gathering of friends and acquaintances

random / rAndEm/ a./ad.

chose a card at random from the deck.

random movements; a random choice.See Synonyms at chance

ShellShock and I are just joking. What you ask is impossible. You cannot predict a random number. Because if you could, it would not be a random number.

an undigested mass of facts gathered at random

random drug testing of employees is an unwarranted invasion of privacy.

he carries out random spot checks to keep everyone on their toes.

intermittent rain showers. What isoccasional happens at random and irregularly:

We study problems of random fixed points of random semiclosed 1-set-contracive operator and random condensing operator, and generalize serveral theorems of Guo dajun.

Sometime I can hear the laudatory words, sometime I can meet the random railer.

The distribution of inhomogeneous thermo-emf along the copper-iron thermoelectrode is described as a stationary ergodic random process.

Ordinarily, random thermal jigging of the molecules prevents sound waves from behaving analogously to light quanta.

Real-world Examples

Now, that's random and down to earth.

Source: CNN 10 Student English November 2017 Collection

Let's make this a random thought Thursday.

Source: CNN 10 Student English of the Month

26. The grandson branded the brandy randomly.

Source: Remember 7000 graduate exam vocabulary in 16 days.

This variation in foot placement can appear pretty random.

Source: Science in 60 Seconds Listening Collection October 2014

But its common name is " random selection."

Source: TED Talks (Video Edition) July 2018 Collection

Caves might be in more random situations.

Source: What it takes: Celebrity Interviews

The random module. There you go. It's right here. So random.

Source: Mosh takes you to learn programming.

So that memorandum which had always seemed a bit random suddenly fell into place.

Source: Oxford University's "The Beautiful Princess"

This is typically due to an uninhibited detrusor muscle that contracts randomly.

Source: Osmosis - Urinary

The Nautilus continued to wander at random.

Source: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Original Version)

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