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R0038800 (răn′dəm)adj.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.Idiom: 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.

at random - in a random manner; "the houses were randomly scattered"; "bullets were fired into the crowd at random"arbitrarily, every which way, haphazardly, indiscriminately, randomly, willy-nilly

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(ˈrӕndəm) adjective done etc without any particular plan or system; irregular. The opinion poll was based on a random sample of adults.随便的ˈrandomly adverb随便地at random without any particular plan or system. The police were stopping cars at random and checking their brakes; Choose a number at random.任意地

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With no discernable pattern or reasoning. We will choose a raffle winner at random.See also: random

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by chance; haphazard. The lottery numbers are chosen at random. As a prank, the children dialed phone numbers at random.See also: random

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Without order or fixed purpose, haphazardly, as in Jackson Pollock dropped paints on canvas seemingly at random. Originally this phrase meant "very speedily" and "heedlessly." Shakespeare had the present usage in 1 Henry VI (5:3): "He talks at random; sure the man is mad." [Late 1500s] See also: random

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Without a governing design, method, or purpose; unsystematically: chose a card at random from the deck.See also: random

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adv in a random manner

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