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ran·dom
 (r  n  d  m)
KEY
ADJECTIVE:
- Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective:
random movements.
See Synonyms at chance.
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Mathematics & Statistics
Of or relating to a type of circumstance or event that is described by a probability distribution.
- 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.
ETYMOLOGY:
From at random, by chance, at great speed, from Middle English randon, speed, violence, from Old French, from randir, to run, of Germanic origin
OTHER FORMS:
random·ly
(Adverb),
random·ness
(Noun)
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