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   random

   /ˈrandəm/

   adjective

   • 1. made, done, or happening without method or conscious decision: "apparently random violence"
   • ▪ governed by or involving equal chances for each item: "a random sample of 100 households"
   • ▪ (of masonry) with stones of irregular size and shape.
   • 2. unfamiliar or unspecified: informal, derogatory "are you going to take some random guy on Twitter's word?"
   • ▪ odd, unusual, or unexpected: informal "the class was hard but he was so random that it was always fun"

   noun

   • 1. an unknown, unspecified, or odd person: informal "I just sat down by myself and talked to some randoms"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘impetuous headlong rush’): from Old French randon ‘great speed’, from randir ‘gallop’, from a Germanic root shared by rand2.

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   What does random mean?

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   What is a random sample?

   • A random sample or method is one in which all the people or things involved have an equal chance of being chosen. The survey used a random sample of two thousand people across England and Wales. The competitors will be subject to random drug testing. ...interviews with a randomly selected sample of thirty girls aged between 13 and 18.

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   Random means happening, done, or chosen by chance rather than according to a plan. Learn more about the adjective and noun forms, synonyms, antonyms, and usage examples of random in English.

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     RANDOM meaning: 1. happening, done, or chosen by chance...

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     RANDOM SAMPLING definition: 1. the process of choosing items...

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   Random definition: proceeding, made, or occurring without definite aim, reason, or pattern. See examples of RANDOM used in a sentence.

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   random: 1 adj lacking any definite plan or order or purpose; governed by or depending on chance “a random choice” “bombs fell at random ” “ random movements” Synonyms: ergodic positive recurrent aperiodic state of stochastic systems; tending in probability to a limiting form that is independent of the initial conditions haphazard , hit-or-miss ...

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