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random (adjective), more random, most random
1. Proceeding, made, or occurring without definite aim, reason, or pattern: The program director made random selections of people who could participate in the TV quiz.
2. Characterizing a process of selection in which each item of a set has an equal probability of being chosen: By random choice, the card shark drew an "ace" from the new deck of cards.
3. In building construction: with reference to building materials; lacking uniformity of dimensions; constructed or applied without regularity: The stones in the walk to the house were placed in a random order.
4. Etymology: "having no definite aim or purpose", 1655, from at random (1565), "at great speed" (thus, "carelessly, haphazardly"); alteration of Middle English randon, "impetuosity, speed" (c.1305), from Old French randon, "rush, disorder, force, impetuosity"; from randir, "to run fast", from Frankish rant, "a running".
2. Characterizing a process of selection in which each item of a set has an equal probability of being chosen: By random choice, the card shark drew an "ace" from the new deck of cards.
3. In building construction: with reference to building materials; lacking uniformity of dimensions; constructed or applied without regularity: The stones in the walk to the house were placed in a random order.
4. Etymology: "having no definite aim or purpose", 1655, from at random (1565), "at great speed" (thus, "carelessly, haphazardly"); alteration of Middle English randon, "impetuosity, speed" (c.1305), from Old French randon, "rush, disorder, force, impetuosity"; from randir, "to run fast", from Frankish rant, "a running".
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