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      random
      noun
      A roving motion; course without definite direction; lack of rule or method; chance.
      (figuratively, colloquial) An undefined, unknown or unimportant person; a person of no consequence.
      (mining) The direction of a rake-vein.
      (obsolete) Speed, full speed; impetuosity, force.
      (obsolete) The full range of a bullet or other projectile; hence, the angle at which a weapon is tilted to allow the greatest range.
      (printing, historical) A frame for composing type.
      verb
      (intransitive, now uncommon) To wander; to stray; to meander.
      adjective
      Occurring for no particular reason; haphazard, unpredictable.
      (statistics) Involving an outcome which is impossible to predict, but which may be represented by a probability distribution; in the ideal case, involving outcomes which are equally likely.
      (informal) Selected for no particular reason; arbitrary; unspecified.
      (informal) Being (part of) a varied, unrelated, and apparently arbitrary collection of things; diverse, heterogeneous.
      (informal) Apropos of nothing; lacking context, relevance, or any connection to the previous situation; unexpected.
      (informal) Of a person: characterized by or often saying random things; habitually using non sequiturs.
      (UK, slang) Being out of the ordinary; unusual or unexpected; odd, strange, bizarre.
      (computing) Pseudorandom; mimicking the result of random selection.
      Roots
      randonrandom- · Old French · impetuosity, great speed, rush
      Synonyms for random
      randomlyadvaleatoryadjstochasticadjhaphazardadjarbitraryadjhaphazardlyadvunsystematicadjunpremeditatedadjunplannedadjfortuitousadjaleatoricadjsporadicadjcauselessadjdesultoryadjindiscriminatelyadvserendipitousadjaccidentaladjdiscontinuousadjoddadjpurposelessadjunmethodicaladj
      Words related to random
      nonrandomadjrandomnessnfarraginousadjstochasticallyadvrandomizevhaphazardnessnrandomizationnergodicadjhappenstancenpatternlessadjdeterministicallyadvuncorrelatedadjcoincidentaladjspontaneousadjunpredictableadjfortuitousnessnprobabilisticallyadvcoincidencesnpurposiveadj

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      Where does random come from?

      The word random breaks down into one root of Old French origin: the root random, from Old French randon (“impetuosity, great speed, rush”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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