Random
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Pronunciation
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Adjective
Random (comparative more Random, superlative most Random)
- All outcomes being equally probable
- He arranged the cards in random order.
- Unpredictable
- The outcome of a fair coin flip is random.
- Having apparent lack of plan, cause or reason
- The narrative takes a random course.
- Apropos of nothing; lacking context
- That was a completely random comment.
- The teacher's bartending story was interesting, but random.
- Lacking statistical correlation.
- The results look random by several different measures.
- From the population at large
- I don't want random people to be able to access this account.
- (colloquial, probably US only) Lacking poise
- I know I must seem completely random right now. I'm just nervous about asking you out.
- (colloquial) Insane, laughable
- That's too random to consider.
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Translations
- Catalan: aleatori
- Czech: náhodný
- Dutch: willekeurig, toevallig
- Finnish: satunnainen (1-5)
- French: accidentel, imprévisible (1), au hasard, aléatoire (2), arbitraire
- German: zufällig
- Hebrew: ×קר×× (A'kra'i) m, ×קר××ת (A'kra'it) f
- Irish: fánach
- Italian: casuale, aleatorio m, aleatoria f
- Malay: rambang
- Norwegian: tilfeldig (1-6)
- Portuguese: acidental, aleatório
- Russian: ÑлÑÑайнÑй (1)(3)(5), вÑбÑаннÑй наÑгад (1)(4), пÑоизволÑнÑй (2), неÑÑавновеÑенÑй (6)
- Slovak: náhodný m, náhodná f, náhodné n
- Spanish: aleatorio
- Swedish: slumpvis (1,4), slumpmässig (1,4)
- Telugu: యాధà±à°à±à°à°¿à° (yaadhRchChika) (1, 2, 3, 4)
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Noun
Random (plural Randoms)
- (colloquial) An undefined, unknown or unimportant person; a person of no consequence.
- The party was boring. It was full of randoms.
- (MIT usage) A resident of Random Hall
- Too many Randoms asked bogus questions at the physics lecture.
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