RANDOM
\ɹˈandəm], \ɹˈandəm], \ɹ_ˈa_n_d_ə_m]\
Definitions of RANDOM
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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lacking any definite plan or order or purpose; governed by or depending on chance; "a random choice"; "bombs fell at random"; "random movements"
By Princeton University
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lacking any definite plan or order or purpose; governed by or depending on chance; "a random choice"; "bombs fell at random"; "random movements"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Force; violence.
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Distance to which a missile is cast; range; reach; as, the random of a rifle ball.
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The direction of a rake-vein.
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Going at random or by chance; done or made at hazard, or without settled direction, aim, or purpose; hazarded without previous calculation; left to chance; haphazard; as, a random guess.
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A roving motion; course without definite direction; want of direction, rule, or method; hazard; chance; - commonly used in the phrase at random, that is, without a settled point of direction; at hazard.
By Oddity Software
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Force; violence.
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Distance to which a missile is cast; range; reach; as, the random of a rifle ball.
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The direction of a rake-vein.
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Going at random or by chance; done or made at hazard, or without settled direction, aim, or purpose; hazarded without previous calculation; left to chance; haphazard; as, a random guess.
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A roving motion; course without definite direction; want of direction, rule, or method; hazard; chance; - commonly used in the phrase at random, that is, without a settled point of direction; at hazard.
By Noah Webster.
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Want of definite aim or method; chance.
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Done without definite aim; left to chance; as, a random shot; aimless; at random, without direction or method; aimlessly.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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Done at hazard; left to chance; done or uttered without previous calculation. At random, without definite aim. Random-shot, a shot discharged at random without any direct aim.
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Want of direction, rule, or method; chance.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Done at hazard, or without settled aim, purpose, or calculation; left to chance; done or uttered without previous calculation.
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Want of direction; chance; at random.
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Without external guidance; without settled aim or purpose.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
