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say it: RAN-duhm
random is an adjective meaning "lacking any definite plan or order or purpose; governed by or depending on chance". It is pronounced /ˈɹændəm/ — RAN-duhm. It carries one recorded sense.
lacking any definite plan or order or purpose; governed by or depending on chance
“a random choice”
“bombs fell at random”
“random movements”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for random come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.