random — ran‧dom [ˈrændəm] adjective 1. random sample/ check/test etc a sample, check etc in which things or people are chosen without any particular reason or pattern so that they will include a typical mixture of the larger group they represent: • The … Financial and business terms
Random — Ran dom, a. 1. 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. [1913 Webster] Some random truths he can… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Random 1 — is a documentary style reality television series that aired from November 2005 to January 2006 on the A E cable network. In each episode, hosts John Chester and Andre Miller travel from town to town, in Miller s real life, rickety pickup truck… … Wikipedia
Random — est un super vilain appartenant à l univers de Marvel Comics. Random is a word mainly used by a group of friends while talking about something strange or in a wierd way, this is mainly people in the U.S.A. which know one know why and also in… … Wikipédia en Français
random — random, haphazard, chance, chancy, casual, desultory, hit or miss, happy go lucky are comparable when they mean having a cause or a character that is determined by accident rather than by design or by method. What is random comes, goes, occurs,… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Random — Ran dom (r[a^]n d[u^]m), n. [OE. randon, OF. randon force, violence, rapidity, [ a] randon, de randon, violently, suddenly, rapidly, prob. of German origin; cf. G. rand edge, border, OHG. rant shield, edge of a shield, akin to E. rand, n. See… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
random — [ran′dəm] n. [ME randoun < OFr randon, violence, speed (in a randon, violently) < randir, to run violently < Frank * rant, a running, akin to OHG rinnan, to RUN] impetuous and haphazard movement: now only in at random, without careful… … English World dictionary
random — (adj.) having no definite aim or purpose, 1650s, from at random (1560s), at great speed (thus, carelessly, haphazardly ), alteration of M.E. randon impetuosity, speed (c.1300), from O.Fr. randon rush, disorder, force, impetuosity, from randir to… … Etymology dictionary
random — / rændəm/, it. / random/ agg. ingl. (propriam. casuale ). (inform., stat.) [che è privo di regolarità: accesso r. alla memoria di un elaboratore ] ▶◀ casuale. ‖ aleatorio … Enciclopedia Italiana
random — I adjective accidental, aimless, blind, casual, chance, cursory, designless, desultory, done without reason, fortuitous, haphazard, immethodical, incidental, indiscriminate, irregular, orderless, promiscuous, purposeless, stray, unaimed,… … Law dictionary
