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randomize
English
Etymology
random +? -ize
Verb
randomize (third-person singular simple present randomizes, present participle randomizing, simple past and past participle randomized)
- US and Oxford British English standard spelling of randomise.
Anagrams
- Romanized, romanized
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random
English
Etymology
From earlier randon, from Middle English randoun, raundon, from Old French randon, from randir (“to run, gallop”) (whence French randonnée (“long walk, hike”)), from Frankish *rant, *rand (“run”, noun), from Proto-Germanic *randij?, from *rinnan? (“run”, verb), from Proto-Indo-European *(H)r?-nw- (“to flow, move, run”). See run.
Pronunciation
- enPR: r?n'd?m, IPA(key): /??ænd?m/
Noun
random (countable and uncountable, plural randoms)
- A roving motion; course without definite direction; lack of rule or method; chance.
- (obsolete) Speed, full speed; impetuosity, force. [14th-17thc.]
- Synonyms: force, momentum, speed, velocity
- (obsolete) The full range of a bullet or other projectile; hence, the angle at which a weapon is tilted to allow the greatest range. [16th-19thc.]
- 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, in Kupperman 1988, page 144:
- Fortie yards will they shoot levell, or very neare the marke, and 120 is their best at Random.
- 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, in Kupperman 1988, page 144:
- (figuratively, colloquial) An undefined, unknown or unimportant person; a person of no consequence. [from 20thc.]
- Synonyms: rando, nobody, nonentity
- (mining) The direction of a rake-vein.
- (printing, historical) A frame for composing type.
- 1935, Newspaper World (issues 1930-1955, page 41)
- Utilization of all floor space underneath case racks and randoms is another feature of the modern composing room; […]
- 2002, Republic of Korea (issue 2, page 502)
- Printers' frames and randoms
- 1935, Newspaper World (issues 1930-1955, page 41)
Derived terms
- randy
Translations
Adjective
random (comparative more random, superlative most random)
- Having unpredictable outcomes and, in the ideal case, all outcomes equally probable; resulting from such selection; lacking statistical correlation.
- Synonym: aleatory
- July 18 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Rises[1]
- Where the Joker preys on our fears of random, irrational acts of terror, Bane has an all-consuming, dictatorial agenda that’s more stable and permanent, a New World Order that’s been planned out with the precision of a military coup.
- (mathematics) Of or relating to probability distribution.
- Synonym: stochastic
- (computing) Pseudorandom; mimicking the result of random selection.
- Synonym: pseudorandom
- (somewhat colloquial) Representative and undistinguished; typical and average; selected for no particular reason.
- Synonyms: average, typical
- (somewhat colloquial) Apropos of nothing; lacking context; unexpected; having apparent lack of plan, cause, or reason.
- Synonyms: arbitrary, unexpected, unplanned
- (colloquial) Characterized by or often saying random things; habitually using non sequiturs.
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? German: random
- ? Hungarian: random
Translations
Further reading
- randomness on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Damron, Dorman, Mardon, Rodman, mandor, modRNA, ram-don, rodman
German
Etymology
English random
Pronunciation
Adjective
random (not comparable)
- (colloquial) random
- Synonyms: beliebig, durcheinander, zufällig
Further reading
- “random” in Duden online
Hungarian
Etymology
From English random.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?r?ndom]
- Hyphenation: ran?dom
- Rhymes: -om
Adjective
random (comparative randomabb, superlative legrandomabb)
- random
- Synonyms: véletlen, véletlenszer?
- (informal) undistinguished, average, arbitrary, whichever, any
- Synonyms: tetsz?leges, akármelyik, akármilyen, bármelyik, bármilyen
Declension
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