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1.NounA roving motion; course without definite direction; lack of rule or method; chance.
2.NounSpeed, full speed; impetuosity, force. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
3.NounThe full range of a bullet or other projectile; hence, the angle at which a weapon is tilted to allow the greatest range.
4.NounAn undefined, unknown or unimportant person; a person of no consequence."The party was boring. It was full of randoms."
5.NounThe direction of a rake-vein.
6.NounA frame for composing type.
7.AdjectiveOccurring for no particular reason; haphazard, unpredictable."Our city is plagued by random acts of violence.; random acts of kindness"
8.AdjectiveInvolving an outcome which is impossible to predict, but which may be represented by a probability distribution; in the ideal case, involving outcomes which are equally likely."The flip of a fair coin is purely random.; The newspaper conducted a random sample of five hundred American teenagers.; The results of the field survey look random by several different measures.; A toss of a loaded die is still random, though biased."
9.AdjectivePseudorandom; mimicking the result of random selection."The rand function generates a random number from a seed."
10.AdjectiveSelected for no particular reason; arbitrary; unspecified."A random American off the street couldn't tell the difference.; You're just going to trust the word of random people on the Internet?; I didn't have time to peruse the resturant's menu, so I just ordered some random dish.; Whatever random hobby you're into, there's an Internet community for it."
11.AdjectiveBeing (part of) a varied, unrelated, and apparently arbitrary collection of things; diverse, heterogeneous."My notebook has turned into a random collection of thoughts.; I brought a bunch of random snacks, but nothing nutritious.; I mixed a bunch of random vegetables into a salad, and it actually turned out pretty good."
12.AdjectiveApropos of nothing; lacking context, relevance, or any connection to the previous situation; unexpected."This random guy just came up to me to say that he was a fan of my work.; Thank you for that completely random comment... now, let's get back to our actual topic of discussion.; The teacher's bartending story was interesting, but very random.; I feel like pineapple is a very random thing to put on a pizza."
13.AdjectiveOf a person: characterized by or often saying random things; habitually using non sequiturs."You're so random! I never know what you're going to do next."
14.AdjectiveBeing out of the ordinary; unusual or unexpected; odd, strange, bizarre."That's a rather random fact!; I can't believe he would say that. That's so random!"
15.VerbTo wander; to stray; to meander.