Random: adjective 1. proceeding, made, or occurring without definite aim, reason, or pattern: the random selection of numbers. 2. Statistics. of or characterizing a process of selection in which each item of a set has an equal probability of being chosen. 3. Building Trades. (of building materials) lacking uniformity of dimensions: random shingles. (of ashlar) laid without continuous courses. constructed or applied without regularity: random bond. 4. Informal. unknown, unidentified, or out of place: A couple of random guys showed up at the party. odd and unpredictable in an amusing way: my totally random life. noun 5. Chiefly British, bank3 (def 7b). adverb 6. Building Trades. without uniformity: random-sized slates. Idioms 7. at random, without definite aim, purpose, method, or adherence to a prior arrangement; in a haphazard way: Contestants were chosen at random from the studio audience. Origin 1275–1325; Middle English raundon, random < Old French randon, derivative of randir to gallop < Germanic I think if the world was a random occurrence it would be a lot less beautiful
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