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random

/ˈrændəm/

Translations

randomadjective

more random

Comp.

most random

Super.

/ˈrændəm/

aléatoire

The teacher called on a random student to answer the question.

Le professeur a interrogé un élève aléatoire pour répondre à la question.

Additional translations

hasardeuxSurtout pour l’idée d’absence de plan ou de logique.

bizarreFamilier, pour l’usage informel « inattendu », « hors contexte ».

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Antonyms

randomnoun

randoms

/ˈræn.dəm/

inconnuPour une personne non identifiée ou sans importance particulière.

He was just a random in the crowd, unnoticed by everyone.

Ce n’était qu’un inconnu dans la foule, passé inaperçu de tous.

Additional translations

aléatoireInformatique, valeur ou nombre généré par hasard.

Synonyms

unknown person

Definitions

randomadjective

Made, done, or happening without method or conscious decision.

The teacher called on a random student to answer the question.

Chosen without a particular plan or pattern.

We picked a random number to determine the winner of the raffle.

Lacking a definite plan, purpose, or pattern.

His random comments during the meeting confused everyone.

Informal: Unusual, unexpected, or strangely out of context; odd or quirky.

That was a really random comment to make during the meeting.

Mathematics & Statistics: Relating to a process or outcome in which each possible value is equally likely to occur; governed by chance.

In a random sample, every member of the population has an equal probability of being chosen.

randomnoun

A person or thing that is unknown, unidentified, or out of place.

He was just a random in the crowd, unnoticed by everyone.

Informal, computing: A randomly generated number or value.

To test the algorithm, the developer fed it a random from the system's generator.