ran‧dom /ˈrændəm/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[ran-duhm] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–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. a. (of building materials) lacking uniformity of dimensions: random shingles.
b. (of ashlar) laid without continuous courses.
c. constructed or applied without regularity: random bond.
–noun 4. Chiefly British. bank3 (def. 7b).
–adverb 5. Building Trades. without uniformity: random-sized slates.
—Idiom6. 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.