transcription, транскрипция: [ rændəm ]
1.
A random sample or method is one in which all the people or things involved have an equal chance of being chosen.
The survey used a random sample of two thousand people across England and Wales...
The competitors will be subject to random drug testing.
ADJ : usu ADJ n
• ran‧dom‧ly
...interviews with a randomly selected sample of thirty girls aged between 13 and 18.
ADV : ADV with v
2.
If you describe events as random , you mean that they do not seem to follow a definite plan or pattern.
...random violence against innocent victims...
ADJ : usu ADJ n
• ran‧dom‧ly
...drinks and magazines left scattered randomly around.
ADV : ADV with v
3.
If you choose people or things at random , you do not use any particular method, so they all have an equal chance of being chosen.
We received several answers, and we picked one at random.
PHRASE : PHR after v
4.
If something happens at random , it happens without a definite plan or pattern.
Three black people were killed by shots fired at random from a minibus.
PHRASE : PHR after v