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  1. adjective Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective: random movements. See Synonyms at chance.
  2. adjective Mathematics & Statistics Of or relating to a type of circumstance or event that is described by a probability distribution.
  3. adjective Of or relating to an event in which all outcomes are equally likely, as in the testing of a blood sample for the presence of a substance.
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  • Vince Li is accused of second-degree murder in the death last summer of Tim McLean, a carnival worker who was killed in what passengers described as a random, horrific attack.
  • The lawyers for Vince Li are not disputing that he killed Tim McLean in what passengers described as a random, horrific attack last summer. —  A1 HOME - Top Stories
  • The Chinese immigrant is accused of killing Tim McLean, a 22-year-old carnival worker who was murdered on the bus in western Canada in what the other passengers described as a random, horrific attack on July 30 last year. —  Blayney Chronicle
  • The Chinese immigrant is being tried on second-degree murder charges in the death of Tim McLean, a 22-year-old carnival worker who was killed in what passengers described as a random, horrific attack. —  TheState.com: The Buzz
  • The Chinese immigrant is being tried over the death of Tim McLean, a 22-year-old carnival worker who was killed in what passengers described as a random, horrific attack.
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  1. From at random, by chance, at great speed, from Middle English randon, speed, violence, from Old French, from randir, to run, of Germanic origin.

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  1. An altered form (assimilated to whilom, seldom, ransom, the latter also with orig. n) of the early modern English randon, from Middle English randon, randun, randoun, force, impetuosity, from Old French randon, force, impetuosity, impetuous course, as of a torrent (grands randons de pluie, great torrents of rain); especially in the phrases à randon, à grand randon, with force or fury, very fast, with great force (courir du grant randon, run with great fury); cf. Italian diminutive randello, a randello, at random; a randa, near, with difficulty, exactly; cf. Spanish de rendon, de rondon, rashly, intrepidly, abruptly (nearly like English at random); perhaps from Old High German Middle High German rant, German rand, edge, brim, rim, margin: see rand.
  2. By ellipsis from at random.
 

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