"randomise" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈɹændəmɑɪz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-randomise.wav [Southern-England] Forms: randomises [present, singular, third-person], randomising [participle, present], randomised [participle, past], randomised [past]
Etymology: random + -ise Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|random|ise}} random + -ise Head templates: {{en-verb}} randomise (third-person singular simple present randomises, present participle randomising, simple past and past participle randomised)
  1. To arrange randomly; to make random Synonyms: randomize [US] Derived forms: randomisation, randomiser Related terms: random Translations (arrange randomly; to make random): избирам случайно (izbiram slučajno) (Bulgarian), aleatoritzar (Catalan), 隨機化 (Chinese Mandarin), 随机化 (suíjīhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), satunnaistaa (Finnish), randomiser (French), randomisieren (German), randomizzare (Italian), casualizzare (Italian), randomizar (Portuguese), aleatorizar (Portuguese), randomiza (Romanian), zamiešať (Slovak), poprehadzovať (Slovak), randomizovať (Slovak), randomizar (Spanish), aleatorizar (Spanish), slumpa (Swedish), randomisera (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "arrange randomly; to make random",
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          "sense": "arrange randomly; to make random",
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      "sense": "arrange randomly; to make random",
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      "sense": "arrange randomly; to make random",
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      "sense": "arrange randomly; to make random",
      "word": "randomiser"
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      "sense": "arrange randomly; to make random",
      "word": "randomisieren"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "arrange randomly; to make random",
      "word": "randomizzare"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "arrange randomly; to make random",
      "word": "casualizzare"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "arrange randomly; to make random",
      "word": "randomizar"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "arrange randomly; to make random",
      "word": "aleatorizar"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "arrange randomly; to make random",
      "word": "randomiza"
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "arrange randomly; to make random",
      "word": "zamiešať"
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "arrange randomly; to make random",
      "word": "poprehadzovať"
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      "sense": "arrange randomly; to make random",
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "arrange randomly; to make random",
      "word": "randomizar"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "arrange randomly; to make random",
      "word": "aleatorizar"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "arrange randomly; to make random",
      "word": "slumpa"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "arrange randomly; to make random",
      "word": "randomisera"
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