See random on Wiktionary
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"forms": [
{
"form": "random",
"tags": [
"positive"
]
},
{
"form": "more random",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most random",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "I have to sit there like typing in random keywords to see if it's a keyword."
},
{
"text": "Why don't you get organised instead of just contacting random people."
}
],
"glosses": [
"If something is random, there is no purpose, reason, or pattern."
],
"id": "simple-random-en-adj-URp041SF"
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "20 per cent of the random sample of the libraries were public in any normal sense of the word."
},
{
"text": "Banks use random numbers to make codes to keep your computer banking safe and secret."
}
],
"glosses": [
"If a process is random, every option has an equal chance of happening."
],
"id": "simple-random-en-adj-aGPSBivY",
"raw_tags": [
"statistics"
]
}
],
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"enpr": "răn'dəm"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈrændəm/"
},
{
"sampa": "/\"r{nd@m/"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-random.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
]
}
],
"word": "random"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "random",
"tags": [
"positive"
]
},
{
"form": "more random",
"tags": [
"comparative"
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},
{
"form": "most random",
"tags": [
"superlative"
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}
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"examples": [
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"text": "I have to sit there like typing in random keywords to see if it's a keyword."
},
{
"text": "Why don't you get organised instead of just contacting random people."
}
],
"glosses": [
"If something is random, there is no purpose, reason, or pattern."
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "20 per cent of the random sample of the libraries were public in any normal sense of the word."
},
{
"text": "Banks use random numbers to make codes to keep your computer banking safe and secret."
}
],
"glosses": [
"If a process is random, every option has an equal chance of happening."
],
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"statistics"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"enpr": "răn'dəm"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈrændəm/"
},
{
"sampa": "/\"r{nd@m/"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-random.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
]
}
],
"word": "random"
}
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