{
    "term": "random",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "done, chosen, etc. without somebody deciding in advance what is going to happen, or without any regular pattern",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the random killing of innocent people"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **random sample/selection** *(= in which each thing has an equal chance of being chosen)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The information is processed in a random order."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I find and play a lot of random stuff—Bach, blues, bebop."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He grabbed a random pair of jeans and an old red shirt."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She dodged the random items that were on the concrete floor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Questionnaires were sent to a random selection of households."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They interviewed a random sample of head teachers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Random checks are made on the goods leaving the factory."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Random numbers are generated by the computer."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The group to be studied was selected on a random basis."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "seem"],
                "adverb": ["completely", "entirely", "purely"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "not known or not identified",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Some random guy gave me a hundred bucks."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You don’t want some random dude telling you how to live your life."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a thing or person that is random is strange and does not make sense, often in a way that interests you or makes you laugh",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Mum, you are so random!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The humour is great because it's just so random and unhinged from reality."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈrændəm/",
                "audio": "ra/random/random__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈrændəm/",
                "audio": "ra/random/random__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the sense ‘impetuous headlong rush’): from Old French randon ‘great speed’, from randir ‘gallop’."
}