randomise

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/ˈɹændəmɑɪz/

verb

To arrange randomly; to make random.

“He randomised the marbles by spilling them onto the floor.”

Similar
randomize
OriginEnglish random ← Middle English randoun ← Old French randon →
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Meanings

verbrandomise (third-person singular simple present randomises, present participle randomising, simple past and past participle randomised)

present singular third person randomises · participle present randomising · participle past randomised · past randomised · alternative randomize

  1. To arrange randomly; to make random.

    He randomised the marbles by spilling them onto the floor.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbarrange in random order

Similar
randomize
Broader
disarrange
Also see
randomize

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₃er-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₃reyH-
  3. Proto-Germanic*rinnaną
  4. Proto-West Germanic*rinnan
  5. Frankish*randij
  6. Old Frenchrandir
  7. Old Frenchrandon
  8. Middle Englishrandoun
  9. Englishrandon
  10. Englishrandom
  11. Englishrandomise

From random + -ise.

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Translations

Bulgarian избирам случайно
  • избирам случайно (izbiram slučajno)arrange randomly; to make random
Catalan aleatoritzar
  • aleatoritzararrange randomly; to make random
Chinese Mandarin 隨機化 /随机化
  • 隨機化 /随机化 (suíjīhuà)arrange randomly; to make random
Dutch randomiseren
  • randomiserenarrange randomly; to make random
Finnish satunnaistaa
  • satunnaistaaarrange randomly; to make random
French randomiser
  • randomiserarrange randomly; to make random
German randomisieren
  • randomisierenarrange randomly; to make random
Italian randomizzare, casualizzare
  • randomizzarearrange randomly; to make random
  • casualizzarearrange randomly; to make random
Polish czynić losowym, uczynić losowym
  • czynić losowymarrange randomly; to make random
  • uczynić losowymarrange randomly; to make random
Portuguese randomizar, aleatorizar
  • randomizararrange randomly; to make random
  • aleatorizararrange randomly; to make random
Romanian randomiza
  • randomizaarrange randomly; to make random
Slovak zamiešať, poprehadzovať
  • zamiešaťarrange randomly; to make random
  • poprehadzovaťarrange randomly; to make random
  • randomizovaťarrange randomly; to make random
Spanish randomizar, aleatorizar
  • randomizararrange randomly; to make random
  • aleatorizararrange randomly; to make random
Swedish slumpa, randomisera
  • slumpaarrange randomly; to make random
  • randomiseraarrange randomly; to make random

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

masonried
Cite this entry
APA

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MLA

“randomise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/randomise. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “randomise,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/randomise.

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