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tilfældig — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • accidental adj Happening by chance rather than on purpose.
  • erratic adj Unpredictable and inconsistent; changing without any clear pattern.
  • random adj Happening or chosen without any particular pattern, plan, or reason.

Senses

tilfældig is used for these senses in English:

  • accidental Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; by accident, unintentional. [from 16th c.]
  • erratic Unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent.
  • random (statistics) Involving an outcome which is impossible to predict, but which may be represented by a probability distribution; in the ideal case, involving outcomes which are equally likely.

accidental — full definition

  1. adj Happening by chance rather than on purpose.
  2. adj Not essential to the basic nature of something; incidental.

erratic — full definition

  1. adj Unpredictable and inconsistent; changing without any clear pattern.
  2. noun A large boulder carried far from its origin by a glacier and left behind when the ice melted.

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