willekeurig — meaning in English
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English meaning
- arbitrary adj Based on personal choice or chance rather than any clear reason, rule, or system.
- haphazard adj Done without any clear plan or order; disorganized and random.
- random adj Happening or chosen without any particular pattern, plan, or reason.
- whimsical adj Playfully unusual, quaint, or fanciful, especially in a light-hearted way.
Senses
willekeurig is used for these senses in English:
- arbitrary (usually, of a decision) Based on individual discretion or judgment; not based on any objective distinction, perhaps even made at random.
- arbitrary Determined by impulse rather than reason; often connoting heavy-handedness.
- arbitrary (mathematics) Any, out of all that are possible.
- haphazard Random; chaotic; incomplete; not thorough, constant, or 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.
- whimsical Given to whimsy.
arbitrary — full definition
- adj Based on personal choice or chance rather than any clear reason, rule, or system.
- adj Used, in mathematics and logic, to mean "any one you like" out of all the possibilities — not random in the everyday sense, but unspecified.