Значення

значень: 8
  1. The border of an area of land, now especially marshland.

    at the wald's rand; the rand of the marsh

  2. (Британія, діалектне, рідковживане)A border, edge or rim; a strip, as of cloth.

  3. A strip of leather used to fit the heels of a shoe.

  4. A single rod woven in and out of the stakes.

  5. A rocky slope, especially the area over a river valley; specifically, the Rand

  6. The currency of South Africa, divided into 100 cents.

    Rand

    рандrand

    the basic unit of money in South Africa; equal to 100 cents

  7. A random number.

  8. (діалектне, застаріле)A strip of meat; a long fleshy piece of beef, cut from the flank or leg; a sort of steak.

Приклади

речень: 3
  1. Tom believes the philosophy of Ayn Rand is truly objective.

  2. Rand Paul is a self-certified ophthalmologist.

  3. Ayn Rand took welfare when she got old, because she realized she was human and needed it.

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Походження

From Middle English rand, from Old English rand (“edge, border, margin, rim, shore”), from

From Middle English rand, from Old English rand (“edge, border, margin, rim, shore”), from Proto-West Germanic *rand, from Proto-Germanic *randaz, *randō (“edge, rim, crust”), from Proto-Indo-European *rem- (“to rest, prop or support oneself”). Cognate with Dutch rand (“edge, border, outskirts, rim”), German Rand (“edge, border, margin, rim, outskirts”), Swedish rand (“rand, stripe, edge, verge”). Related to rind.

Named after Witwatersrand; the last element is Afrikaans rand (“ridge”), from Dutch rand, from Old Saxon rand, from Germanic *randaz. Compare Etymology 1, and Rand.

Shortened from random.

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Форми

множина: rands / rand
Однинаrand
Множинаrands / rand

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Синоніми

синонімів: 3
Близькі за значенням
  • United States writer (born in Russia) noted for her polemical novels and political conservativism (1905-1982):Ayn Rand
  • a rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese:WitwatersrandReef

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