rand
The border of an area of land, now especially marshlandThe border of an area of land, now especially marshland.
» Tom believes the philosophy of Ayn Rand is truly objective.
Meaning
8 sensesThe border of an area of land, now especially marshland.
at the wald's rand; the rand of the marsh
(UK, dialectal, rare)A border, edge or rim; a strip, as of cloth.
A strip of leather used to fit the heels of a shoe.
A single rod woven in and out of the stakes.
A rocky slope, especially the area over a river valley; specifically, the Rand
The currency of South Africa, divided into 100 cents.
Rand
рандrand
the basic unit of money in South Africa; equal to 100 cents
A random number.
(dialectal, obsolete)A strip of meat; a long fleshy piece of beef, cut from the flank or leg; a sort of steak.
Examples
3 sentencesTom believes the philosophy of Ayn Rand is truly objective.
Rand Paul is a self-certified ophthalmologist.
Ayn Rand took welfare when she got old, because she realized she was human and needed it.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English rand, from Old English rand (“edge, border, margin, rim, shore”), fromFrom 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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Forms
plural: rands / randSynonyms
3 synonyms- 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
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular