randomize

verb

ran·​dom·​ize ˈran-də-ˌmīz 

randomized; randomizing

transitive verb

: to select, assign, or arrange in a random way

randomization

ˌran-də-mə-ˈzā-shən 

noun

randomizer noun

Examples of randomize in a Sentence

The numbers have been randomized.

A randomized study of patients treated with the drug showed it to be effective.

Recent Examples on the Web

Released on July 11, THIS IS FOR was available as a standard widely available digital download and streaming album, across 15 CD and three vinyl variants (all containing collectible ephemera, some randomized). —Jim Asker, Billboard, 23 July 2025

Those inter-wave upgrades are also randomized in each run, adding some roguelike unpredictability that means no two play sessions develop quite the same way. —Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 1 Aug. 2025

Then the researchers randomized 246 software coding tasks, either allowing them to be completed with AI or not. —Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 15 July 2025

All contained collectible paper ephemera, some randomized. —Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 7 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1926, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for randomize

• advertise
• aggrandize
• agonize
• alibis
• alkalies
• alkalis
• amortize
• amplifies
• analyse
• analyze
• anywise
• authorize

Kids Definition

randomize

verb

ran·​dom·​ize ˈran-də-ˌmīz 

randomized; randomizing

: to make random

shuffling randomizes playing cards