Rand Meaning
/ɹænd/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe border of an area of land, now especially marshland.
nounA strip of meat; a long fleshy piece of beef, cut from the flank or leg; a sort of steak.
Sentence Examples
Tom believes the philosophy of Ayn Rand is truly objective.
Rand Paul is a self-certified ophthalmologist.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She paid fifty ____ for the meal at the restaurant in Cape Town.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The South African ____ weakened against the dollar following the announcement of the new policy.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Lagg (1) Marginal zone outside the rand containing fen vegetation and representing the transition between raised bog peat and mineral soils."
— 1984, Herman W. Gabriel, Glossary of Landscape & Vegetation Ecology for Alaska, page 64, entry "lagg":
"[…] the rands, especially near the Teifi river, are very steep."
— 2013, Peter D. Moore, European Mires, page 288:
"They came with chopping-knives / To cut me into rands and sirloins"
— 1621 (first performance), John Fletcher, “The Wild-Goose Chase; a Comedy”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
"[…] I ſmelt out my noble ſtincker Greenſheild in his Chamber, and as tho my heart ſtringes had bin crackt, I vvept, & thumpd, and thumpd, and rau'd and randed, and raild, and told him hovv my vvife vvas novv grovvne as common as baibery, and that ſhee had hierd her Taylor to ride vvith her to VVare, to meete a Gentleman of the Court."
— c. 1601 (date written), Thomas Decker [i.e., Thomas Dekker]; Iohn Webster [i.e., John Webster], North-ward Hoe. […], London: […] G[eorge] Eld, published 1607, →OCLC, Act IV, signatures F, verso – F2, recto:
"In a Fox Business interview on Tuesday, Sen. Rand Paul (R–Ky.) alluded to the distinction between private and government responses to offensive speech, but his comments were ambiguous enough that an uncharitable viewer could easily interpret them as approval of the latter."
— 2025 September 16, Jacob Sullum, “Brendan Carr and Ted Cruz Don't Think Charlie Kirk's Murder Justifies Speech Restrictions”, in Reason:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She paid fifty ____ for the meal at the restaurant in Cape Town.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The South African ____ weakened against the dollar following the announcement of the new policy.