Definition of range

noun (n)

• an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: (noun.attribute)

  Synonym: ambit, compass, orbit, reach, scope
  

  Example:
  The range of a supersonic jet.
  A piano has a greater range than the human voice.
  

  source: wordnet30
• the limits within which something can be effective (noun.location)

  Synonym: reach
  

  Example:
  Range of motion.
  

  source: wordnet30
• a large tract of grassy open land on which livestock can graze (noun.location)

  Example:
  They used to drive the cattle across the open range every spring.
  He dreamed of a home on the range.
  

  source: wordnet30
• a series of hills or mountains (noun.object)

  Synonym: chain, chain of mountains, mountain chain, mountain range, range of mountains
  

  Example:
  The valley was between two ranges of hills.
  The plains lay just beyond the mountain range.
  

  source: wordnet30
• a place for shooting (firing or driving) projectiles of various kinds (noun.artifact)

  Example:
  The army maintains a missile range in the desert.
  Any good golf club will have a range where you can practice.
  

  source: wordnet30
• a variety of different things or activities (noun.group)

  Example:
  He answered a range of questions.
  He was impressed by the range and diversity of the collection.
  

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• (mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined (noun.group)

  Synonym: image, range of a function
  

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• the limit of capability (noun.cognition)

  Synonym: compass, grasp, reach
  

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• a kitchen appliance used for cooking food (noun.artifact)

  Synonym: cooking stove, kitchen range, kitchen stove, stove
  

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• A series of things in a line; a row; a rank; as, a range of buildings; a range of mountains. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• change or be different within limits (verb.stative)

  Synonym: run
  

  Example:
  Estimates for the losses in the earthquake range as high as $2 billion.
  The instruments ranged from tuba to cymbals.
  My students range from very bright to dull.
  

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• move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment (verb.motion)

  Synonym: cast, drift, ramble, roam, roll, rove, stray, swan, tramp, vagabond, wander
  

  source: wordnet30
• have a range; be capable of projecting over a certain distance, as of a gun (verb.stative)

  Example:
  This gun ranges over two miles.
  

  source: wordnet30
• range or extend over; occupy a certain area (verb.stative)

  Synonym: straddle
  

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• lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line (verb.contact)

  Synonym: array, lay out, set out
  

  source: wordnet30
• feed as in a meadow or pasture (verb.contact)

  Synonym: browse, crop, graze, pasture
  

  source: wordnet30
• let eat (verb.consumption)

  Example:
  Range the animals in the prairie.
  

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• assign a rank or rating to (verb.cognition)

  Synonym: grade, order, place, rank, rate
  

  source: wordnet30
• To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order; to rank; as, to range soldiers in line. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To rove at large; to wander without restraint or direction; to roam. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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