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Meaning of 'range' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Range [ n.]
- 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.
- To place (as a single individual) among others in a line, row, or order, as in the ranks of an army; -- usually, reflexively and figuratively, (in the sense) to espouse a cause, to join a party, etc.
- To separate into parts; to sift.
- To dispose in a classified or in systematic order; to arrange regularly; as, to range plants and animals in genera and species.
- To rove over or through; as, to range the fields.
- To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near; as, to range the coast.
- To be native to, or to live in; to frequent.
2 . Range [ v.]
- A series of things in a line; a row; a rank; as, a range of buildings; a range of mountains.
- An aggregate of individuals in one rank or degree; an order; a class.
- The step of a ladder; a rung.
- A kitchen grate.
- An extended cooking apparatus of cast iron, set in brickwork, and affording conveniences for various ways of cooking; also, a kind of cooking stove.
- A bolting sieve to sift meal.
- A wandering or roving; a going to and fro; an excursion; a ramble; an expedition.
- That which may be ranged over; place or room for excursion; especially, a region of country in which cattle or sheep may wander and pasture.
- Extent or space taken in by anything excursive; compass or extent of excursion; reach; scope; discursive power; as, the range of one's voice, or authority.
- The region within which a plant or animal naturally lives.
- The horizontal distance to which a shot or other projectile is carried.
- Sometimes, less properly, the trajectory of a shot or projectile.
- A place where shooting, as with cannons or rifles, is practiced.
- In the public land system of the United States, a row or line of townships lying between two successive meridian lines six miles apart.
- See Range of cable, below.
3 . Range [ v. i.]
- To rove at large; to wander without restraint or direction; to roam.
- To have range; to change or differ within limits; to be capable of projecting, or to admit of being projected, especially as to horizontal distance; as, the temperature ranged through seventy degrees Fahrenheit; the gun ranges three miles; the shot ranged four miles.
- To be placed in order; to be ranked; to admit of arrangement or classification; to rank.
- To have a certain direction; to correspond in direction; to be or keep in a corresponding line; to trend or run; -- often followed by with; as, the front of a house ranges with the street; to range along the coast.
- To be native to, or live in, a certain district or region; as, the peba ranges from Texas to Paraguay.

Meaning of 'range' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . range [ n]
Meaning (1):
- an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
Example in sentence:
  • a piano has a greater range than the human voice;
  • in the political orbit of a world power;
  • outside the reach of the law;
  • the ambit of municipal legislation;
  • the range of a supersonic jet;
  • within the compass of this article;
  • within the scope of an investigation
Meaning (2):
- a place for shooting (firing or driving) projectiles of various kinds
Example in sentence:
  • any good golf club will have a range where you can practice;
  • the army maintains a missile range in the desert
Meaning (3):
- a kitchen appliance used for cooking food
Example in sentence:
  • dinner was already on the stove
Meaning (4):
- a variety of different things or activities
Example in sentence:
  • he answered a range of questions;
  • he was impressed by the range and diversity of the collection
Meaning (5):
- a large tract of grassy open land on which livestock can graze
Example in sentence:
  • he dreamed of a home on the range;
  • they used to drive the cattle across the open range every spring
Meaning (6):
- the limits within which something can be effective
Example in sentence:
  • he was beyond the reach of their fire;
  • range of motion
Meaning (7):
- (mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined
Example in sentence:
  • the image of f(x) = x^2 is the set of all non-negative real numbers if the domain of the function is the set of all real numbers
Meaning (8):
- a series of hills or mountains
Example in sentence:
  • the plains lay just beyond the mountain range;
  • the valley was between two ranges of hills
Meaning (9):
- the limit of capability
Example in sentence:
  • within the compass of education
10 . range [ v]
Meaning (10):
- change or be different within limits
Example in sentence:
  • Estimates for the losses in the earthquake range as high as $2 billion;
  • Interest rates run from 5 to 10 percent;
  • My students range from very bright to dull;
  • The instruments ranged from tuba to cymbals
Meaning (11):
- assign a rank or rating to
Example in sentence:
  • how would you rank these students?;
  • The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide
Meaning (12):
- lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line
Example in sentence:
  • lay out the arguments;
  • lay out the clothes
Meaning (13):
- let eat
Example in sentence:
  • range the animals in the prairie
Meaning (14):
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
Example in sentence:
  • roving vagabonds;
  • The cattle roam across the prairie;
  • The gypsies roamed the woods;
  • the laborers drift from one town to the next;
  • the wandering Jew;
  • They rolled from town to town
Meaning (15):
- feed as in a meadow or pasture
Example in sentence:
  • the herd was grazing
Meaning (16):
- range or extend over; occupy a certain area
Example in sentence:
  • The plants straddle the entire state
Meaning (17):
- have a range; be capable of projecting over a certain distance, as of a gun
Example in sentence:
  • This gun ranges over two miles

Nearby Words:

ran rana ranal rance rancescent ranch ranchero rancheros ranchman ranchmen

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