range

Noun

• a kitchen appliance used for cooking food
  • dinner was already on the stove
    

• the limit of capability
  • within the compass of education
    

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

• a variety of different things or activities
  • he answered a range of questions
    
  • he was impressed by the range and diversity of the collection
    

• a place for shooting (firing or driving) projectiles of various kinds
  • the army maintains a missile range in the desert
    
  • any good golf club will have a range where you can practice
    

• a series of hills or mountains
  • the valley was between two ranges of hills
    
  • the plains lay just beyond the mountain range
    

• a large tract of grassy open land on which livestock can graze
  • they used to drive the cattle across the open range every spring
    
  • he dreamed of a home on the range
    

• the limits within which something can be effective
  • range of motion
    
  • he was beyond the reach of their fire
    

• an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"
  • a piano has a greater range than the human voice
    
  • the ambit of municipal legislation
    
  • within the compass of this article
    
  • within the scope of an investigation
    
  • outside the reach of the law
    
  • in the political orbit of a world power
    

Verb

• assign a rank or rating to
  • how would you rank these students?
    
  • The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide
    

• let eat
  • range the animals in the prairie
    

• feed as in a meadow or pasture
  • the herd was grazing
    

• lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line
  • lay out the clothes
    
  • lay out the arguments
    

• range or extend over; occupy a certain area
  • The plants straddle the entire state
    

• have a range; be capable of projecting over a certain distance, as of a gun
  • This gun ranges over two miles
    

• move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
  • The gypsies roamed the woods
    
  • roving vagabonds
    
  • the wandering Jew
    
  • The cattle roam across the prairie
    
  • the laborers drift from one town to the next
    
  • They rolled from town to town
    

• change or be different within limits
  • Estimates for the losses in the earthquake range as high as $2 billion
    
  • Interest rates run from 5 to 10 percent
    
  • The instruments ranged from tuba to cymbals
    
  • My students range from very bright to dull
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
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