Etymology : Middle English, row of persons, from Middle French renge, from Old French rengier to range
Pronunciation : rAnj
Function : noun
Date : 14th century
1. mountain chain; meadow, pasture; scope, extent; shooting gallery; field, domain; assortment; kitchen stove, cooking stove, kitchen appliance used to cook food; (Music) distance of a musical instrument from the lowest to the highest pitch it can make music. determine the range of a target; extend, stretch; vary, fluctuate within certain boundaries. range\range\, v. i.
2. to rove at large; to wander without restraint or direction; to roam. like a ranging spaniel that barks at every bird he sees.
3. 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.
4. to be placed in order; to be ranked; to admit of arrangement or classification; to rank. and range with humble livers in content.
5. 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. which way the forests range.
6. (biol.) to be native to, or live in, a certain district or region; as, the peba ranges from texas to paraguay.
7. 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.
8. To place among others in a line, row, or order, as in the ranks of an army; usually, reflexively and figuratively, to espouse a cause, to join a party, etc.
9. To separate into parts; to sift.
10. To dispose in a classified or in systematic order; to arrange regularly; as, to range plants and animals in genera and species.
11. To rove over or through; as, to range the fields.
12. To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near; as, to range the coast.
13. To be native to, or to live in; to frequent.
14. To rove at large; to wander without restraint or direction; to roam.
15. 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.
16. To be placed in order; to be ranked; to admit of arrangement or classification; to rank.
17. 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.
18. To be native to, or live in, a certain district or region; as, the peba ranges from Texas to Paraguay.
19. A series of things in a line; a row; a rank; as, a range of buildings; a range of mountains.
20. An aggregate of individuals in one rank or degree; an order; a class.
21. The step of a ladder; a rung.
22. A kitchen grate.
23. An extended cooking apparatus of cast iron, set in brickwork, and affording conveniences for various ways of cooking; also, a kind of cooking stove.
24. A bolting sieve to sift meal.
25. A wandering or roving; a going to and fro; an excursion; a ramble; an expedition.
26. 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.
27. 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.
28. The region within which a plant or animal naturally lives.
29. The horizontal distance to which a shot or other projectile is carried.
30. Sometimes, less properly, the trajectory of a shot or projectile.
31. A place where shooting, as with cannons or rifles, is practiced.
32. In the public land system of the United States, a row or line of townships lying between two successive meridian lines six miles apart.
33. See Range of cable, below. a place for shooting 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 variety of different things or activities; "he answered a range of questions"; "he was impressed by the range and diversity of the collection" the limits within which something can be effective; "range of motion"; "he was beyond the reach of their fire" 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" a series of hills or mountains; "the valley was between two ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range" the limits of the values a function can take; "the range of this function is the interval from 0 to 1" let eat; "range the animals in the prairie" lay out in a line range or extend over; occupy a certain area; "The plants straddle the entire state" 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" have a range; be capable of projecting over a certain distance, as of a gun; "This gun ranges over two miles".
34. 1. A range of things is a number of different things of the same general kind. A wide range of colours and patterns are available The two men discussed a range of issues.
35. A range is the complete group that is included between two points on a scale of measurement or quality. The average age range is between 35 and.
36. properties available in the price range they are looking for.
37. The range of something is the maximum area in which it can reach things or detect things. The 120mm mortar has a range of 18,000 yards.
38. If things range between two points or range from one point to another, they vary within these points on a scale of measurement or quality. They range in price from $3 to .
39. offering merchandise ranging from the everyday to the esoteric. temperatures ranging between 5°C and 20°C.
40. A range of mountains or hills is a line of them. the massive mountain ranges to the north.
41. A rifle range or a shooting range is a place where people can practise shooting at targets. It reminds me of my days on the rifle range preparing for duty in Vietnam.
42. A range or kitchen range is an old-fashioned metal cooker.
43. A range or kitchen range is a large metal device for cooking food using gas or electricity. A range consists of a grill, an oven, and some gas or electric rings. see also:
free-range.
44. If something is in range or within range, it is near enough to be reached or detected. If it is out of range, it is too far away to be reached or detected. Cars are driven through the mess, splashing everyone in range. a base within range of enemy missiles The fish stayed 50 yards offshore, well out of range.
45. If you see:
or hit something at close range or from close range, you are very close to it when you see:
it or hit it. If you do something at a range of half a mile, for example, you are half a mile away from it when you do it. He was shot in the head at close range The enemy opened fire at a range of only 20 yards. long range navigation Absaroka Range Alaska Range Bitterroot Range Brooks Range Cascade Range Great Dividing Range intermediate range nuclear weapons Karakoram Range range finder Sawatch Range Sulaiman Range Taconic Range Teton Range Wind River Range.
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