range

Meanings

• 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 limits within which something can be effective
  • "range of motion"
• 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"
• 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 variety of different things or activities
  • "he answered a range of questions"
  • "he was impressed by the range and diversity of the collection"
• (mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined
• the limit of capability
• a kitchen appliance used for cooking food
• change or be different within limits
  • "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"
• move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
• have a range; be capable of projecting over a certain distance, as of a gun
  • "This gun ranges over two miles"
• range or extend over; occupy a certain area
• lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line
• feed as in a meadow or pasture
• let eat
  • "range the animals in the prairie"
• assign a rank or rating to

Synonyms

ambit, array, browse, cast, chain, chain of mountains, compass, cooking stove, crop, drift, grade, grasp, graze, image, kitchen range, kitchen stove, lay out, mountain chain, mountain range, orbit, order, pasture, place, ramble, range of a function, range of mountains, rank, rate, reach, roam, roll, rove, run, scope, set out, stove, straddle, stray, swan, tramp, vagabond, wander