Range

[reɪn(d)ʒ] or [rendʒ]

Definition

(noun.) 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'.

(noun.) a variety of different things or activities; 'he answered a range of questions'; 'he was impressed by the range and diversity of the collection'.

(noun.) the limits within which something can be effective; 'range of motion'; 'he was beyond the reach of their fire'.

(noun.) 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'.

(noun.) a series of hills or mountains; 'the valley was between two ranges of hills'; 'the plains lay just beyond the mountain range'.

(verb.) let eat; 'range the animals in the prairie'.

(verb.) lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line; 'lay out the clothes'; 'lay out the arguments'.

(verb.) range or extend over; occupy a certain area; 'The plants straddle the entire state'.

(verb.) 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'.

(verb.) have a range; be capable of projecting over a certain distance, as of a gun; 'This gun ranges over two miles'.

Inputed by Allen--From WordNet

Definition

(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.

(n.) 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.

(n.) To separate into parts; to sift.

(n.) To dispose in a classified or in systematic order; to arrange regularly; as, to range plants and animals in genera and species.

(n.) To rove over or through; as, to range the fields.

(n.) To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near; as, to range the coast.

(n.) To be native to, or to live in; to frequent.

(v. i.) To rove at large; to wander without restraint or direction; to roam.

(v. i.) 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.

(v. i.) To be placed in order; to be ranked; to admit of arrangement or classification; to rank.

(v. i.) 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.

(v. i.) To be native to, or live in, a certain district or region; as, the peba ranges from Texas to Paraguay.

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

(v.) An aggregate of individuals in one rank or degree; an order; a class.

(v.) The step of a ladder; a rung.

(v.) A kitchen grate.

(v.) An extended cooking apparatus of cast iron, set in brickwork, and affording conveniences for various ways of cooking; also, a kind of cooking stove.

(v.) A bolting sieve to sift meal.

(v.) A wandering or roving; a going to and fro; an excursion; a ramble; an expedition.

(v.) 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.

(v.) 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.

(v.) The region within which a plant or animal naturally lives.

(v.) The horizontal distance to which a shot or other projectile is carried.

(v.) Sometimes, less properly, the trajectory of a shot or projectile.

(v.) A place where shooting, as with cannons or rifles, is practiced.

(v.) In the public land system of the United States, a row or line of townships lying between two successive meridian lines six miles apart.

(v.) See Range of cable, below.

Typed by Eddie

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Row, rank, line, tier, file.[2]. Class, order, kind, sort.[3]. Excursion, wandering.[4]. Scope, sweep, compass, extent, reach, amplitude, latitude.

v. a. [1]. Class, rank, arrange, set in a row, dispose in order.[2]. Rove over, pass over.[3]. Sail along.

v. n. [1]. Rove, ramble, wander, stroll, roam, course, straggle, expatiate, rove at large, gad about.[2]. Consort, be classed, be ranked.[3]. Lie, run, be directed.

Checker: Spenser

Synonyms and Antonyms

[See ORDER_and_RANK]

SYN:Rank, dispose, class, place, order, collocate, file, concatenate, ramble,stroll, rove

ANT:Disturb, disconnect, disorder, derange, intermit, disconnect, remain,be_stationary

Checked by Ernest

Definition

v.t. to rank or set in a row: to place in proper order: to rove or pass over: to sail in a direction parallel to.—v.i. to be placed in order: to lie in a particular direction: to have range or direction: to rove at large: to beat about as for game: to sail or pass near: to be on a level: to extend.—n. a row or rank: a class or order: a wandering: room for passing to and fro: space occupied by anything moving: capacity of mind: extent of acquirements: the horizontal distance to which a shot is carried: a space through which a body moves as the range of a thermometer: the long cooking-stove of a kitchen: a fire-grate.—adj. Rang (her.) arranged in order said of small bearings set in a row fessewise.—n. Range′-find′er an instrument for determining the range of an object by sight.—n.pl. Range′-lights lights placed in line usually at or near a lighthouse so as to direct the course of a ship through a channel: lights on board ship so placed as to give a ready indication of changes of course to other vessels.—n. Rang′er a rover: a dog that beats the ground: an officer who superintends a forest or park.—n.pl. Rang′ers a body of mounted troops: a name sometimes taken by clubs of football players &c.—ns. Rang′ership; Range′-stove a portable cooking-range.—adj. Ran′gy disposed to roam: roomy.

Edited by Lenore