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noun
1.
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible: the range of steel prices; a wide range of styles.
2.
the extent or scope of the operation or action of something: within range of vision.
3.
the distance to which a projectile is or may be sent by a weapon.
4.
the distance of the target from the weapon.
5.
EXPANDan area equipped with targets for practice in shooting weapons: a rifle range.
6.
an area used for flight-testing missiles.
7.
the distance of something to be located from some point of operation, as in sound ranging.
8.
the distance that can be covered by an aircraft, ship, or other vehicle, carrying a normal load without refueling.
9.
Statistics. the difference between the largest and smallest values in a statistical distribution.
10.
a continuous course of masonry of the same height from end to end.
11.
Music. compass (def. 4).
12.
Surveying.
a.
the horizontal direction or extension of a survey line established by two or more marked points.
b.
(in U.S. public-land surveys) one of a series of divisions numbered east or west from the principal meridian of the survey and consisting of a row of townships, each six miles square, that are numbered north or south from a base line.
13.
Navigation. a line established by markers or lights on shore for the location of soundings.
14.
a rank, class, or order: in the higher ranges of society.
15.
a row, line, or series, as of persons or things.
16.
an act of ranging or moving around, as over an area or region.
17.
Also called rangeland. an area or tract that is or may be ranged over, especially an open region for the grazing of livestock.
18.
the region over which a population or species is distributed: the range of the Baltimore oriole.
19.
Mathematics. the set of all values attained by a given function throughout its domain.
20.
a chain of mountains forming a single system: the Catskill Range.
21.
a large portable or stationary cooking stove having burners built into the top surface and containing one or more ovens.
22.
Physics. the maximum distance that a charged particle, as a proton, can penetrate a given medium and still maintain sufficient kinetic energy to produce ionization in the medium.
23.
COLLAPSENautical.
a.
a large cleat for securing various lines, especially the tacks and sheets of courses.
b.
a length of anchor cable laid on deck.
adjective
24.
working or grazing on a range: range horses; range animals like steer and sheep.
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verb (used with object)
25.
to draw up or arrange (persons or things) in rows or lines or in a specific position, company, or group: The sergeant ranged the troops in columns of six across.
26.
to place or arrange systematically; set in order; dispose: The members of the cast were ranged in their proper places on stage.
27.
to place in a particular class; classify: They ranged themselves with the liberals.
28.
to make straight, level, or even, as lines of type.
29.
EXPANDto pass over or through (an area or region) in all directions, as in exploring or searching: They ranged the entire countryside.
verb (used without object)
Idiom34.
to vary within certain limits: prices ranging from $5 to $10.
35.
to have a certain variety of things somehow related: emotions ranging from smugness to despair.
36.
to move around or through a region in all directions, as people or animals.
37.
to rove, roam, or wander: The talk ranged over a variety of subjects.
38.
EXPANDto stretch out or extend in a line, as things: shabby houses ranged along the road.
39.
to extend, run, or go in a certain direction: a boundary ranging from east and west.
40.
to lie or extend in the same line or plane, as one thing with another or others.
41.
to take up a position in a line or in order.
42.
to extend, be found, or occur over an area or throughout a period, as an animal or plant.
43.
to have a specified range, as a gun, missile, etc.
44.
to find the range, as of something aimed at or to be located.
45.
COLLAPSENautical. (of an anchored vessel) to swerve or sheer (often followed by about).
46.
in range, (of two or more objects observed from a vessel) located one directly behind the other.
Origin:
1350–1400; (noun) Middle English < Old French renge row, derivative of renc line; see rank1; (v.) Middle English rangen < Middle French ranger, Old French rengier, derivative of renc
1350–1400; (noun) Middle English < Old French renge row, derivative of renc line; see rank1; (v.) Middle English rangen < Middle French ranger, Old French rengier, derivative of renc
Related forms
non·rang·ing, adjective
sub·range, noun
un·rang·ing, adjective
Synonyms
1. sweep, reach. Range, compass, latitude, scope refer to extent or breadth. Range emphasizes extent and diversity: the range of one's interests. Compass suggests definite limits: within the compass of one's mind. Latitude emphasizes the idea of freedom from narrow confines, thus breadth or extent: granted latitude of action. Scope suggests great freedom but a proper limit: the scope of one's activities; the scope of one's obligations. 14. kind, sort. 15. tier, file. 25. align, rank. 26. array. 36. See roam. 38. lie.
1. sweep, reach. Range, compass, latitude, scope refer to extent or breadth. Range emphasizes extent and diversity: the range of one's interests. Compass suggests definite limits: within the compass of one's mind. Latitude emphasizes the idea of freedom from narrow confines, thus breadth or extent: granted latitude of action. Scope suggests great freedom but a proper limit: the scope of one's activities; the scope of one's obligations. 14. kind, sort. 15. tier, file. 25. align, rank. 26. array. 36. See roam. 38. lie.
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Word Origin & History
range
c.1300, "row or line of persons" (esp. hunters or soldiers), from O.Fr. range "range, rank," from rangier "to place in a row, arrange," from reng "row, line" (see rank (n.)). Meaning "row of mountains" is from 1705. Meaning "scope, extent" first recorded 1666; that of "area
EXPANDover which animals seek food" is from 1626, from the verb meaning "move over a large area" (1477). Specific U.S. sense of "series of townships six miles in width" is from 1785. Sense of "distance a gun can send a bullet" is recorded from 1591; meaning "place used for shooting practice" is from 1862. The verb sense of "to arrange in rows" is recorded from 1375. The cooking appliance so called since 1446, for unknown reasons. Rangy is 1868, "adapted for ranging;" the meaning "having a long, slender form" (as an animal suited to ranging) is from 1876.
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range (rānj)
n.
In statistics, the difference or interval between the smallest and largest values in a frequency distribution.
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