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say it: raynj
range is a noun and verb meaning "an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"". It carries 17 recorded senses.
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”
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”
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 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”
mathematics
the limit of capability
“within the compass of education”
a kitchen appliance used for cooking food
“dinner was already on the stove”
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”
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
“The plants straddle the entire state”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for range come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.