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1. An area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
   "a piano has a greater range than the human voice";
   - scope, reach, orbit, compass, ambit
    
2. The limits within which something can be effective
   "range of motion";
   - reach
    
3. 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"
    
4. A series of hills or mountains
   "the valley was between two ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range";
   - mountain range, range of mountains, chain, mountain chain, chain of mountains
    
5. 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"
    
6. A variety of different things or activities
   "he answered a range of questions"; "he was impressed by the range and diversity of the collection"
    
7. (mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined
   "the image of f(x) = xrange2 is the set of all non-negative real numbers if the domain of the function is the set of all real numbers";
   - image, range of a function
    
8. The limit of capability
   "within the range of education";
   - compass, reach, grasp
    
9. A kitchen appliance used for cooking food
   "dinner was already on the range";
   - stove, kitchen stove, kitchen range, cooking stove

1. 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";
   - run
    
2. Move about aimlessly or without any fixed destination
   "They ranged from town to town";
   - roll, wander, swan [informal], stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, drift, vagabond [archaic]
    
3. Have a range; be capable of projecting over a certain distance, as of a gun
   "This gun ranges over two miles"
    
4. Range or extend over; occupy a certain area
   "The plants range the entire state";
   - straddle
    
5. Lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line
   "range the clothes";
   - array, lay out, set out
    
6. Feed as in a meadow or pasture
   "the herd was ranging";
   - crop, browse, graze, pasture
    
7. Let eat
   "range the animals in the prairie"
    
8. Assign a rank or rating to
   - rate, rank, order, grade, place

Derived forms: ranging, ranges, ranged

See also: set

Type of: arrange, assortment, be, capability, capableness, comprise, constitute, eat, evaluate, extent, facility, feed, formation, geological formation, give, go, installation, judge, kitchen appliance, limit, locomote, make up, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag [informal], mixture, motley, move, parcel, parcel of land, pass judgment, piece of ground, piece of land, potentiality, potpourri, represent, salmagundi, set, set up, smorgasbord, smörgåsbord, tract, travel, variety

Encyclopedia: Range, Ohio