1. range - noun
· 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"
Synonym(s): scope, reach, orbit, compass, ambit
Hypernym(s): extent
2. range - noun
· the limits within which something can be effective; "range of motion"; "he was beyond the reach of their fire"
Synonym(s): reach
Hypernym(s): limit
3. range - 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"
Hypernym(s): tract, piece_of_land, piece_of_ground, parcel_of_land, parcel
4. range - noun
· a series of hills or mountains; "the valley was between two ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range"
Synonym(s): mountain_range, range_of_mountains, chain, mountain_chain, chain_of_mountains
Hypernym(s): geological_formation, formation
5. range - 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"
Hypernym(s): facility, installation
6. range - 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"
Hypernym(s): assortment, mixture, mixed_bag, miscellany, miscellanea, variety, salmagundi, smorgasbord, potpourri, motley
7. range - noun
· (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"
Synonym(s): image, range_of_a_function
Hypernym(s): set
8. range - noun
· the limit of capability; "within the compass of education"
Synonym(s): compass, reach, grasp
Hypernym(s): capability, capableness, potentiality
9. range - noun
· a kitchen appliance used for cooking food; "dinner was already on the stove"
Synonym(s): stove, kitchen_stove, kitchen_range, cooking_stove
Hypernym(s): kitchen_appliance
10. range - 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"
Synonym(s): run
Hypernym(s): be
11. range - verb
· 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"
Synonym(s): roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, drift, vagabond
Hypernym(s): travel, go, move, locomote
12. range - verb
· have a range; be capable of projecting over a certain distance, as of a gun; "This gun ranges over two miles"
13. range - verb
· range or extend over; occupy a certain area; "The plants straddle the entire state"
Synonym(s): straddle
Hypernym(s): constitute, represent, make_up, comprise, be
14. range - verb
· lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line; "lay out the clothes"; "lay out the arguments"
Synonym(s): array, lay_out, set_out
15. range - verb
· feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing"
Synonym(s): crop, browse, graze, pasture
16. range - verb
· let eat; "range the animals in the prairie"
17. range - verb
· assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"
Synonym(s): rate, rank, order, grade, place
Hypernym(s): evaluate, pass_judgment, judge
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