| range | |
| 1. subst. A line or series of mountains, buildings, etc. | |
| 2. subst. A fireplace; a fire or other cooking apparatus; now specifically, a large cooking stove with many hotplates. | |
| 3. subst. Selection, array. | |
| We sell a wide range of cars. | |
| 4. subst. An area for practicing shooting at targets. | |
| 5. subst. An area for military training or equipment testing. | |
| 6. subst. The distance from a person or sensor to an object, target, emanation, or event. | |
| We could see the ship at a range of five miles. | |
| One can use the speed of sound to estimate the range of a lightning flash. | |
| 7. subst. Maximum distance of capability (of a weapon, radio, detector, fuel supply, etc.). | |
| This missile's range is 500 kilometres. | |
| 8. subst. An area of open, often unfenced, grazing land. | |
| 9. subst. Extent or space taken in by anything excursive; compass or extent of excursion; reach; scope. | |
| 10. subst. (mathematics) The set of values (points) which a function can obtain. | |
| 11. subst. (statistics) The length of the smallest interval which contains all the data in a sample; the difference between the largest and smallest observations in the sample. | |
| 12. subst. (sports) The defensive area that a player can cover. | |
| Jones has good range for a big man. | |
| 13. subst. (music) The scale of all the tones a voice or an instrument can produce. | |
| 14. subst. (ecology) The geographical area or zone where a species is normally naturally found. | |
| 15. subst. (programming) A sequential list of values specified by an iterator. | |
| std::for_each calls the given function on each value in the input range. | |
| 16. subst. An aggregate of individuals in one rank or degree; an order; a class. | |
| 17. subst. (obsolete) The step of a ladder; a rung. | |
| 18. subst. (obsolete, UK, dialect) A bolting sieve to sift meal. | |
| 19. subst. A wandering or roving; a going to and fro; an excursion; a ramble; an expedition. | |
| 20. subst. (US, historical) In the public land system, a row or line of townships lying between two succession meridian lines six miles apart. | |
| 21. subst. The scope of something, the extent which something covers or includes. | |
| 22. subst. The variety of roles that an actor can play in a satisfactory way. | |
| By playing in comedies as well as in dramas he has proved his range as an actor. | |
| By playing in comedies as well as in dramas he has proved his acting range. | |
| 23. v. (intransitive) To travel over (an area, etc); to roam, wander. | |
| 24. v. To rove over or through. | |
| to range the fields | |
| 25. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To exercise the power of something over something else; to cause to submit to, over. | |
| 26. v. To bring (something) into a specified position or relationship (especially, of opposition) with something else. | |
| 27. v. (intransitive, mathematics, computing, followed by over) Of a variable, to be able to take any of the values in a specified range. | |
| The variable x ranges over all real values from 0 to 10. | |
| 28. v. To classify. | |
| to range plants and animals in genera and species | |
| 29. v. (intransitive) To form a line or a row. | |
| The front of a house ranges with the street. | |
| 30. v. (intransitive) To be placed in order; to be ranked; to admit of arrangement or classification; to rank. | |
| 31. v. 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. | |
| 32. v. To place among others in a line, row, or order, as in the ranks of an army; usually, reflexively and figuratively, to espouse a cause, to join a party, etc. | |
| 33. v. (biology) To be native to, or live in, a certain district or region. | |
| The peba ranges from Texas to Paraguay. | |
| 34. v. To separate into parts; to sift. | |
| 35. v. To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near. | |
| to range the coast | |
| 36. v. (baseball) Of a player, to travel a significant distance for a defensive play. | |
| 37. v. (seeMoreCites) | |
