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range English

Meaning range meaning

What does range mean?
Definitions in simple English

range Noun

— A range of mathX/math is a number of different kinds of mathX/maths We offer you a whole range of clothes, from socks to hats. — The range is area between an upper and lower limit. Most accidents affect children in the seven to 10 age range. — Something's range is the distance that it can travel. The company's newest airplane has a range of 10,556km. — In statistics, the range of results is highest result minus the lowest result. The test results in the study had a range of 63; the highest was 100 and the lowest 37. — A (mountain) range is a group of mountains. — A shooting range is a place to practice using a gun. — A range is a large grassy area for farm animals to walk about freely. — A range is a large stove for cooking.

range Verb

— If something ranges from mathX/math to mathY/math, it includes a number of different things and mathX/math and mathY/math are different examples of those. The police had stopped him for a variety of things ranging from stealing a book to having a gun. — If something ranges around an area, it moves around it.

range

— noun (= scope, reach, orbit, compass, ambit) 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 — verb (= run) 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 — noun (= reach) the limits within which something can be effective range of motion he was beyond the reach of their fire — 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 — verb (= roll, wander, roam, rove, drift, vagabond) 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 — verb (= lay out) lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line lay out the clothes lay out the arguments — verb (= straddle) range or extend over; occupy a certain area The plants straddle the entire state — verb have a range; be capable of projecting over a certain distance, as of a gun This gun ranges over two miles — noun (= mountain range) a series of hills or mountains the valley was between two ranges of hills the plains lay just beyond the mountain 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 — 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 — verb let eat range the animals in the prairie — noun (= compass) the limit of capability within the compass of education — noun (= image) (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 — noun (= stove) a kitchen appliance used for cooking food dinner was already on the stove — verb (= rate, rank) assign a rank or rating to how would you rank these students? The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide — verb (= graze, pasture) feed as in a meadow or pasture the herd was grazing

Synonyms range synonyms

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range English » English

scope row reach extent line compass distance sphere series array stove rank assortment wander queue extend limit selection scale run rove roam ramble order mountain range domain tramp stray space interval file field choice train stretch span ridge pasture length drift dimension cooking stove chain carry area variety vagabond travel sweep swan

Topics range topics

What do people use range to talk about?
Universe, creation Animal

Animal home
Daily life Fire

Fireplace
Work and occupation Animal husbandry Domesticated animal

Sheep
Work and occupation Animal husbandry Domesticated animal

Goat
Work and occupation Animal husbandry Domesticated animal

Beast of burden
Work and occupation Animal husbandry

Tend herds in fields
Physical actions

Arrange
States Big

Distance
States Big Distance

Far
States Big Distance

Near
Universe, creation World Land

Mountain
Work and occupation Animal husbandry Domesticated animal

Cattle
States Quantity Plural

Many, much

Conjugation range conjugation

How do you conjugate range?

range · verb

Examples range examples

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Simple sentences

This gun has a range of 300 meters.
What's the name of the mountain range?
The students range in age from 18 to 25.
His reading is of a wide range.
We would have a wide range of alternatives.
The Balkan Mountain range runs across Bulgaria from west to east.
There's a lot of nature there: a mountain range, a small river, and a great forest.
Very high demands are placed on the fitting accuracy of the tubing. The error tolerance is normally in the range of one to a few millimeters.
It's the only waterfall in this mountain range.
The functions sine and cosine have a range of values between -1 and 1, inclusive.
She only eats free-range chicken.
This looks like a close-range gunshot wound.
Tom has a wide range of interests.
Even though Tom eats mostly junk food, he rarely gets sick and his BMI is in the normal range.
That store sells a wide range of goods.
We discussed a wide range of topics.
A buyers' market is a market in which goods are plentiful, buyers have a wide range of choices, and prices are low.
Mary was killed with a pistol shot to the back of the head at close range.
You can find him at the rifle range.
Prices range from one to five dollars.
The quality is good enough and more importantly it's in your price range.
Sami gave Layla the business card of a local gun store and shooting range.

Movie subtitles

We don't yet know the range of emotions that motivated her.
Got a Jade freestanding range over here, the Belle Epoque, brass and copper espresso machine we had specially shipped in from Italy.
Constanza have a wonderful range of perforated corsets which allow moisture to escape and evaporate naturally. This reduces body temperature and preserves intimate freshness.
The new spring collection, and totally out of my price range, but I'm signing my official start papers with Oliver today, and I felt like I had to step up my fashion game, you know?
Of those, 11 are outside of the fuel range of this chopper.
The enemy is within firing range!
It covers a fairly wide range.
And this is the old chart room for the long-range guns.
I don't like that dame stuff. I likes to get out of range.
Before they could mount out of range, she had opened upon them. with her antiaircraft guns, unfortunately, without result.
I guess we're out of range.
Range: 95,452.
Range correction: 95,455.
At a short range, of course.
Rains had played a vast range of roles in his many years in the theatre, and was never typecast.
We're out of range now.
Open fire as soon as you're within range!
No doubt, instruct battery commanders at positions 37 and 22 to fire when they come within range.
Range about 200 yards!
He was afraid of Burke's long-range fighting.
I let the Kid have a good long-range workout before putting the KO on him.
He's shooting them long range, staying away, counter-punching.
I'm wondering if this make-up doesn't mask my range of expressions.
Hello, Countess. How's the rhythm on the range?
In the price range you can afford, rayon might be a better choice.
I thought it was in my range, but it was yours.
And miss! - At point blank range?
I'm always getting things balled up. Look what happened in the rifle range.
Listen, next time you're out on that range, be sure your sling is tight.
Range, 75.
Range, 1800, no change.
Range, 1800.
Range, 2800.
She's out of range.
The sub's keeping out of range, sir, because she doesn't want to match guns.
Anything we can do to put your guns in range?

News and current affairs

But, because the overall value of the euro has to be a balance of the eurozone's north and south, one can argue that 1.4 is within a reasonable range.
The Bush team was outspoken in its hostility to a range of international agreements, from the Kyoto Treaty to reduce global warming to the establishment of the International Criminal Court.
The deniers range from second-rate historians like David Irving to apparently popular politicians like Iran's recently elected president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
They have been working in a distributed collaboration for eight years and come from a range of countries and specialties.
With their very specific forms, the most effective anti-viral vaccines must be designed for a narrow range of factors.
FDI can bring a range of benefits, but it also can have costs.
Argentina is vulnerable to external shocks such as declining agricultural commodity prices because Argentina failed to develop a diversified export sector, one in which a broad range of industrial and service sectors are internationally competitive.
An economy's technological capacity depends on a wide range of social institutions.
The range of productivity and per capita income within the eurozone is considerably wider, making mobility even more important.
As the world was watching the football games in Germany, North Korea was testing long-range missiles and Palestinians in the governing Hamas launched attacks on Israel that prompted a bloody invasion of Gaza.
In the 1980's there was profound disagreement and controversy over President Ronald Reagan's decision to deploy medium-range missiles in Europe.
Most importantly, the Bank's new president should have first-hand professional experience regarding the range of pressing development challenges.
The other division, which falls under the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission and the National Development Complex, has a much wider range of responsibilities - conversion of uranium gas to metal, weapons design and manufacture, and nuclear testing.
At the same time, a range of institutions already deals with the issue: OSCE, the NATO-Russia Council, and the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council, to name but a few.
They range from subdued bank lending to unusually high risk aversion, and from discredited credit vehicles to the withdrawal of some institutions from credit intermediation altogether.
Though serious, the charges against him - recruiting child soldiers - do not pretend to encompass the range of abuses committed.
As a result of globalization, large family firms could increase their size and their geographic range.
Each marshaled the sharpest minds from a range of countries to address one task.
Ferguson is correct that the US will have to come to terms with its budget deficit to maintain international confidence, but, as I show in my book The Future of Power, doing so is within the range of possible outcomes.
And, if provided with realistic numbers, the next president will soon recognize that the right mix of tax and spending reforms falls into a much narrower range than today's competing political narratives suggest.
Some claim that the PISA results are based on too wide a range of factors to be relevant, while others point out the challenges inherent in testing students in various languages and with different cultural backgrounds.
Neighboring Brazil helped by undergoing a boom of its own, which pumped up demand for a wide range of Argentine products.
In terms of power-projection force capabilities or the range of military bases and security allies in Asia, no power or combination of powers is likely to match the US in the next quarter-century.
SEOUL - South Korean officials have recently realized that the United States is likely to try to forbid them from enriching uranium and expanding their country's missile range, rather than leave these issues on the diplomatic back burner.
Arguing that short-range devices pose no risk to the American homeland, US negotiators plan to press for reductions in follow-on talks.
That is helpful in influencing expectations, because a range of different views from the central bank could confuse the private sector; but it carries the risk of institutional groupthink.
Now, however, banks use models conjured up by faraway financial wizards to mass-produce credit and a range of derivative products.

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