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Word: Range
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English (in the sense ‘line of people or animals’): from Old French range ‘row, rank’, from rangier ‘put in order’, from rang ‘rank’. Early usage also included the notion of ‘movement over an area’
reɪn(d)ʒ
the area of variation between upper and lower limits on a particular scale
Short Definition:area of variation between upper and lower limits on particular scale
Examples:- the cost will be in the range of $1–5 million a day
- grand hotels were outside my price range
a set of different things of the same general type
Short Definition:set of different things of same general type
Examples:- the area offers a wide range of activities for the tourist
- the company's new carpet range
the distance within which a person can see or hear
Short Definition:distance within which person can see or hear
Examples:- something lurked just beyond her range of vision
a line or series of mountains or hills
Short Definition:line or series of mountains or hills
Examples:- a mountain range
a large area of open land for grazing or hunting
Short Definition:large area of open land
Examples:- on dude ranches, tourists put on crisp new western gear to ride the range
a large cooking stove with burners or hotplates and one or more ovens, all of which are kept continually hot
Short Definition:large cooking stove with burners or hotplates and one or more ovens
Examples:- a wood-burning kitchen range
a row of buildings
Short Definition:row of buildings
Examples:- Townesend's Durham quadrangle range at Trinity College
the direction or position in which something lies
Short Definition:direction or position in which something lies
Examples:- the range of the hills and valleys is nearly from north to south
Word: Range
Speech Type: Verb
reɪn(d)ʒ
vary or extend between specified limits
Short Definition:vary or extend between specified limits
Examples:- prices range from £30 to £100
- patients whose ages ranged from 13 to 25 years
place or arrange in a row or rows or in a specified manner
Short Definition:place or arrange in row or rows or in specified manner
Examples:- a table with half a dozen chairs ranged around it
place oneself or be placed in opposition to (a person or group)
Short Definition:place oneself or be placed in opposition to
Examples:- they were no match for the overwhelming forces ranged against them
- her family were ranged against him
(of a person or animal) travel or wander over a wide area
Short Definition:travel or wander over wide area
Examples:- patrols ranged thousands of miles deep into enemy territory
- tribes who ranged the windswept lands of the steppe
- free-ranging groups of baboons
obtain the range of a target by adjustment after firing past it or short of it, or by the use of radar or laser equipment
Short Definition:obtain range of target by adjustment after firing past it or short of it, or by use of radar or laser equipment
Examples:- radar-type transmissions which appeared to be ranging on our convoys
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