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Noun range has 9 senses
- scope, range, reach, orbit, compass, ambit - an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"; "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"
--1 is a kind of extent
--1 has particulars:
- range, reach - the limits within which something can be effective; "range of motion"; "he was beyond the reach of their fire"
--2 is a kind of limit
--2 has particulars:
- range - 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"
--3 is a kind of tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel
--3 has particulars: home range, home territory
- range, mountain range, range of mountains, chain, mountain chain, chain of mountains - a series of hills or mountains; "the valley was between two ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range"
--4 is a kind of geological formation, formation
--4 has parts: massif; pass, mountain pass, notch
--4 has particulars: | | Adirondacks, Adirondack Mountains; Admiralty Range; Alaska Range; Alleghenies, Allegheny Mountains; Alps, the Alps; Andes; Apennines; Appalachians, Appalachian Mountains; Atlas Mountains; Australian Alps; Balkans, Balkan Mountains, Balkan Mountain Range; Berkshires, Berkshire Hills; Black Hills; Blue Ridge Mountains, Blue Ridge; Cantabrian Mountains; Carpathians, Carpathian Mountains; Cascades, Cascade Range, Cascade Mountains; Catskills, Catskill Mountains; Caucasus, Caucasus Mountains; Coast Range, Coast Mountains; Cumberland Mountains, Cumberland Plateau; Dolomite Alps; Great Dividing Range, Eastern Highlands; Great Smoky Mountains; Guadalupe Mountains; Himalayas, Himalaya Mountains, the Himalaya; Hindu Kush, Hindu Kush Mountains; Karakoram, Karakoram Range, Karakorum Range, Mustagh, Mustagh Range; Kunlun, Kunlun Mountains, Kuenlun, Kuenlun Mountains; Mesabi Range; Mount Carmel; Nan Ling; Ozarks, Ozark Mountains, Ozark Plateau; Pyrenees; Rhodope Mountains; Rockies, Rocky Mountains; Sacramento Mountains; San Juan Mountains; Selkirk Mountains; sierra; Sierra Madre Occidental; Sierra Madre Oriental; Sierra Nevada, Sierra Nevada Mountains, High Sierra; Sierra Nevada; St. Elias Range, St. Elias Mountains; Teton Range; Tien Shan, Tyan Shan; Urals, Ural Mountains |
- range - 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"
--5 is a kind of facility, installation
--5 has particulars: practice range; rifle range; test range
- range - the limits of the values a function can take; "the range of this function is the interval from 0 to 1"
--6 is a kind of limit, limit point, point of accumulation
- range - 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 is a kind of assortment, mixture, mixed bag, miscellany, miscellanea, variety, salmagundi, smorgasbord, potpourri, motley
--7 has particulars: band
- compass, range, reach, grasp - the limit of capability; "within the compass of education"
--8 is a kind of capability, capableness, potentiality
--8 has particulars: sight, ken
- stove, kitchen stove, range, kitchen range, cooking stove - a kitchen appliance used for cooking food; "dinner was already on the stove"
--9 is a kind of kitchen appliance
--9 has parts: grate, grating
--9 has particulars:
Verb range has 8 senses
- range, 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"
--1 is one way to be
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, 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"
--2 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
- range - have a range; be capable of projecting over a certain distance, as of a gun; "This gun ranges over two miles"
Sample sentence:
Something is ----ing PP
- range, straddle - range or extend over; occupy a certain area; "The plants straddle the entire state"
--4 is one way to constitute, represent, make up, comprise, be
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- range, array, lay out, set out - lay out in a line
--5 is one way to arrange, set up
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
- crop, browse, graze, range, pasture - feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing"
--6 is one way to feed, eat
Sample sentence:
The animals range
- range - let eat; "range the animals in the prairie"
--7 is one way to feed, give
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- rate, rank, range, order, grade, place - assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"
--8 is one way to judge
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
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