range
noun
[ reɪn(d)ʒ ]
• the area of variation between upper and lower limits on a particular scale.
• "the cost will be in the range of $1–5 million a day"
Similar:
span,
scope,
compass,
radius,
scale,
gamut,
reach,
sweep,
extent,
area,
field,
orbit,
ambit,
province,
realm,
domain,
horizon,
latitude,
limits,
bounds,
confines,
parameters,
vary,
fluctuate,
differ,
extend,
stretch,
cover,
go,
run,
pass,
• a set of different things of the same general type.
• "the area offers a wide range of activities for the tourist"
Similar:
assortment,
variety,
diversity,
mixture,
collection,
array,
set,
selection,
choice,
pick,
kind,
sort,
type,
class,
rank,
order,
genus,
species,
• the distance within which a person can see or hear.
• "something lurked just beyond her range of vision"
• a line or series of mountains or hills.
• "a mountain range"
Similar:
row,
chain,
sierra,
cordillera,
ridge,
massif,
line,
file,
rank,
string,
series,
• a large area of open land for grazing or hunting.
• "on dude ranches, tourists put on crisp new western gear to ride the range"
Similar:
pasture,
pasturage,
pastureland,
grass,
grassland,
grazing land,
ley,
paddock,
croft,
lea,
mead,
greensward,
sward,
shieling,
bent,
bawn,
run,
veld,
alp,
bocage,
potrero,
• a large cooking stove with burners or hotplates and one or more ovens, all of which are kept continually hot.
• "a wood-burning kitchen range"
Similar:
stove,
cooking stove,
kitchen stove,
Aga,
• a row of buildings.
• "Townesend's Durham quadrangle range at Trinity College"
• the direction or position in which something lies.
• "the range of the hills and valleys is nearly from north to south"
range
verb
• vary or extend between specified limits.
• "prices range from £30 to £100"
Similar:
vary,
fluctuate,
differ,
extend,
stretch,
reach,
cover,
go,
run,
pass,
• place or arrange in a row or rows or in a specified manner.
• "a table with half a dozen chairs ranged around it"
Similar:
line up,
align,
draw up,
put/set in order,
order,
place,
position,
arrange,
dispose,
set out,
array,
rank,
• place oneself or be placed in opposition to (a person or group).
• "Japan ranged herself against the European nations"
• (of a person or animal) travel or wander over a wide area.
• "patrols ranged deep into enemy territory"
Similar:
roam,
rove,
traverse,
travel,
journey,
wander,
stray,
drift,
ramble,
meander,
amble,
stroll,
traipse,
walk,
hike,
trek,
backpack,
peregrinate,
• 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.
• "radar-type transmissions which appeared to be ranging on our convoys"
Origin:
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’.
rangé
adjective
• (of a person or their lifestyle) orderly; settled.
• "it's possible to be too rangé"
Origin:
French, literally ‘in order’, past participle of ranger .
