Dictionary entry details
• RANGE (noun)
Meaning:
An area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
ambit; scope; range; reach; compass; orbit
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms ("range" is a kind of...):
extent (the distance or area or volume over which something extends)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "range"):
palette; pallet (the range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art)
spectrum (broad range of related values or qualities or ideas or activities)
gamut (a complete extent or range:)
expanse; sweep (a wide scope)
horizon; purview; view (the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated)
latitude (scope for freedom of e.g. action or thought; freedom from restriction)
internationalism; internationality (quality of being international in scope)
contrast (the range of optical density and tone on a photographic negative or print (or the extent to which adjacent areas on a television screen differ in brightness))
confines (a bounded scope)
approximate range; ballpark (near to the scope or range of something)
Meaning:
The limits within which something can be effective
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
reach; range
Context examples:
range of motion / he was beyond the reach of their fire
Hypernyms ("range" is a kind of...):
limit (as far as something can go)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "range"):
rifle range; rifle shot (the distance that a rifle bullet will carry)
eyeshot; view (the range of the eye)
earreach; earshot; hearing (the range within which a voice can be heard)
Meaning:
A large tract of grassy open land on which livestock can graze
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Context examples:
they used to drive the cattle across the open range every spring / he dreamed of a home on the range
Hypernyms ("range" is a kind of...):
parcel; parcel of land; piece of ground; piece of land; tract (an extended area of land)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "range"):
home range; home territory (the area in which an animal normally ranges)
Meaning:
A series of hills or mountains
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
range of mountains; mountain range; mountain chain; chain of mountains; range; chain
Context examples:
the valley was between two ranges of hills / the plains lay just beyond the mountain range
Hypernyms ("range" is a kind of...):
formation; geological formation ((geology) the geological features of the earth)
Meronyms (parts of "range"):
mountain pass; notch; pass (the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks)
massif (a block of the earth's crust bounded by faults and shifted to form peaks of a mountain range)
Instance hyponyms:
Rockies; Rocky Mountains (the chief mountain range of western North America; extends from British Columbia to northern New Mexico; forms the continental divide)
Rhodope Mountains (a mountain range in the Balkan peninsula in southeastern Europe; extends along the border between Greece and Bulgaria)
Pyrenees (a chain of mountains between France and Spain)
Pamir Mountains; the Pamirs (a mountain range in central Asia that is centered in Tajikistan but extends into Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan and Pakistan and western China)
Ozark Mountains; Ozark Plateau; Ozarks (an area of low mountains in northwestern Arkansas and southeastern Missouri and northeastern Oklahoma)
Nan Ling (a mountain range in southeastern China running generally east to west)
Mount Carmel (a mountain range in northwestern Israel near the Mediterranean coast)
Mesabi Range (a range of hills in northeastern Minnesota where rich iron ore deposits were discovered in 1887)
Kuenlun; Kuenlun Mountains; Kunlan Shan; Kunlun; Kunlun Mountains (a mountain range in western China that extends eastward from the Indian border for 1000 miles)
Karakoram; Karakoram Range; Karakorum Range; Mustagh; Mustagh Range (a mountain range in northern Kashmir; an extension of the Hindu Kush; contains the 2nd highest peak)
Hindu Kush; Hindu Kush Mountains (a mountain range extending west of the Himalayas)
Himalaya; Himalaya Mountains; Himalayas (a mountain range extending 1500 miles on the border between India and Tibet; this range contains the world's highest mountain)
Sacramento Mountains (mountain range in New Mexico east of the Rio Grande)
San Juan Mountains (a mountain range in southwestern Colorado that is part of the Rocky Mountains)
Tien Shan; Tyan Shan (a major mountain range of central Asia; extends 1,500 miles)
Teton Range (a mountain range in northwest Wyoming; contains the Grand Teton)
Taconic Mountains (a range of the Appalachian Mountains long the eastern border of New York with Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont)
St. Elias Mountains; St. Elias Range (a range of mountains between Alaska and the Yukon territory)
Sierra Nevada (a mountain range in southern Spain along the Mediterranean coast east of Granada)
High Sierra; Sierra Nevada; Sierra Nevada Mountains (a mountain range in eastern California; contains Mount Whitney)
Sierra Madre Oriental (a mountain range in northeastern Mexico the runs parallel to the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico)
Sierra Madre Occidental (a mountain range in northwestern Mexico that runs south from Arizona parallel to the Pacific coastline)
sierra (a range of mountains (usually with jagged peaks and irregular outline))
Selkirk Mountains (a range of the Rocky Mountains in southeastern British Columbia)
Sayan Mountains (a range of mountains in southern Siberia west of Lake Baikal; contain important mineral deposits)
Ural Mountains; Urals (a mountain range in western Russia extending from the arctic to the Caspian Sea; forms part of the traditional boundary between Europe and Asia)
Guadalupe Mountains (a mountain range in southern New Mexico and western Texas; the southern extension of the Sacramento Mountains)
Green Mountains (a range of the Appalachian Mountains that extends from south to north through Vermont)
Australian Alps (a range of mountains in Australia that forms the southern end of the Great Dividing Range)
Atlas Mountains (a mountain range in northern Africa between the Mediterranean and the Sahara Desert; extends from southwestern Morocco to northern Tunisia)
Appalachian Mountains; Appalachians (a mountain range in the eastern United States extending from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico; a historic barrier to early westward expansion of the United States)
Apennines (a mountain range extending the length of the Italian peninsula)
Andes (a mountain range in South America running 5000 miles along the Pacific coast)
Altai Mountains; Altay Mountains (a mountain range in central Asia that extends a thousand miles from Kazakhstan eastward into western Mongolia and northern China)
Alps; the Alps (a large mountain system in south-central Europe; scenic beauty and winter sports make them a popular tourist attraction)
Alleghenies; Allegheny Mountains (the western part of the Appalachian Mountains; extending from northern Pennsylvania to southwestern Virginia)
Alaska Range (a mountain range in south central Alaska; contains Mount McKinley)
Admiralty Range (mountains in Antarctica north of Victoria Land)
Adirondack Mountains; Adirondacks (a mountain range in northeastern New York State; a popular resort area)
Balkan Mountain Range; Balkan Mountains; Balkans (the major mountain range of Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula)
Berkshire Hills; Berkshires (a low mountain range in western Massachusetts; a resort area)
Black Hills (mountains in southwestern South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming; sacred to the Sioux (whites settling in the Black Hills led to the Battle of Little Bighorn); site of Mount Rushmore)
Great Smoky Mountains (part of the Appalachians between North Carolina and Tennessee)
Eastern Highlands; Great Dividing Range (a mountain range running along the eastern coast of Australia)
Dolomite Alps (an eastern range of the Alps in northeastern Italy famous for their dolomitic limestone)
Cumberland Mountains; Cumberland Plateau (the southwestern part of the Appalachians)
Coast Mountains; Coast Range (a string of mountain ranges along the Pacific coast of North America from southeastern Alaska to Lower California)
Caucasus; Caucasus Mountains (the mountain range in Caucasia between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea that forms part of the traditional border between Europe and Asia)
Catskill Mountains; Catskills (a range of the Appalachians west of the Hudson in southeastern New York; includes many popular resort areas)
Cascade Mountains; Cascade Range; Cascades (a mountain range in the northwestern United States extending through Washington and Oregon and northern California; a part of the Coast Range)
Carpathian Mountains; Carpathians (a mountain range in central Europe that extends from Slovakia and southern Poland southeastward through western Ukraine to northeastern Romania; a popular resort area)
Cantabrian Mountains (a range of mountains in northern Spain along the coast of the Bay of Biscay)
Blue Ridge; Blue Ridge Mountains (a range of the Appalachians extending from southern Pennsylvania to northern Georgia)
Meaning:
A place for shooting (firing or driving) projectiles of various kinds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Context examples:
the army maintains a missile range in the desert / any good golf club will have a range where you can practice
Hypernyms ("range" is a kind of...):
facility; installation (a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "range"):
practice range (a place for practicing golf shots)
rifle range (a range where people can practice shooting rifles)
test range (a range for conducting tests)
Meaning:
The limits of the values a function can take
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Context example:
the range of this function is the interval from 0 to 1
Hypernyms ("range" is a kind of...):
limit; limit point; point of accumulation (the mathematical value toward which a function goes as the independent variable approaches infinity)
Meaning:
A variety of different things or activities
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Context examples:
he answered a range of questions / he was impressed by the range and diversity of the collection
Hypernyms ("range" is a kind of...):
assortment; miscellanea; miscellany; mixed bag; mixture; motley; potpourri; salmagundi; smorgasbord; variety (a collection containing a variety of sorts of things)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "range"):
band (a range of frequencies between two limits)
Meaning:
The limit of capability
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
grasp; compass; reach; range
Context example:
within the compass of education
Hypernyms ("range" is a kind of...):
capability; capableness; potentiality (an aptitude that may be developed)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "range"):
ken; sight (the range of vision)
Meaning:
A kitchen appliance used for cooking food
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
stove; kitchen stove; kitchen range; cooking stove; range
Context example:
dinner was already on the stove
Hypernyms ("range" is a kind of...):
kitchen appliance (a home appliance used in preparing food)
Meronyms (parts of "range"):
grate; grating (a frame of iron bars to hold a fire)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "range"):
spirit stove (a stove that burns a volatile liquid fuel such as alcohol)
Primus; Primus stove (a portable paraffin cooking stove; used by campers)
potbelly; potbelly stove (a bulbous stove in which wood or coal is burned)
gas cooker; gas range; gas stove (a range with gas rings and an oven for cooking with gas)
electric range (a kitchen range in which the heat for cooking is provided by electric power)
cookstove (a stove for cooking (especially a wood- or coal-burning kitchen stove))
charcoal burner (a stove that burns charcoal as fuel)
• RANGE (verb)
Meaning:
Change or be different within limits
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
range; run
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms (to "range" is one way to...):
be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
roam; stray; vagabond; wander; rove; swan; range; ramble; drift; tramp; cast; roll
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms (to "range" is one way to...):
go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "range"):
maunder (wander aimlessly)
gad; gallivant; jazz around (wander aimlessly in search of pleasure)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Have a range; be capable of projecting over a certain distance, as of a gun
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Context example:
This gun ranges over two miles
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "range"):
carry (be conveyed over a certain distance)
Sentence frame:
Something is ----ing PP
Meaning:
Range or extend over; occupy a certain area
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
straddle; range
Context example:
The plants straddle the entire state
Hypernyms (to "range" is one way to...):
be; comprise; constitute; make up; represent (form or compose)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "range"):
spread-eagle (stretch over)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
array; lay out; set out; range
Context examples:
lay out the clothes / lay out the arguments
Hypernyms (to "range" is one way to...):
arrange; set up (put into a proper or systematic order)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "range"):
compart (lay out in parts according to a plan)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Feed as in a meadow or pasture
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
graze; browse; pasture; crop; range
Context example:
the herd was grazing
Hypernyms (to "range" is one way to...):
eat; feed (take in food; used of animals only)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sentence example:
The animals range
Meaning:
Let eat
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Context example:
range the animals in the prairie
Hypernyms (to "range" is one way to...):
feed; give (give food to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Assign a rank or rating to
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
grade; rate; rank; place; range; order
Context examples:
how would you rank these students? / The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide
Hypernyms (to "range" is one way to...):
evaluate; judge; pass judgment (form a critical opinion of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "range"):
upgrade (rate higher; raise in value or esteem)
downgrade (rate lower; lower in value or esteem)
sequence (arrange in a sequence)
prioritise; prioritize (assign a priority to)
subordinate (rank or order as less important or consider of less value)
reorder (assign a new order to)
seed (distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds)
shortlist (put someone or something on a short list)
superordinate (place in a superior order or rank)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
