range
1. an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet" (Freq. 45)
- 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
• Syn:
scope, reach, orbit, compass, ambit
• Derivationally related forms:
compass (for: compass), scopal (for: scope)
• Hypernyms:
extent
• Hyponyms:
approximate range, ballpark, confines, contrast, internationality,
internationalism, latitude, horizon, view, purview, sweep,
expanse, gamut, spectrum, palette, pallet
2. the limits within which something can be effective (Freq. 14)
- range of motion
- he was beyond the reach of their fire
• Syn:
reach
• Derivationally related forms:
reach (for: reach)
• Hypernyms:
limit
• Hyponyms:
earshot, earreach, hearing, view, eyeshot,
rifle range, rifle shot
3. a large tract of grassy open land on which livestock can graze (Freq. 7)
- they used to drive the cattle across the open range every spring
- he dreamed of a home on the range
• Derivationally related forms:
rangy
• Hypernyms:
tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel
• Hyponyms:
home range, home territory
4. a series of hills or mountains (Freq. 1)
- the valley was between two ranges of hills
- the plains lay just beyond the mountain range
• Syn:
mountain range, range of mountains, chain, mountain chain, chain of mountains
• Hypernyms:
geological formation, formation
• Instance Hyponyms:
Adirondacks, Adirondack Mountains, Admiralty Range, Alaska Range, Alleghenies,
Allegheny Mountains, Alps, the Alps, Altai Mountains, Altay Mountains, 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, Green Mountains, Guadalupe Mountains, Himalayas, Himalaya Mountains, Himalaya,
Hindu Kush, Hindu Kush Mountains, Karakoram, Karakoram Range, Karakorum Range, Mustagh,
Mustagh Range, Kunlun, Kunlan Shan, Kunlun Mountains, Kuenlun, Kuenlun Mountains,
Mesabi Range, Mount Carmel, Nan Ling, Ozarks, Ozark Mountains, Ozark Plateau,
Pamir Mountains, the Pamirs, Pyrenees, Rhodope Mountains, Rockies, Rocky Mountains,
Sacramento Mountains, San Juan Mountains, Sayan Mountains, Selkirk Mountains, sierra, Sierra Madre Occidental,
Sierra Madre Oriental, Sierra Nevada, Sierra Nevada Mountains, High Sierra, St. Elias Range, St. Elias Mountains,
Taconic Mountains, Teton Range, Tien Shan, Tyan Shan, Transylvanian Alps, Tyrolean Alps,
Urals, Ural Mountains
• Part Meronyms:
massif, pass, mountain pass, notch
5. a place for shooting (firing or driving) projectiles of various kinds (Freq. 1)
- the army maintains a missile range in the desert
- any good golf club will have a range where you can practice
• Hypernyms:
facility, installation
• Hyponyms:
practice range, rifle range, test range
6. a variety of different things or activities
- he answered a range of questions
- he was impressed by the range and diversity of the collection
• Hypernyms:
assortment, mixture, mixed bag, miscellany, miscellanea,
variety, salmagundi, smorgasbord, potpourri, motley
• Hyponyms:
band
7. a kitchen appliance used for cooking food
- dinner was already on the stove
• Syn:
stove, kitchen stove, kitchen range, cooking stove
• Hypernyms:
kitchen appliance
• Hyponyms:
charcoal burner, cookstove, electric range, gas range, gas stove,
gas cooker, potbelly, potbelly stove, Primus stove, Primus, spirit stove
• Part Meronyms:
grate, grating
8. the limit of capability
- within the compass of education
• Syn:
compass, reach, grasp
• Derivationally related forms:
compass (for: compass)
• Hypernyms:
capability, capableness, potentiality
• Hyponyms:
sight, ken
9. (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
• Syn:
image, range of a function
• Topics:
mathematics, math, maths
• Hypernyms:
set
1. change or be different within limits (Freq. 34)
- 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
• Syn:
run
• Hypernyms:
be
• Verb Group:
run, lead, go, pass, extend
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
2. move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment (Freq. 2)
- 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
• Syn:
roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp,
roam, cast, ramble, rove, drift, vagabond
• Derivationally related forms:
vagabond (for: vagabond), vagabondage (for: vagabond), drifter (for: drift), drifting (for: drift), roving (for: rove), ramble (for: ramble), rambler (for: ramble), roamer (for: roam), tramp (for: tramp), stray (for: stray), strayer (for: stray), wanderer (for: wander), wandering (for: wander)
• Hypernyms:
travel, go, move, locomote
• Hyponyms:
maunder, gallivant, gad, jazz around
• Verb Group:
stray, err, drift, wander
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s PP
3. have a range;
be capable of projecting over a certain distance, as of a gun (Freq. 1)
- This gun ranges over two miles
• Hyponyms:
carry
• Verb Frames:
- Something is ----ing PP
4. range or extend over;
occupy a certain area (Freq. 1)
- The plants straddle the entire state
• Syn:
straddle
• Hypernyms:
constitute, represent, make up, comprise, be
• Hyponyms:
spread-eagle
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
5. lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line (Freq. 1)
- lay out the clothes
- lay out the arguments
• Syn:
array, lay out, set out
• Derivationally related forms:
array (for: array)
• Hypernyms:
arrange, set up
• Hyponyms:
compart
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
6. assign a rank or rating to
- how would you rank these students?
- The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide
• Syn:
rate, rank, order, grade, place
• Derivationally related forms:
place (for: place), grade (for: grade), gradation (for: grade), grader (for: grade), grading (for: grade), order (for: order), ordering (for: order), rank (for: rank)
• Hypernyms:
evaluate, pass judgment, judge
• Hyponyms:
superordinate, shortlist, seed, reorder, subordinate,
prioritize, prioritise, sequence, downgrade, upgrade
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
7. feed as in a meadow or pasture
- the herd was grazing
• Syn:
crop, browse, graze, pasture
• Derivationally related forms:
pasture (for: pasture), pasturage (for: pasture), graze (for: graze), grazing (for: graze), browse (for: browse)
• Hypernyms:
feed, eat
• Verb Group:
crop, graze, pasture
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- The animals range
8. let eat
- range the animals in the prairie
• Hypernyms:
feed, give
• Verb Group:
crop, browse, graze, pasture
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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