Range

Pronunciation

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Noun

A mountain range

A shooting range

1. Template:Countable A range of $X$ is a number of different kinds of $X$s

   We offer you a whole range of clothes, from socks to hats.

2. Template:Countable The range is area between an upper and lower limit.

   Most accidents affect children in the seven to 10 age range.

3. Template:Countable Something's range is the distance that it can travel.

   The company's newest airplane has a range of 10,556 km.

4. Template:Countable In statistics, the range of results is highest result minus the lowest result.

   The test results in the study had a range of 63; the highest was 100 and the lowest 37.

5. Template:Countable A (mountain) range is a group of mountains.
6. Template:Countable A shooting range is a place to practice using a gun.
7. Template:Countable A range is a large grassy area for farm animals to walk about freely.
8. Template:Countable A range is a large stove for cooking.

Synonyms

• variety
• limit
• distance

Verb

1. Template:Intransitive If something ranges from $X$ to $Y$, it includes a number of different things and $X$ and $Y$ are different examples of those.

   The police had stopped him for a variety of things ranging from stealing a book to having a gun.

2. If something ranges around an area, it moves around it.

Synonyms

• include
• move