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range¹
- /ˈɹeɪnd͡ʒ/ Canada, US, UK
- /ˈɹɛjnd͡ʒ/ British, Southern, Standard
- /ˈɾend͡ʒ/ Scotland
- /ˈɾeːnd͡ʒ/ Wales
- /ˈɹeːnd͡ʒ/
- /ˈɹæɪnd͡ʒ/ Australia, New Zealand
Rhymes with -eɪndʒ
Where it comes from
From Middle English rengen, from Old French rengier (“to range, to rank, to order”), from the noun renc, reng, ranc, rang (“a rank, row”), from Frankish *hring, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz (“ring, circle, curve”). Doublet of ring.
noun ranges
- A line or series of mountains, buildings, etc.
- A fireplace; a fire or other cooking apparatus; now specifically, a large cooking stove with many burners (hotplates). Therein an hundred raunges weren pight, / And hundred fournaces all burning bright; / By euery fournace many feendes did byde, / Deformed creatures, horrible in ſight, / And euery feend his buſie paines applyde, / To melt the golden metall, ready to be tryde.
- Selection, array. We sell a wide range of cars.
- An area for practicing shooting at targets.
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An area for military training or equipment testing.
Similar: base, training area, training ground
- The distance from a person or sensor to an object, target, emanation, or event. We could see the ship at a range of five miles.
- The maximum distance or reach of capability (of a weapon, radio, detector, etc.). This missile's range is 500 kilometres.
- The distance a vehicle (e.g., a car, bicycle, lorry, or aircraft) can travel without refueling. This aircraft's range is 15 000 kilometres.
- An area of open, often unfenced, grazing land. There is a young cowboy, he lives on the range / His horse and his cattle are his only companions
- The extent or space taken in by anything excursive; compass or extent of excursion; reach; scope. As to acquir’d habits and abilities in Learning, his Writings having given the World ſufficient account of them, there remains onely to obſerve, that the range and compaſs of his knowledge fill’d the whole Circle of the Arts, and reach’d thoſe ſeverals which ſingle do exact an entire man unto themſe
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The set of values (points) which a function can obtain.
Opposite: domain
- The length of the smallest interval which contains all the data in a sample; the difference between the largest and smallest observations in the sample.
- The defensive area that a player can cover. Jones has good range for a big man.
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The scale of all the tones a voice or an instrument can produce.
Similar: compass
- The geographical area or zone where a species is normally naturally found.
- A sequential list of values specified by an iterator. std::for_each calls the given function on each value in the input range.
- An aggregate of individuals in one rank or degree; an order; a class. The next Range of Beings above him are the pure and immaterial Intelligences , the next below him is the sensible Nature.
- The step of a ladder; a rung. the first range of that ladder
- A bolting sieve to sift meal.
- A wandering or roving; a going to and fro; an excursion; a ramble; an expedition. , "Taking Pleasure in Other Men's Sins" He may take a range all the world over.
- In the public land system, a row or line of townships lying between two succession meridian lines six miles apart.
- The variety of roles that an actor can play in a satisfactory way. By playing in comedies as well as in dramas he has proved his range as an actor.
verb ranges · ranging · ranged
- To travel over (an area, etc); to roam, wander.
- To rove over or through. to range the fields
- To exercise the power of something over something else; to cause to submit to, over. The soule is variable in all manner of formes, and rangeth to her selfe, and to her estate, whatsoever it be, the senses of the body, and all other accidents.
- To bring (something) into a specified position or relationship (especially, of opposition) with something else. At last we gained such an offing, that the two pilots were needed no longer. The stout sail-boat that had accompanied us began ranging alongside.
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Of a variable, to be able to take any of the values in a specified range.
The variable x ranges over all real values from 0 to 10.
Similar: run
- To classify. to range plants and animals in genera and species
- To form a line or a row. The front of a house ranges with the street.
- To be placed in order; to be ranked; to admit of arrangement or classification; to rank. And range with humble livers in content.
- To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order. Maccabeus ranged his army by hands.
- To place among others in a line, row, or order, as in the ranks of an army; usually, reflexively and figuratively, to espouse a cause, to join a party, etc. It would be absurd in me to range myself on the side of the Duke of Bedford and the corresponding society.
- To be native to, or live in, a certain district or region. The peba ranges from Texas to Paraguay.
- To determine the range to a target.
- To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near. to range the coast
- Of a player, to travel a significant distance for a defensive play. Willie, playing in left-center, raced toward a ball no human had any business getting a glove to. Mays ranged to his left, searching, digging in, pouring on the speed, as the crowd screamed its anticipation of a triple.
Range²
proper noun
- A surname.
- An unincorporated community in Conecuh County, Alabama.
- A township and unincorporated community therein, in Madison County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in the towns of Apple River and Beaver, Polk County, Wisconsin.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: compass, stove, place, drift, chain, orbit, rove, ambit, crop, pasture, array, scope, lay out, straddle, order, grasp
Translations
Every language
noun line of mountains, buildings etc.
| Español | sierra, cordillera |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 山脈 /山脉 shānmài |
| हिन्दी | शृंखला śŕṅkhlā |
| Português | cordilheira, serra |
| Français | chaîne (de montagnes) |
| Deutsch | Gebirgskette, Gebirge, Gebirgszug |
| Italiano | catena |
| Ελληνικά | οροσειρά oroseirá |
| Русский | го́рный хребе́т górnyj xrebét, го́рная цепь górnaja cepʹ |
noun large stove with many hotplates
| Español | hornillo, estufa |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 爐灶 /炉灶 lúzào, 煤氣灶 /煤气灶 méiqìzào, 電灶 /电灶 diànzào |
| Português | fogão a lenha |
| Français | cuisinière |
| Deutsch | Herd |
| Italiano | fornello, stufa a legna, piano cottura |
| Русский | плита́ plitá |
noun selection, array
| Español | escala, abanico |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 系列 xìliè |
| Português | gama |
| Français | sélection, gamme |
| Deutsch | Spanne, Auswahl, Sortiment, Palette |
| Italiano | varietà, gamma, assortimento, rosa |
| Ελληνικά | σειρά seirá |
| Русский | ряд rjad, ассортиме́нт assortimént |
| Tiếng Việt | dãy, chuỗi, loạt |
noun area for practicing shooting
| Español | campo de tiro |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 打靶場 /打靶场 dǎbǎchǎng |
| Português | campo de tiro, carreira de tiro |
| Français | champ m champ de tir |
| Deutsch | Schießstand |
| Italiano | poligono di tiro |
| Ελληνικά | σκοπευτήριο skopeftírio |
| Русский | полиго́н poligón, стре́льбище strélʹbišče, тир tir |
noun area for military training or equipment testing
| 中文 | 導彈發射場 /导弹发射场 dǎodàn fāshèchǎng |
|---|---|
| Français | terrain (de chasse) |
| Deutsch | Übungsplatz |
| Ελληνικά | πεδίο βολής pedío volís |
| Русский | полиго́н poligón |
noun distance to the object
| Español | rango |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 範圍 /范围 fànwéi, 距離 /距离 jùlí |
| Kiswahili | masafa |
| Português | distância, raio |
| Français | distance, portée, rayon [d'action] |
| Deutsch | Abstand, Entfernung |
| Italiano | distanza, portata, raggio, campo |
| Ελληνικά | απόσταση apóstasi, έκταση éktasi |
| Русский | да́льность dálʹnostʹ, дальнобо́йность dalʹnobójnostʹ, досяга́емость dosjagájemostʹ |
noun maximum reach of capability
| Español | alcance |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 最大有效射程 zuìdà yǒuxiào shèchéng |
| Português | alcance |
| Français | portée |
| Deutsch | Reichweite |
| Italiano | portata |
| Ελληνικά | βεληνεκές velinekés, εμβέλεια emvéleia, ακτίνα aktína |
| Русский | да́льность dálʹnostʹ |
| العربية | مدى madaa, قدرة qudra |
noun distance a vehicle (car, byke, lorry, aircraft) can travel without refueling
| Español | autonomía |
|---|---|
| Português | autonomia |
| Français | autonomie |
| Deutsch | Reichweite |
| Italiano | autonomia |
noun area of open, often unfenced, grazing land
| Español | dehesa, defesa |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 放牧場 /放牧场 fàngmùchǎng |
| Português | pastagem |
| Français | prairie |
| Deutsch | Weide, Weideland, Weideflächen |
| Italiano | prateria, distesa |
| Ελληνικά | βοσκότοπος voskótopos |
| Русский | па́стбище pástbišče |
noun extent of excursion; reach; scope
| 中文 | 範圍 /范围 fànwéi |
|---|---|
| Français | étendue |
| Deutsch | Bereich, Gebiet, Größenordnung, Umfang, Weite, Interval |
| Ελληνικά | ακτίνα aktína, σφαίρα sfaíra, πεδίο δράσης pedío drásis |
noun math: set of values of a function
| 中文 | 變程 /变程 biànchéng, 值域 zhíyù |
|---|---|
| Português | imagem |
| Français | ensemble d'arrivée, image |
| Deutsch | Wertevorrat, Zielmenge, Wertebereich |
| Italiano | intervallo |
| Ελληνικά | πεδίο τιμών pedío timón |
| Русский | о́бласть óblastʹ, мно́жество mnóžestvo |
noun statistics: difference between largest and smallest observation
| Español | rango |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 全距 quánjù, 極差 /极差 jíchà |
| Português | amplitude |
| Français | amplitude, étendue, plage |
| Deutsch | Spannweite |
| Italiano | campo di variazione |
| Русский | разбро́с razbrós |
| العربية | مَدَى madā |
noun baseball: defensive area covered by a player
| 日本語 | 守備範囲 shubihan'i |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 防守領域 /防守领域 fángshǒu lǐngyù |
noun music: scale of tones
| Español | extensión |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 음폭 eumpok, 음역 eumyeok |
| 日本語 | 音域 |
| 中文 | 音域 yīnyù |
| Français | gamme, diapason |
| Deutsch | Register, Umfang, Tonumfang, Stimmumfang |
| Italiano | estensione, registro, gamma |
| Ελληνικά | κλίμακα klímaka |
| Русский | диапазо́н diapazón |
| עברית | מִנְעָד min'ád |
noun ecology: area where a species is found
| 中文 | 自然生長區 /自然生长区 zìrán shēngzhǎngqū, 分佈區 /分布区 fēnbùqū |
|---|---|
| Português | hábitat |
| Français | habitat, habitat naturel |
| Deutsch | Verbreitungsgebiet, Lebensraum |
| Italiano | habitat, ambiente naturale |
| Ελληνικά | βιότοπος viótopos |
| Русский | ареа́л areál, о́бласть распростране́ния óblastʹ rasprostranénija |
verb to be placed in order
| Ελληνικά | παρατάσσω paratásso |
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verb to set in a row, or in rows
| Ελληνικά | στοιχίζω stoichízo |
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title = {range},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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