range

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Synonyms: rage, rangy, rang, grange, radge, orange, ranee, ranga, ringe, dange, lange

Antonyms: rage, rangy, rang, grange, radge, orange, ranee, ranga, ringe, dange, lange

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

1. A [[line]] or [[series]] of mountains, buildings, etc.
2. A [[fireplace]]; a [[fire]] or other [[cooking]] apparatus; now specifically, a [[large]] [[cooking]] [[stove]] with many burners (hotplates).
3. [[selection|Selection]], [[array]].
4. An area for [[practice|practicing]] [[shoot]]ing at [[target]]s.
5. An area for [[military]] [[training]] or [[equipment]] [[testing]].
6. The [[distance]] from a person or [[sensor]] to an [[object]], [[target]], [[emanation]], or [[event]].
7. The [[maximum]] [[distance]] or [[reach]] of [[capability]] (of a [[weapon]], [[radio]], [[detector]], etc.).
8. The [[distance]] a [[vehicle]] (e.g., a [[car]], [[bicycle]], [[lorry]], or [[aircraft]]) can [[travel]] without [[refuel]]ing.
9. An [[area]] of [[open]], often [[unfenced]], [[grazing]] [[land]].
10. The [[extent]] or [[space]] taken in by anything excursive; [[compass]] or extent of excursion; [[reach]]; [[scope]].
11. {{lb|en|mathematics}} The [[set]] of [[values]] ([[points]]) which a function can obtain.
12. {{lb|en|statistics}} 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.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To travel {{l|en|over}} (an area, etc); to [[roam]], [[wander]]. {{defdate|from 15th c.}}
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To rove over or through.
3. {{lb|en|obsolete|intransitive}} To exercise the [[power]] of something over something else; to cause to submit {{m|en|to}}, {{m|en|over}}. {{defdate|16th|19th c.}}
4. {{lb|en|transitive}} To bring (something) into a specified [[position]] or [[relationship]] (especially, of opposition) with something else. {{defdate|from 16th c.}}
5. {{lb|en|intransitive}} Of a variable, to be able to take any of the values in a specified range.
6. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[classify]].
7. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To form a line or a row.
8. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To be placed in order; to be ranked; to admit of arrangement or classification; to rank.
9. {{lb|en|transitive}} 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.
10. {{lb|en|transitive}} 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.
11. {{lb|en|biology}} To be native to, or live in, a certain district or region.
12. {{lb|en|military|of [[artillery]]}} To determine the [[#Noun|range]] to a [[target]].

Proper noun

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