What is the meaning of range?

noun

• (n.) ()
  • synonyms: scope, reach, orbit, compass, ambit
• The limits within which something can be effective.
  • usage: "range of motion"; "he was beyond the reach of their fire"
  • synonyms: reach
• A large tract of grassy open land on which livestock can graze.
  • usage: "they used to drive the cattle across the open range every spring"; "he dreamed of a home on the range"
• A series of hills or mountains.
  • usage: "the valley was between two ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range"
  • synonyms: mountain range, range of mountains, chain, mountain chain, chain of mountains
• A place for shooting (firing or driving) projectiles of various kinds.
  • usage: "the army maintains a missile range in the desert"; "any good golf club will have a range where you can practice"
• A variety of different things or activities.
  • usage: "he answered a range of questions"; "he was impressed by the range and diversity of the collection"
• Mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined. (
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: image, range of a function
• The limit of capability.
  • usage: "within the compass of education"
  • synonyms: compass, reach, grasp
• A kitchen appliance used for cooking food.
  • usage: "dinner was already on the stove"
  • synonyms: stove, kitchen stove, kitchen range, cooking stove

verb

• Change or be different within limits.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: run
• Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, drift, vagabond
• Have a range; be capable of projecting over a certain distance, as of a gun.
  • usage: "This gun ranges over two miles"
• Range or extend over; occupy a certain area.
  • usage: "The plants straddle the entire state"
  • synonyms: straddle
• Lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line.
  • usage: "lay out the clothes"; "lay out the arguments"
  • synonyms: array, lay out, set out
• Feed as in a meadow or pasture.
  • usage: "the herd was grazing"
  • synonyms: crop, browse, graze, pasture
• Let eat.
  • usage: "range the animals in the prairie"
• Assign a rank or rating to.
  • usage: "how would you rank these students"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"
  • synonyms: rate, rank, order, grade, place