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Sounds | rey'njh |
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Rhymes | arrange, change, derange, and 10 more rhymes in eynjh at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | An area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet". |
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Synonyms | scope, reach, orbit, compass, ambit |
Narrower | approximate range, ballpark; confines; contrast; internationality, internationalism; latitude; horizon, view, purview; sweep, expanse; gamut; spectrum; palette, pallet |
Broader | extent |
Verbs | range; range |
Meaning | The limits within which something can be effective. |
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Examples | "range of motion" |
Synonyms | reach |
Narrower | earshot, earreach, hearing; view, eyeshot; rifle range, rifle shot |
Broader | limit |
Verbs | range; range |
Meaning | A large tract of grassy open land on which livestock can graze. |
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Examples | "they used to drive the cattle across the open range every spring"; "he dreamed of a home on the range" |
Narrower | home range, home territory |
Broader | tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel |
Verbs | range; range |
Meaning | A series of hills or mountains. |
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Examples | "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 |
Parts | massif; pass, mountain pass, notch |
Narrower | Adirondacks, Adirondack Mountains; Admiralty Range; Alaska Range; Alleghenies, Allegheny Mountains; Alps, the Alps; 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; Guadalupe Mountains; Himalayas, Himalaya Mountains, the Himalaya; Hindu Kush, Hindu Kush Mountains; Karakoram, Karakoram Range, Karakorum Range, Mustagh, Mustagh Range; Kunlun, Kunlun Mountains, Kuenlun, Kuenlun Mountains; Mesabi Range; Mount Carmel; Nan Ling; Ozarks, Ozark Mountains, Ozark Plateau; Pyrenees; Rhodope Mountains; Rockies, Rocky Mountains; Sacramento Mountains; San Juan Mountains; Selkirk Mountains; sierra; Sierra Madre Occidental; Sierra Madre Oriental; Sierra Nevada, Sierra Nevada Mountains, High Sierra; Sierra Nevada; St. Elias Range, St. Elias Mountains; Teton Range; Tien Shan, Tyan Shan; Urals, Ural Mountains |
Broader | geological formation, formation |
Meaning | A place for shooting (firing or driving) projectiles of various kinds. |
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Examples | "the army maintains a missile range in the desert"; "any good golf club will have a range where you can practice" |
Narrower | practice range; rifle range; test range |
Broader | facility, installation |
Meaning | The limits of the values a function can take. |
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Examples | "the range of this function is the interval from 0 to 1" |
Broader | limit, limit point, point of accumulation |
Verbs | range |
Meaning | A variety of different things or activities. |
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Examples | "he answered a range of questions"; "he was impressed by the range and diversity of the collection" |
Narrower | band |
Broader | assortment, mixture, mixed bag, miscellany, miscellanea, variety, salmagundi, smorgasbord, potpourri, motley |
Verbs | range |
Meaning | The limit of capability. |
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Synonyms | compass, reach, grasp |
Narrower | sight, ken |
Broader | capability, capableness, potentiality |
Verbs | range |
Meaning | A kitchen appliance used for cooking food. |
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Synonyms | stove, kitchen stove, kitchen range, cooking stove |
Parts | grate, grating |
Narrower | charcoal burner; cookstove; electric range; gas range, gas stove, gas cooker; potbelly, potbelly stove; Primus stove, Primus; spirit stove |
Broader | kitchen appliance |
Meaning | Change or be different within limits. |
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Pattern | Something ----s something |
Examples | "Estimates for the losses in the earthquake range as high as $2 billion"; "The instruments ranged from tuba to cymbals"; "My students range from very bright to dull" |
Synonyms | run |
Broader | be |
Similar to | run, go, pass, lead, extend; run, lead |
Nouns | range; range; range; range |
Meaning | Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s PP |
Synonyms | roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, drift, vagabond |
Narrower | maunder; gallivant, gad, jazz around |
Broader | travel, go, move, locomote |
Similar to | stray, err, drift; wander |
Participle | ranging |
Meaning | Have a range. Be capable of projecting over a certain distance, as of a gun. |
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Pattern | Something is ----ing PP |
Examples | "This gun ranges over two miles" |
Narrower | carry |
Nouns | range; range |
Meaning | Range or extend over. Occupy a certain area. |
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Pattern | Something ----s something |
Synonyms | straddle |
Narrower | spread-eagle |
Broader | constitute, represent, make up, comprise, be |
Nouns | range |
Meaning | Lay out in a line. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP |
Synonyms | array, lay out, set out |
Narrower | compart |
Broader | arrange, set up |
Meaning | Feed as in a meadow or pasture. |
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Pattern | Something ----s |
Model | The animals range |
Synonyms | crop, browse, graze, pasture |
Broader | feed, eat |
Similar to | range; crop, graze, pasture |
Nouns | range |
Meaning | Let eat. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "range the animals in the prairie" |
Broader | feed, give |
Similar to | crop, browse, graze, range, pasture |
Nouns | range |
Meaning | Assign a rank or rating to. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
Synonyms | rate, rank, order, grade, place |
Narrower | superordinate; shortlist; seed; reorder; subordinate; prioritize, prioritise; sequence; downgrade; upgrade |
Broader | judge |