range

Definitions of range in various dictionaries:

noun - an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"

noun - the limits within which something can be effective

noun - a large tract of grassy open land on which livestock can graze

noun - a series of hills or mountains

noun - a place for shooting (firing or driving) projectiles of various kinds

noun - a variety of different things or activities

noun - (mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined

noun - the limit of capability

noun - a kitchen appliance used for cooking food

verb - change or be different within limits

verb - move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment

verb - have a range

verb - range or extend over

verb - lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line

verb - feed as in a meadow or pasture

verb - let eat

verb - assign a rank or rating to

Extent of perception, knowledge, experience, or ability.

The area or sphere in which an activity takes place.

The full extent covered: within the range of possibilities.

An amount or extent of variation: a wide price range.

The gamut of tones that a voice or an instrument is capable of producing.

The maximum extent or distance limiting operation, action, or effectiveness, as of a projectile, an aircraft, a radio signal, or a sound.

The maximum distance that can be covered by a vehicle with a specified payload before its fuel supply is exhausted.

The distance between a projectile weapon and its target.

A place equipped for practice in shooting at targets.

A testing area at which rockets and missiles are launched and tracked.

An extensive area of open land on which livestock wander and graze.

The geographic region in which a plant or an animal normally lives or grows.

The act of wandering or roaming over a large area.

Mathematics.

The difference or interval between the smallest and largest values in a frequency distribution.

A class, a rank, or an order: The candidate had broad support from the lower ranges of the party.

An extended group or series, especially a row or chain of mountains.

One of a series of double-faced bookcases in a library stack room.

A north-south strip of townships, each six miles square, numbered east and west from a specified meridian in a U.

A stove with spaces for cooking a number of things at the same time.

To arrange or dispose in a particular order, especially in rows or lines.

To assign to a particular category; classify.

To align (a gun, for example) with a target.

To determine the distance of (a target).

To be capable of reaching (a maximum distance).

To pass over or through (an area or a region).

To turn (livestock) onto an extensive area of open land for grazing.

To uncoil (an anchor cable) on deck so the anchor may descend easily.

To vary within specified limits: ages that ranged from two to five.

To extend in a particular direction: a river that ranges to the east.

To extend or lie in the same direction: “Whatsoever comes athwart his affection ranges evenly with mine” (Shakespeare).

To pass over or through an area or a region in or as if in exploration.

To wander freely; roam.

The central meaning shared by these noun s is “an area within which something acts, operates, or has power or control”: the range of a supersonic jet; the ambit of municipal legislation; information not within the compass of this article; countries within the political orbit of a world power; hospital regulations under the purview of the department of health; outside the reach of the law; issues within the scope of an investigation; outside the sweep of federal authority.

verb - to place in a particular order