range


Definition: Meaning of, range in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / reɪn(d)ʒ /

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range ranges
  1. variety of things/people [countable usually singular] a number of people or things that are all different, but are all of the same general type
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  2. limits [countable] the limits within which amounts, quantities, ages etc vary
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  3. products [countable] a set of similar products made by a particular company or available in a particular shop
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  4. distance [uncountable and countable] the distance over which a particular weapon can hit things
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  5. distance [uncountable and countable] the distance within which something can be seen or heard
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  6. distance [countable] the distance which a vehicle such as an aircraft can travel before it needs more FUEL etc
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  7. music [countable usually singular] all the musical notes that a particular singer or musical instrument can make
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  8. mountains/hills [countable] a group of mountains or hills, usually in a line
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  9. place for shooting [countable] an area of land where you can practise shooting or where weapons can be tested
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  10. ability [uncountable and countable] the number of different things that someone, especially an actor or actress, does well
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  11. land [uncountable and countable] American English a large area of land covered with grass, on which cattle are kept
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  12. cooking [countable] American English a COOKER
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  13. cooking [countable] British English a large piece of kitchen equipment in which you make a fire and use this heat to cook food [↪  stove]
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
range ranged ranged
Present Participle Third Person Singular
ranging ranges
  1. include [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to include a variety of different things or people in addition to those mentioned
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  2. include [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] if prices, levels, temperatures etc range from one amount to another, they include both those amounts and anything in between
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  3. deal with many subjects [intransitive] to deal with a wide range of subjects or ideas in a book, speech, conversation etc
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  4. move around [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to move around in an area without aiming for a particular place [=  wander]
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  5. range yourself with/against somebody/something formal to publicly state your agreement with, or opposition to, a particular group's beliefs and ideas
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  6. arrange British English [transitive always + adverb/preposition] formal to put things in a particular order or position
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range used in phrases

  • Admiralty Range (noun)
    1. mountains in Antarctica to the north of Victoria Land
  • Alaska Range (noun)
    1. a mountain range in south central Alaska; contains Mount McKinley
  • Balkan Mountain Range (noun)
    1. the major mountain range of Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula
  • Cascade Range
    1. the Cascade Range a group of mountains in the west of the US and Canada, which go from British Columbia in the north down to northern California, where they join with the Sierra Nevada
  • Coast Range (noun)
    1. a string of mountain ranges along the Pacific coast of North America from southeastern Alaska to Lower California
  • Great Dividing Range (noun)
    1. a mountain range running along the eastern coast of Australia
  • Home on the Range
    1. a popular US folk song, which many people think of as a typical song that COWBOY s would sing. It begins: O give me a home where the buffalo roam,/Where the deer and the antelope play;/Where seldom is heard a discouraging word,/And the skies are not cloudy all day.
  • Karakoram Range (noun)
    1. a mountain range in northern Kashmir; an extension of the Hindu Kush; contains the 2nd highest peak
  • Karakorum Range (noun)
    1. a mountain range in northern Kashmir; an extension of the Hindu Kush; contains the 2nd highest peak
  • Mesabi Range (noun)
    1. a range of hills in northeastern Minnesota where rich iron ore deposits were discovered in 1887
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