range

Noun
  1. An area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: (synset 105132642)
    "the range of a supersonic jet"; "a piano has a greater range than the human voice"; "the ambit of municipal legislation"; "within the compass of this article"; "within the scope of an investigation"; "outside the reach of the law"; "in the political orbit of a world power"
    is a type of: extent - the distance or area or volume over which something extends
    subtypes:
    • approximate range, ballpark - near to the scope or range of something
    • confines - a bounded scope
    • contrast - the range of optical density and tone on a photographic negative or print (or the extent to which adjacent areas on a television screen differ in brightness)
    • internationalism, internationality - quality of being international in scope
    • latitude - scope for freedom of e.g. action or thought; freedom from restriction
    • horizon, purview, view - the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated
    • expanse, sweep - a wide scope
    • gamut - a complete extent or range:
    • spectrum - a broad range of related objects or values or qualities or ideas or activities
    • palette, pallet - the range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art
    same as: ambit, compass, orbit, reach, scope
  2. The limits within which something can be effective (synset 108646496)
    "range of motion"; "he was beyond the reach of their fire"
    is a type of: limit - as far as something can go
    subtypes:
    same as: reach
  3. A large tract of grassy open land on which livestock can graze (synset 108646774)
    "they used to drive the cattle across the open range every spring"; "he dreamed of a home on the range"
    is a type of: parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract - an extended area of land
    subtypes: home range, home territory - the area in which an animal normally ranges
  4. A series of hills or mountains (synset 109426609)
    "the valley was between two ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range"
    is a type of: formation, geological formation - (geology) the geological features of the earth
    specific instances:
    • adirondack mountains, adirondacks - a mountain range in northeastern New York State; a popular resort area
    • admiralty range - mountains in Antarctica to the north of Victoria Land
    • alaska range - a mountain range in south central Alaska; contains Mount McKinley
    • alleghenies, allegheny mountains - the western part of the Appalachian Mountains; extending from northern Pennsylvania to southwestern Virginia
    • alps, the alps - a large mountain system in south-central Europe; scenic beauty and winter sports make them a popular tourist attraction
    • altai mountains, altay mountains - a mountain range in central Asia that extends a thousand miles from Kazakhstan eastward into western Mongolia and northern China
    • andes - a mountain range in South America running 5000 miles along the Pacific coast
    • apennines - a mountain range extending the length of the Italian peninsula
    • appalachian mountains, appalachians - a mountain range in the eastern United States extending from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico; a historic barrier to early westward expansion of the United States
    • atlas mountains - a mountain range in northern Africa between the Mediterranean and the Sahara Desert; extends from southwestern Morocco to northern Tunisia
    • australian alps - a range of mountains in Australia that forms the southern end of the Great Dividing Range
    • balkan mountain range, balkan mountains, balkans - the major mountain range of Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula
    • berkshire hills, berkshires - a low mountain range in western Massachusetts; a resort area
    • black hills - mountains in southwestern South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming; sacred to the Sioux (whites settling in the Black Hills led to the Battle of Little Bighorn); site of Mount Rushmore
    • blue ridge, blue ridge mountains - a range of the Appalachians extending from southern Pennsylvania to northern Georgia
    • cantabrian mountains - a range of mountains in northern Spain along the coast of the Bay of Biscay
    • carpathian mountains, carpathians - a mountain range in central Europe that extends from Slovakia and southern Poland southeastward through western Ukraine to northeastern Romania; a popular resort area
    • cascade mountains, cascade range, cascades - a mountain range in the northwestern United States extending through Washington and Oregon and northern California; a part of the Coast Range
    • catskill mountains, catskills - a range of the Appalachians to the west of the Hudson in southeastern New York; includes many popular resort areas
    • caucasus, caucasus mountains - the mountain range in Caucasia between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea that forms part of the traditional border between Europe and Asia
    • coast mountains, coast range - a string of mountain ranges along the Pacific coast of North America from southeastern Alaska to Lower California
    • cumberland mountains, cumberland plateau - the southwestern part of the Appalachians
    • dolomite alps - an eastern range of the Alps in northeastern Italy famous for their dolomitic limestone
    • eastern highlands, great dividing range - a mountain range running along the eastern coast of Australia
    • great smoky mountains - part of the Appalachians between North Carolina and Tennessee
    • green mountains - a range of the Appalachian Mountains that extends from south to north through Vermont
    • guadalupe mountains - a mountain range in southern New Mexico and western Texas; the southern extension of the Sacramento Mountains
    • himalaya, himalaya mountains, himalayas - a mountain range extending 1500 miles on the border between India and Tibet; this range contains the world's highest mountain
    • hindu kush, hindu kush mountains - a mountain range extending to the west of the Himalayas
    • karakoram, karakoram range, karakorum range, mustagh, mustagh range - a mountain range in northern Kashmir; an extension of the Hindu Kush; contains the 2nd highest peak
    • kuenlun, kuenlun mountains, kunlan shan, kunlun, kunlun mountains - a mountain range in western China that extends eastward from the Indian border for 1000 miles
    • mesabi range - a range of hills in northeastern Minnesota where rich iron ore deposits were discovered in 1887
    • mount carmel - a mountain range in northwestern Israel near the Mediterranean coast
    • nan ling - a mountain range in southeastern China running generally east to west
    • ozark mountains, ozark plateau, ozarks - an area of low mountains in northwestern Arkansas and southeastern Missouri and northeastern Oklahoma
    • pamir mountains, the pamirs - a mountain range in central Asia that is centered in Tajikistan but extends into Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan and Pakistan and western China
    • pyrenees - a chain of mountains between France and Spain
    • rhodope mountains - a mountain range in the Balkan peninsula in southeastern Europe; extends along the border between Greece and Bulgaria
    • rockies, rocky mountains - the chief mountain range of western North America; extends from British Columbia to northern New Mexico; forms the continental divide
    • sacramento mountains - mountain range in New Mexico to the east of the Rio Grande
    • san juan mountains - a mountain range in southwestern Colorado that is part of the Rocky Mountains
    • sayan mountains - a range of mountains in southern Siberia to the west of Lake Baikal; contain important mineral deposits
    • selkirk mountains - a range of the Rocky Mountains in southeastern British Columbia
    • sierra - a range of mountains (usually with jagged peaks and irregular outline)
    • sierra madre occidental - a mountain range in northwestern Mexico that runs south from Arizona parallel to the Pacific coastline
    • sierra madre oriental - a mountain range in northeastern Mexico the runs parallel to the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico
    • high sierra, sierra nevada, sierra nevada mountains - a mountain range in eastern California; contains Mount Whitney
    • sierra nevada - a mountain range in southern Spain along the Mediterranean coast to the east of Granada
    • st. elias mountains, st. elias range - a range of mountains between Alaska and the Yukon territory
    • taconic mountains - a range of the Appalachian Mountains along the eastern border of New York with Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont
    • teton range - a mountain range in northwest Wyoming; contains the Grand Teton
    • tien shan, tyan shan - a major mountain range of central Asia; extends 1,500 miles
    • transylvanian alps - a range of the southern Carpathian Mountains extending across central Romania
    • tyrolean alps - a popular tourist area in the Tyrol
    • ural mountains, urals - a mountain range in western Russia extending from the Arctic to the Caspian Sea; forms part of the traditional boundary between Europe and Asia
    has:
    • massif - a block of the earth's crust bounded by faults and shifted to form peaks of a mountain range
    • mountain pass, notch, pass - the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks
    same as: chain, chain of mountains, mountain chain, mountain range, range of mountains
  5. A place for shooting (firing or driving) projectiles of various kinds (synset 104060330)
    "the army maintains a missile range in the desert"; "any good golf club will have a range where you can practice"
    is a type of: facility, installation - a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry
    subtypes:
  6. A variety of different things or activities (synset 108416543)
    "he answered a range of questions"; "he was impressed by the range and diversity of the collection"
    is a type of: assortment, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety - a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
    subtypes: band - a range of frequencies between two limits
  7. (mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined (synset 108016746)
    "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"
    referred to in: math, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement
    is a type of: set - (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols
    same as: image, range of a function
  8. The limit of capability (synset 105631411)
    "within the compass of education"
    is a type of: capability, capableness, potentiality - an aptitude that may be developed
    subtypes: ken, sight - the range of vision
    same as: compass, grasp, reach
  9. A kitchen appliance used for cooking food (synset 104337478)
    "dinner was already on the stove"
    is a type of: kitchen appliance - a home appliance used in preparing food
    subtypes:
    has: grate, grating - a frame of iron bars to hold a fire
    same as: cooking stove, kitchen range, kitchen stove, stove
Verb
  1. Change or be different within limits (synset 202732914)
    "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"
    is a type of: be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
    same as: run
    verb group:
    • extend, go, lead, pass, run - stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
    • lead, run - cause something to pass or lead somewhere
  2. Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment (synset 201885173)
    "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"
    is a type of: go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
    subtypes:
    same as: cast, drift, ramble, roam, roll, rove, stray, swan, tramp, vagabond, wander
    verb group:
    • drift, err, stray - wander from a direct course or at random
    • wander - go via an indirect route or at no set pace
  3. Have a range;
    Be capable of projecting over a certain distance, as of a gun (synset 202747024)
    "This gun ranges over two miles"
    subtypes: carry - be conveyed over a certain distance
  4. Range or extend over;
    Occupy a certain area (synset 202696226)
    "The plants straddle the entire state"
    is a type of: be, comprise, constitute, make up, represent - form or compose
    subtypes: spread-eagle - stretch over
    same as: straddle
  5. Lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line (synset 201476839)
    "lay out the clothes"; "lay out the arguments"
    is a type of: arrange, set up - put into a proper or systematic order
    subtypes: compart - lay out in parts according to a plan
    same as: array, lay out, set out
  6. Feed as in a meadow or pasture (synset 201578996)
    "the herd was grazing"
    is a type of: eat, feed - take in food; used of animals only
    same as: browse, crop, graze, pasture
    verb group:
  7. Let eat (synset 201207059)
    "range the animals in the prairie"
    is a type of: feed, give - give food to
    verb group: browse, crop, graze, pasture, range - feed as in a meadow or pasture
  8. Assign a rank or rating to (synset 200659723)
    "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"
    is a type of: evaluate, judge, pass judgment - form a critical opinion of
    subtypes:
    • superordinate - place in a superior order or rank
    • shortlist - put someone or something on a short list
    • seed - distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds
    • reorder - assign a new order to
    • subordinate - rank or order as less important or consider of less value
    • prioritise, prioritize - assign a priority to
    • sequence - arrange in a sequence
    • downgrade - rate lower; lower in value or esteem
    • upgrade - rate higher; raise in value or esteem
    same as: grade, order, place, rank, rate

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