Synonyms:
scope, range, reach, orbit, compass, ambit
Meaning: an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "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"
Synonyms:
range, reach
Meaning: the limits within which something can be effective; "range of motion"; "he was beyond the reach of their fire"
Synonyms:
range
Meaning: a large tract of grassy open land on which livestock can graze; "they used to drive the cattle across the open range every spring"; "he dreamed of a home on the range"
Synonyms:
range, mountain_range, range_of_mountains, chain, mountain_chain, chain_of_mountains
Meaning: a series of hills or mountains; "the valley was between two ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range"
Synonyms:
range
Meaning: a place for shooting (firing or driving) projectiles of various kinds; "the army maintains a missile range in the desert"; "any good golf club will have a range where you can practice"
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
range, run
Meaning: change or be different within limits; "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:
roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond
Meaning: move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "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:
range
Meaning: have a range; be capable of projecting over a certain distance, as of a gun; "This gun ranges over two miles"
Synonyms:
range, straddle
Meaning: range or extend over; occupy a certain area; "The plants straddle the entire state"
Synonyms:
range, array, lay_out, set_out
Meaning: lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line; "lay out the clothes"; "lay out the arguments"
Usage examples
An error in the range?
Tell how range of voice may be cultivated.
Their diameters range from 500 to 20 miles.
"We don't want to chase them off the range.
It was hardly possible to miss such a target at such a range.
Tad remembered with a start that there were bears in the range.
And that kind of thing is a little overwhelming at short range.
For the present, I confine myself within my strict range of duty.
These contributions range from twenty-five cents up to ten dollars.
With your tremendous speed we can reach that range and back all right.