English > range: 17 senses > noun 1, attribute| Meaning | An area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet". |
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| Example | "a piano has a greater range than the human voice" |
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| Synonyms | scope, reach, orbit, compass, ambit |
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| Narrower | approximate range, ballpark | Near to the scope or range of something |
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| 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) |
| gamut | A complete extent or range |
| horizon, view, purview | The range of interest or activity that can be anticipated |
| internationality, internationalism | Quality of being international in scope |
| latitude | scope for freedom of e.g. action or thought |
| palette, pallet | The range of colour characteristic / characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art |
| spectrum | A broad range of related objects or values or qualities or ideas or activities |
| sweep, expanse | A wide scope |
| Broader | extent | The distance or area or volume over which something extends |
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| Spanish | alcance, ámbito, esfera, marco |
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| Catalan | abast, àmbit, esfera, marc |
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| Verbs | range | range or extend over |
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| range | change or be different within limits |
English > range: 17 senses > noun 4, object| 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"
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| Synonyms | mountain range, range of mountains, chain, mountain chain, chain of mountains |
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| Instances | Adirondacks, Adirondack Mountains | A mountain range in northeastern New York State |
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| Admiralty Range | mountains in Antarctica to the north of Victoria Land |
| Alaska Range | A mountain range in south central Alaska |
| Alleghenies, Allegheny Mountains | The western part of the Appalachian Mountains |
| Alps, the Alps | A large mountain system in south-central Europe |
| 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 |
| Appalachians, Appalachian Mountains | A mountain range in the eastern United States extending from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico |
| Atlas Mountains | A mountain range in northern Africa between the Mediterranean and the Sahara Desert |
| Australian Alps | A range of mountains in Australia that forms the southern end of the Great Dividing Range |
| Balkans, Balkan Mountains, Balkan Mountain Range | The major mountain range of Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula |
| Berkshires, Berkshire Hills | A low mountain range in western Massachusetts |
| Black Hills | mountains in southwestern South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming |
| Blue Ridge Mountains, Blue Ridge | 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 |
| Carpathians, Carpathian Mountains | A mountain range in central Europe that extends from Slovakia and southern Poland southeastward through western Ukraine to northeastern Romania |
| Cascades, Cascade Range, Cascade Mountains | A mountain range in the northwestern United States extending through Washington and Oregon and northern California |
| Catskills, Catskill Mountains | A range of the Appalachians to the west of the Hudson in southeastern New York |
| 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 Range, Coast Mountains | 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 |
| Great Dividing Range, Eastern Highlands | 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 |
| Himalayas, Himalaya Mountains, Himalaya | A mountain range extending 1500 miles on the border between India and Tibet |
| 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 |
| Kunlun, Kunlan Shan, Kunlun Mountains, Kuenlun, Kuenlun 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 |
| Ozarks, Ozark Mountains, Ozark Plateau | 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 |
| Rockies, Rocky Mountains | The chief mountain range of western North America |
| 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 |
| Selkirk Mountains | A range of the Rocky Mountains in southeastern British Columbia |
| 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 |
| Sierra Nevada, Sierra Nevada Mountains, High Sierra | A mountain range in eastern California |
| Sierra Nevada | A mountain range in southern Spain along the Mediterranean coast to the east of Granada |
| St. Elias Range, St. Elias Mountains | 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 |
| Tien Shan, Tyan Shan | A major mountain range of central Asia |
| Transylvanian Alps | A range of the southern Carpathian Mountains extending across central Romania |
| Tyrolean Alps | A popular tourist area in the Tyrol |
| Urals, Ural Mountains | A mountain range in western Russia extending from the Arctic to the Caspian Sea |
| sierra | A range of mountains (usually with jagged peaks and irregular outline) |
| Parts | massif | A block of the earth's crust bounded by faults and shifted to form peaks of a mountain range |
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| pass, mountain pass, notch | The location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks |
| Broader | geological formation, formation | (geology) the geological features of the earth |
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| Spanish | cadena montañosa, cordillera, sierra |
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| Catalan | serralada, serra |
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English > range: 17 senses > verb 2, motion| 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 |
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| Synonyms | roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, drift, vagabond |
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| Narrower | gallivant, gad, jazz around | wander aimlessly in search of pleasure |
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| maunder | wander aimlessly |
| Broader | travel, go, move, locomote | change location |
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| Similar to | stray, err, drift | wander from a direct course or at random |
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| wander | Go via an indirect route or at no set pace |
| Spanish | caminar, deambular, errar, girar, rondar, vagabundear, vagar |
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| Catalan | caminar, deambular, girar, rondar, vagabundejar, vagarejar, vagar |
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| Participle | ranging | wandering freely |
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English > range: 17 senses > verb 8, cognition| Meaning | Assign a rank or rating to. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
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| Synonyms | rate, rank, order, grade, place |
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| Narrower | downgrade | Rate lower |
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| prioritize, prioritise | Assign a priority to |
| reorder | Assign a new order to |
| seed | Distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds |
| sequence | Arrange in a sequence |
| shortlist | put someone or something on a short list |
| subordinate | rank or order as less important or consider of less value |
| superordinate | place in a superior order or rank |
| upgrade | Rate higher |
| Broader | evaluate, pass judgment, judge | form a critical opinion of |
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| Spanish | clasificarse, clasificar, graduar, ordenar, tasar, valorar |
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| Catalan | classificar-se, classificar, graduar, ordenar, taxar, valorar |
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