range
an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,557 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,592 times across 139,755 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet" also: scope, reach, orbit, compass, ambit the range of a supersonic jeta piano has a greater range than the human voice
- the limits within which something can be effective also: reach range of motionhe was beyond the reach of their fire
- a large tract of grassy open land on which livestock can graze they used to drive the cattle across the open range every springhe dreamed of a home on the range
- a series of hills or mountains also: mountain range, range of mountains, chain, mountain chain, chain of mountains the valley was between two ranges of hillsthe plains lay just beyond the mountain range
- a place for shooting (firing or driving) projectiles of various kinds the army maintains a missile range in the desertany good golf club will have a range where you can practice
- a variety of different things or activities he answered a range of questionshe was impressed by the range and diversity of the collection
range in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The charges for which they were lynched cover a wide range.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1
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And a microscopic whine, as though some device were within range of us.
Brigands of the Moon · Ray Cummings · Chapter 1
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Also they seem to range over a vast stretch of time, back indeed to the days of primeval, prehistoric man.
The Mahatma and the Hare: A Dream Story · H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard · Chapter 1
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He left behind him many unpublished manuscripts covering a very wide range of subjects, most of which are now lost.
Pennsylvania Pilgrim, and other poems Part 6 From — Volume I · John Greenleaf Whittier · Chapter 1
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Such observations, and the slow twinkle of the fire in the range, deep down under the curfew layer of coals, pleased him.
Where the Blue Begins · Christopher Morley · Chapter 1