range

Definition

  • noun: a group or collection of different things or people that are usually similar in some way
  • noun: a series of things in a line
  • verb: to include everything between specified limits
  • verb: to set in a row or in the proper order
  • usually singular
  • synonyms: row, sift, frequent

Examples

  • The game is designed for children whose ages 'range' between 7 and 13. = The game is designed for children 'ranging' in age from 7 to 13.

  • Several groups 'are ranged' against the proposed new law. [=several groups have joined together to fight/oppose the proposed new law]

  • What's the salary 'range' for the job? [=what are the highest and lowest salaries that people are paid for the job?]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) ''And the deer and the antelope play ''Where seldom is heard ''A discouraging word ''And the skies are not cloudy all day'' What do you want? ''Home, home on the range'' Have you no sense of.... Was he bothering you? He isn't gonna bother you again. l'm here to tell you that things have changed. (..)
    1973 Westworld