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

  • (..) We'll go man-to-man. Piss on me? Come on, Wild Bill. Little walky-walky. Don't you call me that! Wild Bill Hickok wasrt no range rider! He was just some bushwhacking John Law! Dumb son of a bitch sat with his back to the door, killed by a drunk. Oh, my suds and body. (..)
    1999 The Green Mile