Word

range, n.
(ranges)
freq. cnt. 68

an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"
<noun.attribute> freq. cnt.: 65 freq. cnt.: 45 freq. cnt.: 15 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

ambit compass orbit range reach scope

sample sentences

"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"

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lexical pointers

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semantic pointers

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approximate range, ballpark confines contrast internationality, internationalism latitude horizon, view, purview sweep, expanse gamut spectrum palette, pallet

the limits within which something can be effective
<noun.location> freq. cnt.: 16 freq. cnt.: 14 freq. cnt.: 2

range reach

sample sentences

"range of motion"
"he was beyond the reach of their fire"

lexical pointers

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lexical pointers

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semantic pointers

hyponym

hearing, earshot, earreach view, eyeshot rifle range, rifle shot

hypernym

a large tract of grassy open land on which livestock can graze
<noun.location> freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 7

range

sample sentences

"they used to drive the cattle across the open range every spring"
"he dreamed of a home on the range"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

rangy rangy range range

semantic pointers

hyponym

home range, home territory

hypernym

tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel

a place for shooting (firing or driving) projectiles of various kinds
<noun.artifact> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

range

sample sentences

"the army maintains a missile range in the desert"
"any good golf club will have a range where you can practice"

semantic pointers

hypernym

facility, installation

hyponym

practice range rifle range test range

a series of hills or mountains
<noun.object> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

chain chain of mountains mountain chain mountain range range range of mountains

sample sentences

"the valley was between two ranges of hills"
"the plains lay just beyond the mountain range"

semantic pointers

instance hyponym

Adirondacks, Adirondack Mountains Admiralty Range Alaska Range Alleghenies, Allegheny Mountains Alps, the Alps Altai Mountains, Altay Mountains Andes Apennines Appalachians, Appalachian Mountains Atlas Mountains Australian Alps Balkans, Balkan Mountains, Balkan Mountain Range Berkshires, Berkshire Hills Black Hills Blue Ridge Mountains, Blue Ridge Cantabrian Mountains Carpathians, Carpathian Mountains Cascades, Cascade Range, Cascade Mountains Catskills, Catskill Mountains Caucasus, Caucasus Mountains Coast Range, Coast Mountains Cumberland Mountains, Cumberland Plateau Dolomite Alps Great Dividing Range, Eastern Highlands Great Smoky Mountains Green Mountains Guadalupe Mountains Himalayas, Himalaya Mountains, Himalaya Hindu Kush, Hindu Kush Mountains Karakoram, Karakoram Range, Karakorum Range, Mustagh, Mustagh Range Kunlun, Kunlan Shan, Kunlun Mountains, Kuenlun, Kuenlun Mountains Mesabi Range Mount Carmel Nan Ling Ozarks, Ozark Mountains, Ozark Plateau Pamir Mountains, the Pamirs Pyrenees Rhodope Mountains Rockies, Rocky Mountains Sacramento Mountains San Juan Mountains Sayan Mountains Selkirk Mountains sierra Sierra Madre Occidental Sierra Madre Oriental Sierra Nevada, Sierra Nevada Mountains, High Sierra Sierra Nevada St. Elias Range, St. Elias Mountains Taconic Mountains Teton Range Tien Shan, Tyan Shan Transylvanian Alps Tyrolean Alps Urals, Ural Mountains

hypernym

formation, geological formation

part meronym

massif pass, mountain pass, notch

a kitchen appliance used for cooking food
<noun.artifact> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 5

cooking stove kitchen range kitchen stove range stove

sample sentences

"dinner was already on the stove"

semantic pointers

hyponym

charcoal burner cookstove electric range gas stove, gas range, gas cooker potbelly, potbelly stove Primus stove, Primus spirit stove

part meronym

hypernym

kitchen appliance

the limit of capability
<noun.cognition> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

compass grasp range reach

sample sentences

"within the compass of education"

lexical pointers

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lexical pointers

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semantic pointers

hypernym

potentiality, capability, capableness

hyponym

(mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined
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image range range of a function

sample sentences

"the image of f(x) = x^2 is the set of all non-negative real numbers if the domain of the function is the set of all real numbers"

lexical pointers

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semantic pointers

domain of synset (topic)

mathematics, math, maths

hypernym

a variety of different things or activities
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range

sample sentences

"he answered a range of questions"
"he was impressed by the range and diversity of the collection"

lexical pointers

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semantic pointers

hyponym

hypernym

variety, mixture, assortment, potpourri, mixed bag, miscellany, miscellanea, salmagundi, smorgasbord, motley