[ { "word": "range", "phonetic": "/\u0279e\u026and\u0292/", "phonetics": [ { "text": "/\u0279e\u026and\u0292/", "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/range-us.mp3", "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1157454", "license": { "name": "BY-SA 3.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0" } } ], "meanings": [ { "partOfSpeech": "noun", "definitions": [ { "definition": "A line or series of mountains, buildings, etc.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "A fireplace; a fire or other cooking apparatus; now specifically, a large cooking stove with many hotplates.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "Selection, array.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "We sell a wide range of cars." }, { "definition": "An area for practicing shooting at targets.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "An area for military training or equipment testing.", "synonyms": [ "base", "training area", "training ground" ], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "The distance from a person or sensor to an object, target, emanation, or event.", "synonyms": [ "distance", "radius" ], "antonyms": [], "example": "One can use the speed of sound to estimate the range of a lightning flash." }, { "definition": "Maximum distance of capability (of a weapon, radio, detector, fuel supply, etc.).", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "This missile's range is 500 kilometres." }, { "definition": "An area of open, often unfenced, grazing land.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "Extent or space taken in by anything excursive; compass or extent of excursion; reach; scope.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "The set of values (points) which a function can obtain.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [ "domain" ] }, { "definition": "The length of the smallest interval which contains all the data in a sample; the difference between the largest and smallest observations in the sample.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "The defensive area that a player can cover.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "Jones has good range for a big man." }, { "definition": "The scale of all the tones a voice or an instrument can produce.", "synonyms": [ "compass" ], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "The geographical area or zone where a species is normally naturally found.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "A sequential list of values specified by an iterator.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "std::for_each\u00a0 calls the given function on each value in the input range." }, { "definition": "An aggregate of individuals in one rank or degree; an order; a class.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "The step of a ladder; a rung.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "A bolting sieve to sift meal.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "A wandering or roving; a going to and fro; an excursion; a ramble; an expedition.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "In the public land system, a row or line of townships lying between two succession meridian lines six miles apart.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "The scope of something, the extent that something covers or includes.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "The variety of roles that an actor can play in a satisfactory way.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "By playing in comedies as well as in dramas he has proved his acting range." } ], "synonyms": [ "base", "training area", "training ground", "compass", "distance", "radius" ], "antonyms": [ "domain" ] }, { "partOfSpeech": "verb", "definitions": [ { "definition": "To travel over (an area, etc); to roam, wander.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "To rove over or through.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "to range the fields" }, { "definition": "To exercise the power of something over something else; to cause to submit to, over.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "To bring (something) into a specified position or relationship (especially, of opposition) with something else.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "(followed by over) Of a variable, to be able to take any of the values in a specified range.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "The variable x ranges over all real values from 0 to 10." }, { "definition": "To classify.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "to range plants and animals in genera and species" }, { "definition": "To form a line or a row.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "The front of a house ranges with the street." }, { "definition": "To be placed in order; to be ranked; to admit of arrangement or classification; to rank.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "To place among others in a line, row, or order, as in the ranks of an army; usually, reflexively and figuratively, to espouse a cause, to join a party, etc.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "To be native to, or live in, a certain district or region.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "The peba ranges from Texas to Paraguay." }, { "definition": "To separate into parts; to sift.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "to range the coast" }, { "definition": "Of a player, to travel a significant distance for a defensive play.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] } ], "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] } ], "license": { "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0" }, "sourceUrls": [ "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/range" ] } ]