range
/ˈɹeɪnd͡ʒ/ verb B2- To travel over (an area, etc); to roam, wander.
- To rove over or through. · to range the fields
- To bring (something) into a specified position or relationship (especially, of opposition) with something else.
- Of a variable, to be able to take any of the values in a specified range. · The variable x ranges over all real values from 0 to 10.
- To classify. · to range plants and animals in genera and species
- To form a line or a row. · The front of a house ranges with the street.
- To be placed in order; to be ranked; to admit of arrangement or classification; to rank.
- 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.
He/she/it ranges · Past ranged · Past participle ranged · -ing form ranging
Verb forms
- Base form
- range
- He/she/it
- ranges
- Past
- ranged
- Past participle
- ranged
- -ing form
- ranging
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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In going up to the target Morcerf picked up two or three swallows that had been rash enough to come within the range of the count’s pistol.
A door that communicated with the Palais de Justice was opened, and they went through a long range of gloomy corridors, whose appearance might have made even the boldest shudder.
I only mention the Greuze because it brings the matter within the range of your own observation.”
It was clear that this had been fired at close range and that he had received the whole charge in the face, blowing his head almost to pieces.
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