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range

noun

1 it was beyond his range of vision | the age range of all patients was 39–97:

span, scope, compass, radius, scale, gamut, reach, sweep, extent, area, field, orbit, ambit, province, realm, domain, horizon, latitude;

limits, bounds, confines, parameters.

2 a range of mountains:

row, chain;

sierra, cordillera, ridge, massif;

line, file, rank, string, series.

3 the toucan eats a very wide range of fruits | a new range of quality foods:

assortment, variety, diversity, mixture, collection, array, set, selection, choice, pick;

kind, sort, type, class, rank, order, genus, species.

4 Bertha put the dish into the range to cook:

stove, cooking stove, kitchen stove;

trademark Aga.

5 cows grazed on open range:

pasture, pasturage, pastureland, grass, grassland, grazing land, ley, paddock, croft;

literary lea, mead, greensward, sward;

Scottish, & Northern English shieling, bent;

Irish, & Canadian bawn;

Australian, New Zealand run;

South African veld;

in Switzerland alp;

in France bocage;

in South America potrero.

verb

1 annual charges range from 0.5% to 1%:

vary, fluctuate, differ;

extend, stretch, reach, cover, go, run, pass.

2 on the long stalls are ranged all sorts of fresh farm products:

line up, align, draw up, put/set in order, order, place, position, arrange, dispose, set out, array, rank.

3 herdsmen ranged over the steppes:

roam, rove, traverse, travel, journey, wander, stray, drift, ramble, meander, amble, stroll, traipse, walk, hike, trek, backpack;

rare peregrinate.

4 the pupils were ranged according to ability:

classify, class, categorize, type, rank, order, sort, bracket, group, rate, grade, size, graduate, pigeonhole, designate;

break down, codify, catalog, file, list, label, tabulate, index.

choose the right word	range, wander, roam, rove, stray
See wander.