the area of variation between upper and lower limits on a particular scale

the cost will be in the range of $1–5 million a day

grand hotels were outside my price range

a set of different things of the same general type

the area offers a wide range of activities for the tourist

the company's new carpet range

the distance within which a person can see or hear

something lurked just beyond her range of vision

a line or series of mountains or hills

a mountain range

a large area of open land for grazing or hunting

on dude ranches, tourists put on crisp new western gear to ride the range

a large cooking stove with burners or hotplates and one or more ovens, all of which are kept continually hot

a wood-burning kitchen range

a row of buildings, or a continuous stretch of a building

Townesend's Durham quadrangle range at Trinity College

the direction or position in which something lies

the range of the hills and valleys is nearly from north to south

vary or extend between specified limits

prices range from £30 to £100

patients whose ages ranged from 13 to 25 years

place or arrange in a row or rows or in a specified manner

a table with half a dozen chairs ranged around it

place oneself or be placed in opposition to (a person or group)

they were no match for the overwhelming forces ranged against them

her family were ranged against him

(of a person or animal) travel or wander over a wide area

patrols ranged thousands of miles deep into enemy territory

tribes who ranged the windswept lands of the steppe

free-ranging groups of baboons

obtain the range of a target by adjustment after firing past it or short of it, or by the use of radar or laser equipment

radar-type transmissions which appeared to be ranging on our convoys