name · noun · verb · 57 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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1
name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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2
name
Meaning 2
A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Conecuh County, Alabama.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 3
A place in the United States:
A township and unincorporated community therein, in Madison County, Ohio.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 4
A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in the towns of Apple River and Beaver, Polk County, Wisconsin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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noun
Meaning 5
A line or series of mountains, buildings, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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6
noun
Meaning 6
A fireplace; a fire or other cooking apparatus; now specifically, a large cooking stove with many burners (hotplates).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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7
noun
Meaning 7
Selection, array.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
We sell a wide range of cars.
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8
noun
Meaning 8
An area for practicing shooting at targets.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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9
noun
Meaning 9
An area for military training or equipment testing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: base, training area, training ground
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10
noun
Meaning 10
The distance from a person or sensor to an object, target, emanation, or event.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
We could see the ship at a range of five miles.
One can use the speed of sound to estimate the range of a lightning flash.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: distance, radius
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 11
The maximum distance or reach of capability (of a weapon, radio, detector, etc.).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
This missile's range is 500 kilometres.
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noun
Meaning 12
The distance a vehicle (e.g., a car, bicycle, lorry, or aircraft) can travel without refueling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
This aircraft's range is 15 000 kilometres.
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13
noun
Meaning 13
An area of open, often unfenced, grazing land.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 14
The extent or space taken in by anything excursive; compass or extent of excursion; reach; scope.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 15
The set of values (points) which a function can obtain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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Antonyms: domain
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noun
Meaning 16
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics
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noun
Meaning 17
The defensive area that a player can cover.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
std::for_each calls the given function on each value in the input range.
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noun
Meaning 21
An aggregate of individuals in one rank or degree; an order; a class.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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22
noun
Meaning 22
The step of a ladder; a rung.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 23
A bolting sieve to sift meal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal, obsolete
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noun
Meaning 24
A wandering or roving; a going to and fro; an excursion; a ramble; an expedition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
, "Taking Pleasure in Other Men's Sins" He may take a range all the world over.
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noun
Meaning 25
In the public land system, a row or line of townships lying between two succession meridian lines six miles apart.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, historical
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26
noun
Meaning 26
The variety of roles that an actor can play in a satisfactory way.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
By playing in comedies as well as in dramas he has proved his range as an actor.
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verb
Meaning 27
To travel over (an area, etc); to roam, wander.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 28
To rove over or through.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
to range the fields
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verb
Meaning 29
To exercise the power of something over something else; to cause to submit to, over.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, obsolete
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verb
Meaning 30
To bring (something) into a specified position or relationship (especially, of opposition) with something else.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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31
verb
Meaning 31
Of a variable, to be able to take any of the values in a specified range.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
The variable x ranges over all real values from 0 to 10.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: run
Antonyms: none provided
32
verb
Meaning 32
To classify.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
to range plants and animals in genera and species
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verb
Meaning 33
To form a line or a row.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
The front of a house ranges with the street.
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verb
Meaning 34
To be placed in order; to be ranked; to admit of arrangement or classification; to rank.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 35
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 36
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 37
To be native to, or live in, a certain district or region.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
Examples
The peba ranges from Texas to Paraguay.
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verb
Meaning 38
To determine the range to a target.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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verb
Meaning 39
To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
to range the coast
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verb
Meaning 40
Of a player, to travel a significant distance for a defensive play.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Narrower terms: charcoal burner, cookstove, electric range, gas range, gas stove, gas cooker, potbelly, potbelly stove, Primus stove, Primus, spirit stove
43
noun
Meaning 43
an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
Narrower terms: maunder, gallivant, gad, jazz around
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verb
Meaning 55
range or extend over; occupy a certain area
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
The plants straddle the entire state
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Synonyms: straddle
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: constitute, represent, make up, comprise, be
Narrower terms: spread-eagle
56
verb
Meaning 56
change or be different within limits
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
Estimates for the losses in the earthquake range as high as $2 billion
Interest rates run from 5 to 10 percent
The instruments ranged from tuba to cymbals
My students range from very bright to dull
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: run
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: be
57
verb
Meaning 57
have a range; be capable of projecting over a certain distance, as of a gun
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
This gun ranges over two miles
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Narrower terms: carry
History
Etymology
From Middle English rengen, from Old French rengier (“to range, to rank, to order,”), from the noun renc, reng, ranc, rang (“a rank, row”), from Frankish *hring, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz (“ring, circle, curve”). Doublet of ring.
Across languages
Translations
366 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
bergreeks
— line of mountains, buildings etc.
Catalan:
serralada
— line of mountains, buildings etc.
Chinese Mandarin:
山脈 /山脉
(shānmài)
— line of mountains, buildings etc.
Dutch:
bergketen
— line of mountains, buildings etc.
Esperanto:
montaro
— line of mountains, buildings etc.
Finnish:
vuoristo
— line of mountains, buildings etc.
Finnish:
vuorijono
— line of mountains, buildings etc.
Finnish:
talojono
— line of mountains, buildings etc.
French:
chaîne (de montagnes)
— line of mountains, buildings etc.
Galician:
cordilleira
— line of mountains, buildings etc.
Georgian:
მთაგრეხილი
(mtagrexili)
— line of mountains, buildings etc.
German:
Gebirgskette
— line of mountains, buildings etc.
German:
Gebirge
— line of mountains, buildings etc.
German:
Gebirgszug
— line of mountains, buildings etc.
Greek:
οροσειρά
(oroseirá)
— line of mountains, buildings etc.
Irish:
sliabhraon
— line of mountains, buildings etc.
Italian:
catena
— line of mountains, buildings etc.
Malayalam:
നിര
(nira)
— line of mountains, buildings etc.
Marathi:
रांग
(rāṅga)
— line of mountains, buildings etc.
Polish:
pasmo górskie
— line of mountains, buildings etc.
Portuguese:
cordilheira
— line of mountains, buildings etc.
Portuguese:
serra
— line of mountains, buildings etc.
Russian:
го́рный хребе́т
(górnyj xrebét)
— line of mountains, buildings etc.
Russian:
го́рная цепь
(górnaja cepʹ)
— line of mountains, buildings etc.
Slovene:
veriga
— line of mountains, buildings etc.
Spanish:
sierra
— line of mountains, buildings etc.
Spanish:
cordillera
— line of mountains, buildings etc.
Swedish:
bergskedja
— line of mountains, buildings etc.
Thai:
ทิวเขา
(tiu-kǎo)
— line of mountains, buildings etc.
Thai:
แนวเขา
(nɛɛo-kǎo)
— line of mountains, buildings etc.
Turkish:
sıradağ
— line of mountains, buildings etc.
Zazaki:
koyerêzi
— line of mountains, buildings etc.
Bulgarian:
ку́хненска пе́чка
(kúhnenska péčka)
— large stove with many hotplates
Catalan:
fogó
— large stove with many hotplates
Chinese Mandarin:
爐灶 /炉灶
(lúzào)
— large stove with many hotplates
Chinese Mandarin:
煤氣灶 /煤气灶
(méiqìzào)
— large stove with many hotplates
Chinese Mandarin:
電灶 /电灶
(diànzào)
— large stove with many hotplates
Dutch:
fornuis
— large stove with many hotplates
Finnish:
liesi
— large stove with many hotplates
French:
cuisinière
— large stove with many hotplates
German:
Herd
— large stove with many hotplates
Irish:
sorn
— large stove with many hotplates
Irish:
sornóg
— large stove with many hotplates
Italian:
fornello
— large stove with many hotplates
Italian:
stufa a legna
— large stove with many hotplates
Italian:
piano cottura
— large stove with many hotplates
Polish:
piec
— large stove with many hotplates
Polish:
kuchenka
— large stove with many hotplates
Portuguese:
fogão a lenha
— large stove with many hotplates
Russian:
плита́
(plitá)
— large stove with many hotplates
Spanish:
hornillo
— large stove with many hotplates