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ranging

We have found lemma(root) word of ranging : range.

Definitions


[reɪn(d)ʒ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the area of variation between upper and lower limits on a particular scale
(e.g: the cost will be in the range of $1–5 million a day)

- a set of different things of the same general type
(e.g: the area offers a wide range of activities for the tourist)

- the distance within which a person can see or hear
(e.g: something lurked just beyond her range of vision)

- a line or series of mountains or hills
(e.g: a mountain range)

- a large area of open land for grazing or hunting
(e.g: 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
(e.g: a wood-burning kitchen range)

- a row of buildings, or a continuous stretch of a building
(e.g: Townesend's Durham quadrangle range at Trinity College)

- the direction or position in which something lies
(e.g: the range of the hills and valleys is nearly from north to south)


Phrases:
- at a range of

Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘line of people or animals’): from Old French range ‘row, rank’, from rangier ‘put in order’, from rang ‘rank’. Early usage also included the notion of ‘movement over an area’


[reɪn(d)ʒ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- vary or extend between specified limits
(e.g: prices range from £30 to £100)

- place or arrange in a row or rows or in a specified manner
(e.g: a table with half a dozen chairs ranged around it)

- place oneself or be placed in opposition to (a person or group)
(e.g: they were no match for the overwhelming forces ranged against them)

- (of a person or animal) travel or wander over a wide area
(e.g: patrols ranged thousands of miles deep into enemy territory)

- 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
(e.g: radar-type transmissions which appeared to be ranging on our convoys)


Phrases:
- at a range of

Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘line of people or animals’): from Old French range ‘row, rank’, from rangier ‘put in order’, from rang ‘rank’. Early usage also included the notion of ‘movement over an area’


[rɒ̃ˈʒeɪ], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- (of a person or their lifestyle) orderly; settled
(e.g: it's possible to be too rangé)


Phrases:

Origin:
French, literally ‘in order’, past participle of ranger




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