Meaning & use

range

noun·Everyday

The full extent of variation between an upper and a lower limit on a particular scale.

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The store carries a wide range of sizes to fit almost any customer.

Temperatures in the desert have a huge range between day and night.

A note on using this word

In statistics, range specifically means the difference between the highest and lowest values in a data set.

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Another way to use it

2. verb

To vary or extend between specified limits.

Prices for the used cars range from two thousand to fifteen thousand dollars.

3. noun

A connected series of mountains or hills.

The hikers spent a week crossing the entire mountain range.

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