Meaning & use
range
The full extent of variation between an upper and a lower limit on a particular scale.
See it in a sentence
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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