Meaning & use

Ranged

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Varied between specified limits, or moved or extended over a wide area.

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Prices for the tickets ranged from ten to fifty dollars.

The scouts ranged across the hillside looking for the lost hiker.

A note on using this word

"Ranged" can describe either a spread of values, as in statistics or pricing, or physical movement across territory, so context determines which sense applies.

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Another way to use it

2. verb

Arranged or positioned in a row or specific order.

The soldiers were ranged along the ridge, ready for battle.

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