Meaning & use
Ranges
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varies or extends between specified limits
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The temperature in the desert ranges from freezing at night to scorching by noon.
Ticket prices range from ten to fifty dollars, depending on the seat.
A note on using this word
As a plural noun, "ranges" also refers to chains of mountains, areas for shooting practice, or kitchen stoves, making it one of the more versatile short words in English.
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Another way to use it
2. noun
chains of mountains or hills
The hikers admired the snow-capped ranges stretching to the horizon.
3. noun
areas equipped for shooting practice or testing weapons
Soldiers trained on the ranges every morning before dawn.
4. noun
large cooking stoves with an oven and hotplates
The old farmhouse kitchen still had a cast-iron range from the 1940s.
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