range

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɹeɪndʒ/
• SAMPA: /r\eIndZ/

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Noun

Singular range

Plural ranges

A mountain range

A shooting range

1. (countable) Something's range is the distance that it can travel. <> nesan abu.

   The company's newest airplane has a range of 10,556km.

2. (countable) A range of X is a number of different kinds of Xs

   We offer you a whole range of clothes, from socks to hats.

3. (countable) The range is area between an upper and lower limit.

   Most accidents affect children in the seven to 10 age range.

4. (countable) In statistics, the range of results is highest result minus the lowest result.

   The test results in the study had a range of 63; the highest was 100 and the lowest 37.

5. (countable) A (mountain) range is a group of mountains. <> ƙungun babban dutsuna.
6. (countable) A shooting range is a place to practice using a gun. <> wajen harbin bindiga a horo.
7. (countable) A range is a large grassy area for farm animals to walk about freely. <> babban wuri mai ciyawa na dabbobi don su walwala.
8. (countable) A range is a large stove for cooking. <> babban injin gasa wuta na dafa abinci.

Synonyms

• variety
• limit
• distance

Verb

Plain form (yanzu) range

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) ranges

Past tense (ya wuce) ranged

Past participle (ya wuce) ranged

Present participle (ana cikin yi) ranging

(intransitive)

1. If something ranges from X to Y, it includes a number of different things and X and Y are different examples of those. <> daga wani zuwa wani.

   The police had stopped him for a variety of things ranging from stealing a book to having a gun.

2. If something ranges around an area, it moves around it. <> yin zagaye a wajen abu.

Synonyms

• include
• move