range

A collection of different kinds of things.

• We offer a wide range of courses.
• The new range includes coats and shoes.
• Which products are in your summer range?

How to use it: a range of something (The shop sells a range of garden tools.)

Similar words: selection, variety, assortment

Common phrases: range of something, wide range, product range

The set of amounts, ages, or other values between a lowest and a highest point.

• This car is in my price range.
• The patients were in the same age range.
• Temperatures fell below the usual range last night.

How to use it: in/within a range (The temperature stayed within the normal range.); a range of A to B (The rooms are in the price range of fifty to eighty euros.)

Similar words: span, interval

Common phrases: age range, price range, within range

The distance a vehicle can travel before it needs more fuel or power.

• The car has a range of 300 kilometres.
• Cold weather reduced the battery range.
• What is the maximum range of this aircraft?

Common phrases: range of something, maximum range, driving range

A line or connected group of mountains, hills, or similar features.

• Snow covered the mountain range.
• We crossed two ranges before reaching the coast.
• A range of low hills separates the villages.

Similar words: chain

Common phrases: mountain range, range of hills, range of mountains

A place where people practise shooting at targets.

• He practises at the shooting range.
• The range closes at six.
• An instructor explained the safety rules before we entered the range.

Similar words: shooting ground

Common phrases: shooting range, rifle range, at the range

The difference between the highest and lowest numbers in a set.

• The range is twelve.
• Subtract the lowest score from the highest to find the range.
• Two sets of numbers can have the same range.

Common phrases: calculate the range, range of something

To include different amounts or kinds, between two stated limits or examples.

• Prices range from five to ten euros.
• The topics ranged from food to politics.
• Our customers range from students to company directors.

How to use it: range from A to B (Prices range from ten to thirty pounds.); range between A and B (Their ages range between twenty and forty.)

Similar words: vary

Common phrases: range from something, range between something

To move freely around an area, often covering a large distance.

• Wolves range over these hills.
• The hunters ranged through the forest.
• Wild horses once ranged freely across the plains.

How to use it: range over/through/around somewhere (Deer range through the forest at night.)

Similar words: roam, wander, rove

Common phrases: range over something, range through something, range around something, range the fields