range : Idioms & Phrases


admiralty range

  • noun mountains in Antarctica to the north of Victoria Land
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alaska range

  • noun a mountain range in south central Alaska; contains Mount McKinley
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approximate range

  • noun near to the scope or range of something
    ballpark.
    • his answer wasn't even in the right ballpark
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at close range

  • adverb very close
    close up.
    • without my reading glasses I can hardly see things close up
    • even firing at close range he missed
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balkan mountain range

  • noun the major mountain range of Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula
    Balkan Mountains; Balkans.
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cascade range

  • noun a mountain range in the northwestern United States extending through Washington and Oregon and northern California; a part of the Coast Range
    Cascades; Cascade Mountains.
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Cattle range, ∨ Cattle run

  • an open space through which cattle may run or range. U. S. Bartlett.
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coast range

  • noun a string of mountain ranges along the Pacific coast of North America from southeastern Alaska to Lower California
    Coast Mountains.
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driving range

  • noun a practice range for practicing golf shots
    driving range.
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electric range

  • noun a kitchen range in which the heat for cooking is provided by electric power
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firing range

  • noun a practice range for target practice
    firing range.
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free-range

  • adjective satellite of livestock and domestic poultry; permitted to graze or forage rather than being confined to a feedlot
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gas range

  • noun a range with gas rings and an oven for cooking with gas
    gas stove; gas cooker.
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golf range

  • noun a practice range for practicing golf shots
    driving range.
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great dividing range

  • noun a mountain range running along the eastern coast of Australia
    Eastern Highlands.
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home range

  • noun the area in which an animal normally ranges
    home territory.
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Horizontal range

  • (Gunnery), the distance in a horizontal plane to which a gun will throw a projectile.
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karakoram range

  • noun a mountain range in northern Kashmir; an extension of the Hindu Kush; contains the 2nd highest peak
    Karakorum Range; Mustagh; Karakoram Range; Karakoram.
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karakorum range

  • noun a mountain range in northern Kashmir; an extension of the Hindu Kush; contains the 2nd highest peak
    Karakorum Range; Mustagh; Karakoram Range; Karakoram.
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kitchen range

  • noun a kitchen appliance used for cooking food
    cooking stove; stove; kitchen stove; range.
    • dinner was already on the stove
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long-range

  • adjective satellite involving an extended span of time
    • long-range goals
  • adjective satellite suitable for or reaching long distances
    • long-range nuclear capability
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mesabi range

  • noun a range of hills in northeastern Minnesota where rich iron ore deposits were discovered in 1887
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Mountain range

  • noun a series of hills or mountains
    mountain range; chain; mountain chain; chain of mountains; range.
    • the valley was between two ranges of hills
    • the plains lay just beyond the mountain range
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  • a series of mountains closely related in position and direction.
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mustagh range

  • noun a mountain range in northern Kashmir; an extension of the Hindu Kush; contains the 2nd highest peak
    Karakorum Range; Mustagh; Karakoram Range; Karakoram.
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omnidirectional radio range

  • noun a navigational system consisting of a network of radio beacons that provide aircraft with information about exact position and bearing
    omnirange; omnidirectional radio range.
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omnidirectional range

  • noun a navigational system consisting of a network of radio beacons that provide aircraft with information about exact position and bearing
    omnirange; omnidirectional radio range.
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Point-blank range

  • the extent of the apparent right line of a ball discharged.
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Polygenetic mountain range

  • (Geol.), one which is composite, or consists of two or more monogenetic ranges, each having had its own history of development.
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practice range

  • noun a place for practicing golf shots
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radio detection and ranging

  • noun measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects
    radar; microwave radar; radiolocation.
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range animal

  • noun any animal that lives and grazes in the grassy open land of western North America (especially horses, cattle, sheep)
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Range finder

  • noun a measuring instrument (acoustic or optical or electronic) for finding the distance of an object
    rangefinder.
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  • (Gunnery), an instrument, or apparatus, variously constructed, for ascertaining the distance of an inaccessible object, used to determine what elevation must be given to a gun in order to hit the object; a position finder.
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range hood

  • noun exhaust hood over a kitchen range
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range in

  • verb direct onto a point or target, especially by automatic navigational aids
    zero in; home in.
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range of a function

  • noun (mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined
    image; range.
    • the image of f(x) = x^2 is the set of all non-negative real numbers if the domain of the function is the set of all real numbers
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Range of accommodation

  • (Optics), the distance between the near point and the far point of distinct vision, usually measured and designated by the strength of the lens which if added to the refracting media of the eye would cause the rays from the near point to appear as if they came from the far point.
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Range of cable

  • (Naut.), a certain length of slack cable ranged along the deck preparatory to letting go the anchor.
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range of mountains

  • noun a series of hills or mountains
    mountain range; chain; mountain chain; chain of mountains; range.
    • the valley was between two ranges of hills
    • the plains lay just beyond the mountain range
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range pole

  • noun surveying instrument consisting of a straight rod painted in bands of alternate red and white each one foot wide; used for sightings by surveyors
    flagpole; range pole.
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Range work

  • (Masonry), masonry of squared stones laid in courses each of which is of even height throughout the length of the wall; distinguished from broken range work, which consists of squared stones laid in courses not continuously of even height.
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ranging pole

  • noun surveying instrument consisting of a straight rod painted in bands of alternate red and white each one foot wide; used for sightings by surveyors
    flagpole; range pole.
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rifle range

  • noun the distance that a rifle bullet will carry
    rifle shot.
    • the target was out of rifle range
  • noun a range where people can practice shooting rifles
    • during the war they turned the bowling alleys into rifle ranges
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rocket range

  • noun a firing range for rocket missiles
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ship-towed long-range acoustic detection system

  • noun a shipboard system consisting of an acoustic detection system that is towed behind the ship
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shooting range

  • noun an enclosed firing range with targets for rifle or handgun practice
    shooting gallery.
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short-range

  • adjective satellite relating to the near future
    • a short-range policy
  • adjective satellite limited to short distances
    • short-range planes
    • a short-range shot
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sound ranging

  • noun locating a source of sound (as an enemy gun) by measurements of the time the sound arrives at microphones in known positions
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st. elias range

  • noun a range of mountains between Alaska and the Yukon territory
    St. Elias Mountains.
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target range

  • noun a practice range for target practice
    firing range.
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test range

  • noun a range for conducting tests
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teton range

  • noun a mountain range in northwest Wyoming; contains the Grand Teton
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To get the range of

  • (an object) (Gun.), to find the angle at which the piece must be raised to reach (the object) without carrying beyond.
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visual range

  • noun distance at which a given standard object can be seen with the unaided eye
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wide-ranging

  • adjective satellite including much
    • the pianist's wide-ranging repertoire
  • adjective satellite widely different
    varied.
    • varied motives prompt people to join a political party
    • varied ethnic traditions of the immigrants
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