[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/range/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [R](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/r/) / range # range noun (range, ranges); verb (range, ranges, ranged, ranging) «range» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. In maths, the range is the difference between the smallest and the biggest of a set of numbers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/range/#m1) 2. A range is a set of different things of one kind: «a range of colours». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/range/#m2) 3. A range of hills or mountains is a row of them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/range/#m3) 4. Range is how far something can reach: «out of range». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/range/#m4) 5. To range from … to … is to go between two limits: «ages range from 6 to 10». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/range/#m5) 6. A range is a cooker (stove). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/range/#m6) 7. To range over a place means to roam about it freely, without a fixed route. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/range/#m7) ### In the lessons in data: biggest minus smallest; in stories, the numbers from one value to another («ages range from 6 to 11»); in geography: mountain ranges like the Rockies; in science: the range of a sound or a phone signal, the home range of an animal; phrases: «in range», «out of range», «a wide range of» ### Examples - Find the range of 3, 8, 5 and 12. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/range/#x1) - The ages range from 6 to 11 years. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/range/#x2) - Prices range from 2 to 9 dollars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/range/#x3) - The temperatures had a range of 7 degrees. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/range/#x4) - The Rocky Mountains are a long mountain range. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/range/#x5) - The shop sells a wide range of toys. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/range/#x6) - My phone is out of range here. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/range/#x7) - The wolves roam over a large range. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/range/#x8) - Grandma cooks on an old range. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/range/#x9) - Wild and shy and monstrous creatures ranged in her plains and forests. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/range/#x10) ### Note Range in data = highest − lowest (12 − 3 = 9). Trap: «from 6 to 11» lists 6 whole numbers (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11), but the range is 5. The range is one number, not two. ## In Jewish tradition In Job, the range of the mountains is the wild ox's pasture, a picture of God's care for wild creatures. In Leviticus, the clay range shows how strongly uncleanness spreads to clay objects, which must be broken. **Interpretation.** The law shows how strongly uncleanness can spread to clay objects, which cannot be made clean again and must be broken. The reading from Job is taken as a sign that God provides for every creature. ### Examples - And every thing whereupon any part of their carcass falleth shall be unclean; whether oven, or range for pots, it shall be broken in pieces; they are unclean, and shall be unclean unto you. (Torah LEV.11.35, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/range/#x1) - Some of them believe it to be a production of the first or the second century R. 0. ; others place it in the Geonic period, ranging from the seventh to the ninth centuries of the Christian Era. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/range/#x2) - The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing. (Writings JOB.39.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/range/#x3) ### Note Range in data = highest − lowest (12 − 3 = 9). Trap: «from 6 to 11» lists 6 whole numbers (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11), but the range is 5. The range is one number, not two. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «range» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/range/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«range» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/range.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «range» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/range/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«range» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/range.html) on Mova free.