I.
noun
1 different things within the same category
ADJECTIVE
▪ broad , enormous , extensive , great , huge , large , vast , wide
▪ complete , comprehensive , entire , full , whole
▪ infinite
▪ excellent , exciting , good , superb ( esp. BrE )
▪
You can enjoy an excellent ~ of leisure and sporting facilities.
▪ astonishing , extraordinary , impressive , remarkable
▪ diverse
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people from a diverse ~ of backgrounds
▪ acceptable
▪ limited , restricted
▪ new
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Come and see our new ~ of furniture.
▪ product
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For more information about our product ~, call your local office.
VERB + RANGE
▪ have , stock
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They stock a very wide ~ of gardening tools.
▪ make , produce
▪ offer (sb) , provide (sb with) , supply (sb with)
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We provide a full ~ of financial services.
▪ choose (sth) from , try out
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Students can choose from a wide ~ of options.
▪ display , exhibit
▪ reflect , represent
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The artists have been chosen to represent a ~ of styles.
▪ create , develop , launch
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The company is launching a new ~ of cosmetics.
▪ broaden , expand , extend
RANGE + VERB
▪ include sth
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Our comprehensive ~ of benefits includes pension and health insurance.
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
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the other models in their new ~
PHRASES
▪ the bottom of the ~ , the middle of the ~ , the top of the ~
▪
This is a top-of-the-range refrigerator.
2 amount between particular limits
ADJECTIVE
▪ broad , wide
▪ narrow
▪ normal
▪ ability , age , price , size , temperature , etc.
VERB + RANGE
▪ cover , encompass , feature , include , span
▪
The books cover the full ~ of reading abilities.
▪ show
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The experiments show a surprisingly wide ~ of results.
▪ extend , increase
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These books are designed to extend the ~ of children's language.
▪ limit , restrict
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Many factors limit women's ~ of job choices.
PREPOSITION
▪ across a/the ~
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There is considerable variation in ability across the ~.
▪ in a/the ~
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Most of the students are in the 17–21 age ~.
▪ outside a/the ~
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No, that's completely outside my price ~.
▪ within a/the ~
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The level of mistakes is within the acceptable ~ of standards for a public organization.
▪ ~ of
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a broad ~ of abilities
3 distance that it is possible to travel, see, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ long
▪
The missiles are effective over a long ~.
▪ close , point-blank , short
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He shot her at point-blank ~.
▪ medium
▪
a gun for precision shooting at medium ~
▪ maximum
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The receiver has a maximum ~ of about 30 feet.
▪ hearing , visual (both esp. AmE )
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I listened, but the voices were just out of hearing ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ beyond ~
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This car is beyond the ~ of most people's pockets.
▪ in ~ , within ~
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Are we within ~ of the local transmitter?
▪ out of ~
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Don't shoot yet—he's still out of ~.
▪ outside a/the ~
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It's outside my ~ of vision.
4 area of land for a particular purpose
ADJECTIVE
▪ archery , bombing , firing , shooting
▪
shooting ~s where competitors shoot at targets
▪ driving , practice (both in golf)
▪
an 18-bay floodlit driving ~
PREPOSITION
▪ on a/the ~
▪
He hit balls on the practice ~ yesterday.
5 ( AmE ) piece of equipment for cooking food ⇨ See also ↑ cooker , ↑ stove
ADJECTIVE
▪ electric , gas
▪ cooking , kitchen
PREPOSITION
▪ on a/the ~
▪
Many chefs prefer to cook on a gas rather than an electric ~.
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ enormously , widely
PREPOSITION
▪ across
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The opinions they expressed ~d right across the political spectrum.
▪ between
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The town's population ~d between 15 and 20 000.
▪ from
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Her scores ~d from 23% up as high as 88%.
▪ in
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The disease ~s widely in severity.
▪ over
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Her lecture ~d over a number of topics.
▪ through
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an array of lilies, ranging through yellow to purple
▪ to
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prices ranging from about $10 to $500
▪ up to
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Their ages ~ up to 84.
Range is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ colour , ↑ estimate , ↑ fare , ↑ offering , ↑ participant , ↑ percentage , ↑ price , ↑ ratio , ↑ scale , ↑ score , ↑ size , ↑ subject , ↑ temperature , ↑ topic , ↑ writing