Synonyms for ranging

Grammar : Adj

Spell : reynj

Phonetic Transcription : reɪndʒ

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Définition of ranging

Origin : c.1200, "row or line of persons" (especially hunters or soldiers), from Old French range "range, rank" (see range (v.)). General sense of "line, row" is from early 14c.; meaning "row of mountains" is from 1705.
Meaning "scope, extent" first recorded late 15c.; that of "area over which animals seek food" is from 1620s, from the verb. Specific U.S. sense of "series of townships six miles in width" is from 1785. Sense of "distance a gun can send a bullet" is recorded from 1590s; meaning "place used for shooting practice" is from 1862. The cooking appliance so called since mid-15c., for unknown reasons. Originally a stove built into a fireplace with openings on top for multiple operations. Range-finder attested from 1872.

adj grazing
adj varying
adj moving over wide areas

Example sentences :

The nurses of this hospital are all young,—ranging, say, from nineteen to four and twenty.
Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens

And every day thereafter found him out and ranging a wider area.
Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London

But all the Procellariæ are noted for ranging further from land than any other of the sea-birds.
Extract from : « Storyology » by Benjamin Taylor

Ranging alongside, he endeavored to reopen the conversation, but to no purpose.
Extract from : « The Depot Master » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Merle was in the pantry, with a big apron on, ranging jars of preserves on the shelves.
Extract from : « The Great Hunger » by Johan Bojer

The scale for white workmen is, of course, far higher, ranging from £2 10s.
Extract from : « Impressions of South Africa » by James Bryce

All eyes were ranging along the wall against which Thorn leaned his back.
Extract from : « The Radiant Shell » by Paul Ernst

Three children, ranging in age from two to five, were sitting on the grass plot.
Extract from : « Mary Gray » by Katharine Tynan

She was ranging about, a diminutive tiger of unusually active habits.
Extract from : « Tristram of Blent » by Anthony Hope

The bull must be ranging abroad by himself, on some business of his own.
Extract from : « The Plant Hunters » by Mayne Reid

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