[{"word":"ranging","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To travel over (an area, etc); to roam, wander.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To rove over or through.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to range the fields"},{"definition":"To exercise the power of something over something else; to cause to submit to, over.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To bring (something) into a specified position or relationship (especially, of opposition) with something else.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(followed by over) Of a variable, to be able to take any of the values in a specified range.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The variable x ranges over all real values from 0 to 10."},{"definition":"To classify.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to range plants and animals in genera and species"},{"definition":"To form a line or a row.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The front of a house ranges with the street."},{"definition":"To be placed in order; to be ranked; to admit of arrangement or classification; to rank.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To place among others in a line, row, or order, as in the ranks of an army; usually, reflexively and figuratively, to espouse a cause, to join a party, etc.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To be native to, or live in, a certain district or region.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The peba ranges from Texas to Paraguay."},{"definition":"To separate into parts; to sift.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to range the coast"},{"definition":"Of a player, to travel a significant distance for a defensive play.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"Act of one who ranges.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A back-and-forth movement","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/range","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ranging"]}]