1 n-sing The gamut of something is the complete range of things of that kind, or a wide variety of things of that kind.
usu the N of n
(=range)
As the story unfolded throughout the past week, I experienced the gamut of emotions: shock, anger, sadness, disgust, confusion.
2 To run the gamut of something means to include, express, or experience all the different things of that kind, or a wide variety of them.
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run the gamut phrase V inflects
The show runs the gamut of 20th century design...