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range  (ranges plural & 3rd person present) (ranging present participle) (ranged past tense & past participle )
1  n-count A range of  things is a number of different things of the same general kind. 
A wide range of colours and patterns are available...  
2  n-count A range is the complete group that is included between two points on a scale of measurement or quality. 
The average age range is between 35 and 55.  
3  n-count The range of  something is the maximum area in which it can reach things or detect things. 
The 120mm mortar has a range of 18,000 yards...  
4  verb If things range between two points or  range from one point  to  another, they vary within these points on a scale of measurement or quality. 
They range in price from V from amount to amount 3 to 15.  
5  n-count A range of mountains or hills is a line of them. 
...the massive mountain ranges to the north.  
6  n-count A rifle range or a shooting range is a place where people can practise shooting at targets. 
It reminds me of my days on the rifle range preparing for duty in Vietnam.  
7  n-count A range or kitchen range is an old-fashioned metal cooker. 
 (BRIT) 
8  n-count A range or kitchen range is a large metal device for cooking food using gas or electricity. A range consists of a grill, an oven, and some gas or electric rings. 
 (AM) 
in BRIT, usually use  cooker  
9 
  free-range 
10 If something is in range or within range, it is near enough to be reached or detected. If it is out of range, it is too far away to be reached or detected. 
within range, out of range  phrase 
Cars are driven through the mess, splashing everyone in range.  
11 If you see or hit something at close range or from close range, you are very close to it when you see it or hit it. If you do something at a range of half a mile, for example, you are half a mile away from it when you do it. 
at close range, from close range  phrase 
He was shot in the head at close range...