ranging
ranging is a polysyllabic word with 2 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, ranging is hyphenated as:
Definitions ofranging
- To travel over (an area, etc); to roam, wander.
- To rove over or through.
Example: "to range the fields"
- To exercise the power of something over something else; to cause to submit to, over.
- To bring (something) into a specified position or relationship (especially, of opposition) with something else.
- (followed by over) Of a variable, to be able to take any of the values in a specified range.
Example: "The variable x ranges over all real values from 0 to 10."
- To classify.
Example: "to range plants and animals in genera and species"
- To form a line or a row.
Example: "The front of a house ranges with the street."
- To be placed in order; to be ranked; to admit of arrangement or classification; to rank.
- 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.
- 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.
- To be native to, or live in, a certain district or region.
Example: "The peba ranges from Texas to Paraguay."
- To separate into parts; to sift.
- To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near.
Example: "to range the coast"
- Of a player, to travel a significant distance for a defensive play.
- Act of one who ranges.
- A back-and-forth movement
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