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What is the noun for rangings?

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range

A line or series of mountains, buildings, etc.
A fireplace; a fire or other cooking apparatus; now specifically, a large cooking stove with many hotplates.
Selection, array.
An area for practicing shooting at targets.
An area for military training or equipment testing.
The distance from a person or sensor to an object, target, emanation, or event.
Maximum distance of capability (of a weapon, radio, detector, fuel supply, etc.).
An area of open, often unfenced, grazing land.
Extent or space taken in by anything excursive; compass or extent of excursion; reach; scope.
(mathematics) The set of values (points) which a function can obtain.
(statistics) The length of the smallest interval which contains all the data in a sample; the difference between the largest and smallest observations in the sample.
(sports, baseball) The defensive area that a player can cover.
(music) The scale of all the tones a voice or an instrument can produce.
(ecology) The geographical area or zone where a species is normally naturally found.
(programming) A sequential list of iterators that are specified by a beginning and ending iterator.
An aggregate of individuals in one rank or degree; an order; a class.
(obsolete) The step of a ladder; a rung.
(obsolete, Britain, dialect) A bolting sieve to sift meal.
A wandering or roving; a going to and fro; an excursion; a ramble; an expedition.
(US, historical) In the public land system, a row or line of townships lying between two succession meridian lines six miles apart.
The scope of something, the extent which something covers or includes.
The variety of roles that an actor can play in a satisfactory way.
Synonyms:

scope, compass, reach, extent, sweep, ambit, area, field, gamut, scale, span, bounds, confines, domain, orbit, province, radius, realm, latitude, limits, spectrum, amplitude, breadth, dimension, parameters, spread, stretch, width, dimensions, distance, horizon, limit, magnitude, circle, diapason, length, purview, sphere, expanse, extension, matter, neighborhood, neighbourhood, pale, register, space, tune, vicinity, earshot, extensity … more

Examples:

“What was that noise, that movement in the night, out there just beyond my range of vision?”

“Ancestral diploids which could have given rise to this range of species may have been numerous.”

“Bill's work requires him to carry a wide range of equipment with him each day.”

ranger

One who ranges; a rover.

A roving robber; one who seeks plunder.

A keeper, guardian, or soldier who ranges over a region (generally of wilderness) to protect the area or enforce the law.
(obsolete) That which separates or arranges; a sieve.
A dog that beats the ground in search of game.
(military) In some modern armies, an elite soldier, similar to special forces but often operating in larger units.
(literature) (role-playing games) A warrior character, often with wilderness and stealth skill, who typically travels the countryside.
(role-playing games) A character skilled in the use of ranged weapons.
Synonyms:

warden, guardian, sentry, guard, keeper, watcher, minder, warder, gamekeeper, watchdog, overseer, steward, trooper, park ranger, watch, lookout, sentinel, picket, custodian, watchman, scout, patrol, protector, spotter, watchkeeper, ward, observer, spy, security guard, signaller, flagger, security officer, patrolman, signalman, flagman, night watchman, escort, defender, attendant, bodyguard, companion, chaperone, preserver, protection, guide, chaperon, bouncer, garrison, watchperson, nightwatchman … more

Examples:

“As the sun finally disappears, the air temperature drops from 40 degrees to near zero, just as the park's ranger had warned me it would.”

“You have found the blessed stronghold. You are now no more a wandering ranger.”

“There's 1,000 years of history here and the volunteer park ranger becomes a time traveller when she escorts groups around the park.”

rangekeeping

(military, historical) The calculation of how to direct gunfire at a target, involving range, bearing, and other factors.

rangement

(obsolete) arrangement

rangering

The work of a ranger.

ranging

Act of one who ranges.
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rangements

plural of rangement

rangings

plural of ranging
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Examples:

“The Opossum is fond of secluding itself during the day, although it by no means confines its predatory rangings to the night.”

rangers

plural of ranger
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Examples:

“A number of Maasai and Samburu have taken jobs as park rangers and safari guides.”

“An eighth of a mile from the lake, we spotted two forest rangers 25 feet up the trail, busying themselves around Gilpin Creek.”

“If the weather's nice we hop a few fences and see parts of the park that no one except the forest rangers have visited for a century.”

ranges

plural of range
Synonyms:

scopes, compasses, reaches, extents, sweeps, ambits, areas, fields, gamuts, scales, spans, confines, domains, orbits, provinces, radii, realms, latitudes, spectra, amplitude, breadth, dimensions, spread, stretches, width, distance, horizons, limits, magnitude, circles, diapasons, lengths, purviews, spheres, expanses, extension, matter, neighborhood, neighbourhoods, pales, registers, space, tunes, vicinities, earshot, extensity, kens, leeway, panoramas, play … more

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