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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ar•ray /əˈreɪ/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object]- to place, position, or set out in proper or desired order: to array troops for battle.
- to dress with beautiful or ornamental clothing:arrayed in their finest silks.
n. - [uncountable] order or arrangement, as of troops drawn up for battle.
- an impressive grouping:[countable]presented them with an array of facts.
- a regular or systematic arrangement:[countable]an array of figures showing revenues and expenses.
- clothing;
dress:[uncountable]in fine array.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ar•ray (ə rā′),USA pronunciation v.t. - to place in proper or desired order;
marshal:Napoleon arrayed his troops for battle. - to clothe with garments, esp. of an ornamental kind;
dress up;
deck out:She arrayed herself in furs and diamonds.
n. - order or arrangement, as of troops drawn up for battle.
- Militarymilitary force, esp. a body of troops.
- a large and impressive grouping or organization of things:He couldn't dismiss the array of facts.
- regular order or arrangement;
series:an array of figures. - a large group, number, or quantity of people or things:an impressive array of scholars; an imposing array of books.
- attire;
dress:in fine array. - an arrangement of interrelated objects or items of equipment for accomplishing a particular task:thousands of solar cells in one vast array.
- Mathematics
- Statisticsan arrangement of a series of terms according to value, as from largest to smallest.
- Statisticsan arrangement of a series of terms in some geometric pattern, as in a matrix.
- Computinga block of related data elements, each of which is usually identified by one or more subscripts.
- Electronics, Radio and Television[Radio.]See antenna array.
- Gmc; compare Old English ārǣdan to prepare, equivalent. to ā- a-3 + ræde ready
- Anglo-French arayer, Old French are( y)er
- Middle English arrayen 1250–1300
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged arrange, range, order, dispose.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged apparel, dress, attire; ornament, adorn, decorate.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged disposition.
- 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged show, exhibit, exhibition.
- 8.See corresponding entry in Unabridged raiment.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: array /əˈreɪ/ n - an impressive display or collection
- an orderly or regular arrangement, esp of troops in battle order
- poetic rich clothing; apparel
- a set of numbers or symbols arranged in rows and columns, as in a determinant or matrix
- a panel of jurors
- a regular data structure in which individual elements may be located by reference to one or more integer index variables, the number of such indices being the number of dimensions in the array
vb (transitive)- to dress in rich attire; adorn
- to arrange in order (esp troops for battle); marshal
- to draw up (a panel of jurors)
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French aroi arrangement, from arayer to arrange, of Germanic origin; compare Old English arǣdan to make readyarˈrayal n |