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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025 ar•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 ] an impressive grouping:[ countable ] a regular or systematic arrangement:[ countable ] clothing;[ uncountable ]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025 ar•ray
(ə rā′ ),USA pronunciation v.t.
to place in proper or desired order;Napoleon arrayed his troops for battle. to clothe with garments, esp. of an ornamental kind;She arrayed herself in furs and diamonds. n.
order or arrangement, as of troops drawn up for battle. Military military 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;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;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
Statistics an arrangement of a series of terms according to value, as from largest to smallest.Statistics an arrangement of a series of terms in some geometric pattern, as in a matrix.Computing a block of related data elements, each of which is usually identified by one or more subscripts.Electronics, Radio and Television [ Radio.] 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 ar•ray′ er , n. 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.
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array / əˈreɪ / an impressive display or collection an orderly or regular arrangement, esp of troops in battle order 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 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 ready arˈrayal