array

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Clothing and ornamentation; raiment.
2. (countable, uncountable) A collection laid out to be viewed in full.
3. (countable, uncountable) An orderly series, arrangement or sequence.
4. (countable, uncountable) Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle.
5. (countable, uncountable) A large collection.
6. (countable, uncountable) A matrix.
7. (countable, uncountable) Any of various data structures designed to hold multiple elements of the same type; especially, a data structure that holds these elements in adjacent memory locations so that they may be retrieved using numeric indices.
8. (countable, uncountable) A ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper officer, of a jury as impanelled in a cause; the panel itself; or the whole body of jurors summoned to attend the court.
9. (countable, uncountable) A militia.
10. (countable, uncountable) A group of hedgehogs.
11. (countable, uncountable) A microarray.

Verb

1. To clothe and ornament; to adorn or attire.
2. To lay out in an orderly arrangement; to deploy or marshal.
3. To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that is, to call them one at a time.

Synonyms

range

attire

dress

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marshal

line up

clothe

arrange

suit

order

adorn

dispose

parade

fit

deck

arrangement

trim

table

decorate

fix up

garnish

align

ornament

embellish

adjust

beautify

tabulation

set out

sequence

bedeck

tablet

regalia

deploy

accommodate

selection

variety

organise

orchestrate

line-up

line

muster

procession

clothing

fix

host

cavalcade

draw up

festoon

lay out

raiment

arrayal

Translations

tableau

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Feld

Array

παράταξη

anziehen

Tabelle

Matrix

bekleiden

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ankleiden

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vestir

Aufstellung

arreglar

Reihe

Anordnung

kleiden

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈɹeɪ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: arrayen

Cognate with Old French: arraier

Cognate with Old English: rād

Cognate with Old High German: antreitī

In summary

From Middle English arrayen, from Anglo-Norman arraier (compare Old French arraier, areer (“to put in order”)), from Medieval Latin arrēdō (“to put in order, arrange, array”), from *rēdum (“preparation, order”), from Frankish *raid or *raidā (“preparation, order”) or Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃 (garaiþs, “ready, prepared”), from Proto-Germanic *raidaz, *raidiz (“ready”). Compare Old English rād (“condition, stipulation”), Old High German antreitī (“order, rank”). Doublet of ready.