array

Plural: arrays

Noun

an orderly arrangement
- "an array of troops in battle order"
an impressive display
- "it was a bewildering array of books"
- "his tools were in an orderly array on the basement wall"
especially fine or decorative clothing
an arrangement of aerials spaced to give desired directional characteristics
Clothing and ornamentation; raiment.
A collection laid out to be viewed in full.
An orderly series, arrangement or sequence.
Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle.
A large collection.
A matrix.
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.
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.
A militia.
A group of hedgehogs.
A microarray.

Verb

Verb Forms: arrayed, arraying, arrays

To display or arrange things in a particular way.
lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line
align oneself with a group or a way of thinking
To clothe and ornament; to adorn or attire.
To lay out in an orderly arrangement; to deploy or marshal.
To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that is, to call them one at a time.

Examples

drawn up in battle array
He tried to array his letters to spell a bingo, but just couldn’t see it.
He was arrayed in his finest robes and jewels.
We offer a dazzling array of choices.

Origin / Etymology

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.

Synonyms

align, lay out, raiment, range, regalia, set out, clothe, decorate, don, dress, put on

Antonyms

disarray

Scrabble Score: 8

array: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
array: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
array: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 7

array: valid Words With Friends Word