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Meaning of 'array' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Array [ n.]
- Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle; as, drawn up in battle array.
- The whole body of persons thus placed in order; an orderly collection; hence, a body of soldiers.
- An imposing series of things.
- Dress; garments disposed in order upon the person; rich or beautiful apparel.
- A ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper officer, of a jury as impaneled in a cause.
- The panel itself.
- The whole body of jurors summoned to attend the court.
- To place or dispose in order, as troops for battle; to marshal.
- To deck or dress; to adorn with dress; to cloth to envelop; -- applied esp. to dress of a splendid kind.
- To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that is, to call them man by man.

Meaning of 'array' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . array [ n]
Meaning (1):
- an orderly arrangement
Example in sentence:
  • an array of troops in battle order
Meaning (2):
- an impressive display
Example in sentence:
  • his tools were in an orderly array on the basement wall;
  • it was a bewildering array of books
3 . array [ v]
Meaning (3):
- lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line
Example in sentence:
  • lay out the arguments;
  • lay out the clothes

Nearby Words:

arrach arrack arragonite arraign arraigned arraigner arraigning arraignment arraiment arrange

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