noun · verb · 20 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation:/əˈɹeɪ/
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Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 2
A collection laid out to be viewed in full.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
An orderly series, arrangement or sequence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
drawn up in battle array
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5
noun
Meaning 5
A large collection.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
We offer a dazzling array of choices.
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noun
Meaning 6
A matrix.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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noun
Meaning 7
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 8
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: law
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noun
Meaning 9
A militia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
Meaning 10
A group of hedgehogs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: collective, countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 11
A microarray.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
Meaning 12
To clothe and ornament; to adorn or attire.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
He was arrayed in his finest robes and jewels.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: don, dress, put on, accouter, address, apparel, array, attire, beclothe, clothe, dight, garment, enrobe, equip, invest, robe, slip on, vest, adore, adorn, detail, beautify, bedeck, betrim, commend, decorate, decore, deck, deck out, do up, dress up, dub, embellish, enrich, garnish, grace, mangonize, ornament, prettify, pretty up
Antonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 13
To lay out in an orderly arrangement; to deploy or marshal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 14
To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that is, to call them one at a time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
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noun
Meaning 15
an arrangement of aerials spaced to give desired directional characteristics
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: directional antenna
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noun
Meaning 16
especially fine or decorative clothing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: raiment, regalia
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: clothing, article of clothing, vesture, wear, wearable, habiliment
Narrower terms: war paint
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noun
Meaning 17
an impressive display
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
it was a bewildering array of books
his tools were in an orderly array on the basement wall
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: align
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Broader terms: stand
Narrower terms: fall in line, side
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verb
Meaning 20
lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
lay out the clothes
lay out the arguments
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: range, lay out, set out
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: arrange, set up
Narrower terms: compart
History
Etymology
From Middle English arrayen, from Anglo-Norman arraier (compare Old French arraier, areer (“to put in order”)), from Vulgar 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.
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194 source translations are retained for this English entry.
