array
/əˈɹeɪ/ noun, verb
Forms arrays arraying arrayed
- noun Clothing and ornamentation; raiment.
- noun A collection laid out to be viewed in full.
- noun An orderly series, arrangement or sequence.
- noun Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle. “drawn up in battle array”
- noun A large collection. “We offer a dazzling array of choices.”
- noun (mathematics) A matrix.
- noun (programming) 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.
- noun (law) 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.
- verb To clothe and ornament; to adorn or attire. “He was arrayed in his finest robes and jewels.”
- verb To lay out in an orderly arrangement; to deploy or marshal.
- verb (law) To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that is, to call them one at a time.
Synonyms
panoply don dress put on accouter address apparel attire beclothe clothe dight garment enrobe equip invest robe slip on vest adore adorn raiment regalia range lay out set out align
Antonyms
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.
Webster’s 1913
- noun Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle; as, drawn up in battle array.
- noun The whole body of persons thus placed in order; an orderly collection; hence, a body of soldiers.
- verb To place or dispose in order, as troops for battle; to marshal.
- verb To deck or dress; to adorn with dress; to cloth to envelop; --applied esp. to dress of a splendid kind.
Etymology [OE. arai, arrai, OF. arrai, arrei, arroi, order, arrangement, dress, F. arroi; a (L. ad) + OF. rai, rei, roi, order, arrangement, fr. G. or Scand.; cf. Goth. raidjan, garaidjan, to arrange, MHG. gereiten, Icel. reithi rigging, harness; akin to E. ready. Cf. Ready, Greith, Curry.]
Etymology [OE. araien, arraien, fr. OE. arraier, arreier, arreer, arroier, fr. arrai. See Array, n.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “array”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details