An array is a display of something usually something varied. So, you might encounter an array of bathing suits on the beach or an array of cereal brands in the cereal aisle of the grocery store. Which would you prefer?
Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle;
Noun
an arrangement of aerials spaced to give desired directional characteristics
Noun
especially fine or decorative clothing
Noun
an impressive display; "it was a bewildering array of books"; "his tools were in an orderly array on the basement wall"
Noun
an orderly arrangement; "an array of troops in battle order"
Verb
align oneself with a group or a way of thinking
Verb
lay out in a line
n.
Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in
regular lines; hence, order of battle; as, drawn up in battle array.
n.
The whole body of persons thus placed in order; an orderly
collection; hence, a body of soldiers.
n.
An imposing series of things.
n.
Dress; garments disposed in order upon the person; rich or
beautiful apparel.
n.
A ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper officer,
of a jury as impaneled in a cause.
n.
The panel itself.
n.
The whole body of jurors summoned to attend the court.
n.
To place or dispose in order, as troops for battle; to
marshal.
n.
To deck or dress; to adorn with dress; to cloth to envelop;
-- applied esp. to dress of a splendid kind.
n.
To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that
is, to call them man by man.
Array
Wedged together in the closest array.2.
A gallant array of nobles and cavaliers.3.
Their long array of sapphire and of gold.4.
Array
By torch and trumpet fast arrayed, Each horseman drew his battle blade.
These doubts will be arrayed before their minds.2.
Pharaoh . . . arrayed him in vestures of fine linen.
In gelid caves with horrid gloom arrayed.3.
Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle;
To place or dispose in order, as troops for battle; to marshal.
Usage Examples
There's such an array of brilliant roles for young women. You read all these amazing young women going through different stages in their life - different stages, different fascinations, different textualities, different friendships.
Anger is implanted in us as sort of sting, to make us gnash with our teeth against the devil, to make us vehement against him, not to set us in array against each other.
To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.
Doing linear scans over an associative array is like trying to club someone to death with a loaded Uzi.
Mexican food is far more varied than people think. It changes like dialects. I was brought up in Jalisco by the sea on a basic diet - tomatoes, chillis, peppers of every size and rice, which is a Mexican staple. The Pacific coast has a huge array of seafood.
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Other Usage ExamplesStupidity, outrage, vanity, cruelty, iniquity, bad faith, falsehood - we fail to see the whole array when it is facing in the same direction as we.
I think there's a future where the Web and print coexist and they each do things uniquely and complement each other, and we have what could be the ultimate and best-yet array of journalistic venues.
Americans want and deserve a broad array of health insurance choices so they can identify those that best fit their own individual or family needs. These choices expand when we allow free enterprise to foster innovation, not smother it with taxes and one-size fits all ideology.
Working in an office with an array of electronic devices is like trying to get something done at home with half a dozen small children around. The calls for attention are constant.
Flipping the dial through available radio stations there will blare out to any listener an array of broadcasts, 24/7, propagating Religious Right politics, along with what they deem to be 'old-time gospel preaching.' This is especially true of what comes over the airwaves in Bible Belt southern states.
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