Sekirov Dictionary

array

/əˈɹeɪ/

noun 11
verb 3
forms 5

noun11

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A collection laid out to be viewed in full.
- Upon leaving the center, I photographed the colorful array of petunias decorating the square in purple, pink, yellow, white, and magenta. — 2002
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A large collection.
- We offer a dazzling array of choices.
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.
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An orderly series, arrangement or sequence.
- But the chivalry of France was represented by as gallant an array of nobles and cavaliers as ever fought under the banner of the lilies — 1855
Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle.
A microarray.
A matrix.
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Clothing and ornamentation; raiment.
- Sovay, Sovay all on a day, She dressed herself in man's array, With a sword and a pistol all by her side, To meet her true love to meet her true love away did ride. — 2017
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A group of hedgehogs.
- The array of hedgehogs that have their own running club — 2021
A militia.
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.

verb3

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To lay out in an orderly arrangement; to deploy or marshal.
- It is a noble ambition, and the forces arrayed against it are mighty. — 2025
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To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that is, to call them one at a time.
- Also, though there be no personal objection against the sheriff, yet if he arrays the panel at the nomination, or under the direction of either party, this is good cause of challenge to the array. — 1768
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To clothe and ornament; to adorn or attire.
- He was arrayed in his finest robes and jewels.

forms

arrayed · arraying · arrayeth · arrays · arrayest

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