Definitions for arrays

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arrays ar·ray

Spelling: [uh-rey]

IPA: /əˈreɪ/

Arrays is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 44 anagrams from letters in arrays (aarrsy).

Definitions for arrays

noun

1. order or arrangement, as of troops drawn up for battle.
2. military force, especially a body of troops.
3. a large and impressive grouping or organization of things:
4. regular order or arrangement; series:
5. a large group, number, or quantity of people or things:
6. attire; dress:
7. an arrangement of interrelated objects or items of equipment for accomplishing a particular task:
8. Mathematics, Statistics. an arrangement of a series of terms according to value, as from largest to smallest. an arrangement of a series of terms in some geometric pattern, as in a matrix.
9. Computers. a block of related data elements, each of which is usually identified by one or more subscripts.
10. Radio. antenna array.

verb (used with object)

1. to place in proper or desired order; marshal:
2. to clothe with garments, especially of an ornamental kind; dress up; deck out:

Origin of arrays

1250-1300; Middle English arrayen Anglo-French arayer, Old French are(y)er Germanic; compare Old English ārǣdan to prepare, equivalent to ā- a-³ + ræde ready

Examples for arrays

And whether their preferred candidate wins or loses, they have a right to demand from their representative an array of services.

Today, the Republicans can call upon an array of minority senators, governors, and congressmen.

What means that array of bottles, cups, saucers, and glasses on the chair at my head?

They set the battle in array, they uttered cries of defiance.

The bar had brought together an array of people united by a desire to settle into a home away from home with a drink in hand.

Its pathos, its humor, and its array of natural incidents are all satisfying.

Sure, there is an array of “self-help” guides available in the world.

Howbeit, what an array of Masters and Knights have we, and what a variety!

Along the shelves stretched an array of bottles with liqueurs of every color.

Still more keys engage an array of other sounds, from snare drums and cymbals to awooga horns and sirens.