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How to pronounce array
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What does array mean?
nounClothing and ornamentation; raiment.
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.”
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”
verbTo clothe and ornament; to adorn or attire.
“He was arrayed in his finest robes and jewels.”
To lay out in an orderly arrangement; to deploy or marshal.
“It is a noble ambition, and the forces arrayed against it are mighty.”
To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that is, to call them one at a time.
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