array
Clothing and ornamentation; raiment.
Noun 4 meanings
Clothing and ornamentation; raiment.
A collection laid out to be viewed in full.
An orderly series, arrangement or sequence.
Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle.
“drawn up in battle array”
Verb 3 meanings
To 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.
To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that is, to call them one at a time.
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”).
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ARRAY at a glance
ARRAY has 5 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (A 1 + R 1 + R 1 + A 1 + Y 4) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,926 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with array
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- ARRAS5
- ARRAH8
- ABRAY10
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