array

🇺🇸 /əˈreɪ/ 🇬🇧 /əˈreɪ/
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noun
C1

a large or impressive group of things or people

The store offers an array of fresh fruits and vegetables.

R

a way to store related data in computer memory

The program uses an array to store user information.

R

numbers, signs, or values arranged in rows and columns

The math problem involved solving an array of equations.

verb
R

to arrange things in an attractive or orderly way

She arrayed the books neatly on the shelf.

R

to arrange soldiers ready to attack

The general arrayed his troops for battle.

translation

n. a large or impressive group of things or people; a way to store related data in computer memory; numbers, signs, or values arranged in rows and columns
v. to arrange things in an attractive or orderly way; to arrange soldiers ready to attack

Word Forms

3rd Present arrays
Progressive arraying
Past arrayed
Plural arrays
Perfect arrayed