English noun: array | |||
1. | array (group) an orderly arrangement | ||
Samples | An array of troops in battle order. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | arrangement | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bank, column, matrix, panoply, row, spectrum, table, tabular array | ||
2. | array (communication) an impressive display | ||
Samples | It was a bewildering array of books. His tools were in an orderly array on the basement wall. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | display | ||
3. | array (artifact) especially fine or decorative clothing | ||
Synonyms | raiment, regalia | ||
Broader (hypernym) | article of clothing, clothing, habiliment, vesture, wear, wearable | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | war paint | ||
4. | array (artifact) an arrangement of aerials spaced to give desired directional characteristics | ||
Broader (hypernym) | directional antenna | ||
English verb: array | |||
1. | array (contact) lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line | ||
Samples | Lay out the clothes. Lay out the arguments. | ||
Synonyms | lay out, range, set out | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | arrange, set up | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | compart | ||
2. | array (cognition) align oneself with a group or a way of thinking | ||
Synonyms | align | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | stand | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | fall in line, side | ||