Entry Word: array

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a number of things considered as a unit <an array of baseball gloves in the corner of his room> — see group 1
2 a usually small number of persons considered as a unit <a motley array of travelers waiting for the bus> — see group 2
3 dressy clothing <dressed in festive array for the cityʼs annual New Yearʼs Eve celebration> — see finery
4 the way objects in space or events in time are arranged or follow one another <a marching bandʼs carefully choreographed array> — see order 1