Meaning & use

array

noun·Academic

An impressive, organized display or collection of a large number of things.

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The bakery window showed an array of pastries in every imaginable flavor.

The store offers a wide array of options for home office furniture.

A note on using this word

In computer programming, an array is an ordered set of data values stored together and accessed by position.

Words with a similar meaning

assortmentcollectionrange

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Another way to use it

2. noun

An ordered set of values or data items stored together and accessed by an index, used in programming.

The function stores each user's score in an array before calculating the average.

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