I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bewildering variety/array/range
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a bewildering variety of choices
impressive array of
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Among the guests was an impressive array of authors and critics.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
bewildering
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In the interim we will be faced with a bewildering array of options.
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There appears to be a bewildering array of choices of software and hardware.
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The big essential oil suppliers stock a bewildering array of essences.
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The entire vehicle was festooned with a bewildering array of kit.
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There is a bewildering array of environmental and wildlife holidays to choose from.
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Besides, the forms of the incentives themselves come in a bewildering array .
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The multiple debtor can face a bewildering array of different creditors using different courts, different procedures and different threats.
broad
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Managers were held accountable for a broader array of financial, strategic, and human resource outcomes.
full
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The full array of such fractions, comprising a frequency distribution across all cultures sampled, is called an ethnographic curve.
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To get the full complex-number array of polarization states, we must consider circular and elliptical polarization.
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It was October and autumn was in full array .
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Lucas never got the chance to employ the full array of technology in those works.
huge
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A miser's body lies cut in a thousand places by a huge array of coins with sharpened edges.
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Could this huge array be supplied without straining to breaking-point the thin lifeline?
impressive
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Both styles come with an impressive array of features including Gore-Tex lining, Cordura upper and Vibram sole.
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They possess an impressive array of scent glands under nervous and endocrine control, the hormones involved being mostly steroids.
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It will complete an impressive array of hardware - ready, for the next war.
large
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Figure 13.2 shows a single memory core in what would have been a large array .
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It is like having a large array of small drawers containing electronic components.
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A crystal is just a large orderly array of atoms or molecules in the solid state.
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A real songwriter studio, featuring a large array of up to date equipment.
rich
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The South Lake is a haven for watersports enthusiasts whilst the North Lake has a rich and varied array of wildlife.
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The Louvre received an extraordinarily rich array of material from this region, most of which has never before been loaned.
vast
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Because they had so much more energy available to them, cyanobacteria exploded into a vast array of different forms.
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An adult has a vast array of comparatively complex schemata that permit a great number of differentiations.
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University and college libraries enable the enquiring mind to range freely over a vast array of literature.
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In Neolithic art we discover a vast array of bird-woman Goddess statues, pots, and paintings.
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The class enemy, the bourgeoisie and its allies, wielded a vast array of ideological weapons designed to mislead the proletariat.
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As an Empire player you can choose from a vast array of infantry types.
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Its stories, essays, poems and photos come from a vast array of sources.
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It brings together for the first time 24 internationally produced and acclaimed animations, displaying a vast array of styles and experimentation.
whole
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It was never clear whether there was actually a Fifth or whether the whole array was simply devised in order to confuse Tehran.
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The era also gave birth to a whole array of new social problems.
wide
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Clearly no government can legislate for such a wide array of circumstances, let alone attempt to enforce such legislation.
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Now the gluttonous diner has a wide array of eateries from which to choose.
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The wide array of central controls has necessarily created tension between central government and local councillors.
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Despite historical predictions to the contrary, we remain vulnerable to a wide array of new and resurgent infectious diseases.
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There was a lively trade in most of the decorations and the wide array of aeronautica offered.
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The book includes a wide array of misguided movie reviews.
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But defenses, especially weapons, now offered a wider array of choices.
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Mix and match for the widest array of nutrients.
■ VERB
provide
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Bourdieu provides a fascinating array of domains divided according to the criteria of taste.
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Readers sometimes imagine that the various tanks in our office would provide a fascinating array of exotic fish and equipment.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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An array of Navajo rugs recently held center stage in the Showcase Gallery.
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An adult has a vast array of comparatively complex schemata that permit a great number of differentiations.
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Employees shuffle into the training room for a three-to six-hour session featuring an array of information.
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It was never clear whether there was actually a Fifth or whether the whole array was simply devised in order to confuse Tehran.
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The big essential oil suppliers stock a bewildering array of essences.
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The prisoner nodded faintly at the array of somber faces.
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They had increasing difficulty in providing even tolerably competent candidates for the array of provincial posts reserved for them.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Nikulin's medals were arrayed on a cushion at the foot of his coffin.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Certainly when Johnnie Armstrong arrived for his meeting with the king he was arrayed in the most ostentatious items from his wardrobe.
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In front of this already fatigued force were arrayed some of the best-equipped and best-trained troops in the world.
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Most languages, when arrayed in order, offer a rhythmic transition series or sensory structure.
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She even managed to array the girl in shining armor.
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She pushed open the door and saw a small counter before her arrayed with pieces of leather and a variety of lasts.
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The princess arrayed herself in her best clothes and jewels.