Array and Estimate

noun

• An orderly arrangement.
  • usage: "an array of troops in battle order"
• An impressive display.
  • usage: "it was a bewildering array of books"; "his tools were in an orderly array on the basement wall"
• Especially fine or decorative clothing.
  • synonyms: raiment, regalia
• An arrangement of aerials spaced to give desired directional characteristics.

verb

• Lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line.
  • usage: "lay out the clothes"; "lay out the arguments"
  • synonyms: range, lay out, set out
• Align oneself with a group or a way of thinking.
  • synonyms: align

• (n.) Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle; as, drawn up in battle array.
• (n.) To deck or dress; to adorn with dress; to cloth to envelop; -- applied especially to dress of a splendid kind.
• (n.) To place or dispose in order, as troops for battle; to marshal.
• (n.) The whole body of jurors summoned to attend the court.
• (n.) To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that is, to call them man by man.
• (n.) A ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper officer, of a jury as impaneled in a cause.
• (n.) The whole body of persons thus placed in order; an orderly collection; hence, a body of soldiers.
• (n.) An imposing series of things.
• (n.) Dress; garments disposed in order upon the person; rich or beautiful apparel.
• (n.) The panel itself.

noun

• An approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth.
  • usage: "an estimate of what it would cost"; "a rough idea how long it would take"
  • synonyms: estimation, approximation, idea
• A judgment of the qualities of something or somebody.
  • usage: "many factors are involved in any estimate of human life"; "in my estimation the boy is innocent"
  • synonyms: estimation
• A document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation.
  • synonyms: appraisal, estimation
• A statement indicating the likely cost of some job.
  • usage: "he got an estimate from the car repair shop"
• The respect with which a person is held.
  • usage: "they had a high estimation of his ability"
  • synonyms: estimation

verb

• Judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time. )
  • usage: "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"
  • synonyms: gauge, approximate, guess, judge
• Judge to be probable.
  • synonyms: calculate, reckon, count on, figure, forecast

• (v.t.) To judge and form an opinion of the value of, from imperfect data, -- either the extrinsic (money) or intrinsic (moral), value; to fix the worth of roughly or in a general way; as, to estimate the value of goods or land; to estimate the worth or talents of a person.
• (v.t.) To from an opinion of, as to amount,, number, etc., from imperfect data, comparison or experience; to make an estimate of; to calculate roughly; to rate; as, to estimate the cost of a trip, the number of feet in a piece of land.
• (n.) A valuing or rating by the mind, without actually measuring, weighing or the like; rough or approximate calculation; as, an estimate of the cost of a building or of the quantity of water in a pond.

(DoD) An analysis of an actual or contemplated clandestine operation in relation to the situation in which it is or would be conducted in order to identify and appraise such factors as available as well as needed assets and potential obstacles, accomplishments, and consequences. See also intelligence estimate.
(DoD) An analysis of a foreign situation, development, or trend that identifies its major elements, interprets the significance, and appraises the future possibilities and the prospective results of the various actions that might be taken.
(DoD) An appraisal of the capabilities, vulnerabilities, and potential courses of action of a foreign nation or combination of nations in consequence of a specific national plan, policy, decision, or contemplated course of action.