Order

noun
'ɔrdər

Noun

  • a degree in a continuum of size or quantity

    it was on the order of a mile

    an explosion of a low order of magnitude

    Type of:Magnitude
  • a condition of regular or proper arrangement

    he put his desk in order

    the machine is now in working order

    Similar:Orderliness
    Type of:StatusCondition
  • a commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities

    IBM received an order for a hundred computers

  • a group of person living under a religious rule

    the order of Saint Benedict

    Type of:Sect
  • a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)

    a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there

    Similar:DecreeEdictFiatRescript
    Type of:ActEnactment
  • the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement

    there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list

    Similar:Ordering
    Type of:OrganisationOrganization
  • a formal association of people with similar interests

    men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today

    Type of:Association
  • logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements

    we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation

    Similar:OrderingOrdination
    Type of:Arrangement
  • a request for something to be made, supplied, or served

    I gave the waiter my order

    the company's products were in such demand that they got more orders than their call center could handle

    Type of:RequestAsking
  • established customary state (especially of society)

    order ruled in the streets

    law and order

    Type of:State
  • (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed

    the British ships dropped anchor and waited for orders from London

    Type of:BidDictationCommand
  • (usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy

    Type of:PositionStatus
  • a body of rules followed by an assembly

    Type of:PrescriptRule
  • (architecture) one of original three styles of Greek architecture distinguished by the type of column and entablature used or a style developed from the original three by the Romans

    Type of:Idiom
  • (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families

    Type of:Taxon

Verb

  • give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority

    She ordered him to do the shopping

    Type of:Request
  • make a request for something

    order a work stoppage

    Type of:BespeakQuestRequest
  • place in a certain order

    order the photos chronologically

    Type of:Arrange
  • assign a rank or rating to

    Type of:JudgeEvaluate
  • appoint to a clerical posts

    Similar:ConsecrateOrdainOrdinate
    Type of:EnthroneInvestVest
  • issue commands or orders for

    Type of:ImposeVisitInflict
  • arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events

    Similar:ArrangePut
    Type of:OrganizeOrganise
  • bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations

    Similar:GovernRegulariseRegularizeRegulate
    Type of:DetermineDecide
  • bring order to or into

    Type of:Arrange

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