Order
nounNoun
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:Magnitudea condition of regular or proper arrangement
“he put his desk in order”
“the machine is now in working order”
Similar:OrderlinessType of:StatusConditiona 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:Secta 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”
the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement
“there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list”
Similar:OrderingType of:OrganisationOrganizationa formal association of people with similar interests
“men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today”
logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements
“we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation”
Similar:OrderingOrdinationType of:Arrangementa 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:RequestAskingestablished 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:PositionStatusa 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”
make a request for something
“order a work stoppage”
Type of:BespeakQuestRequestplace in a certain order
“order the photos chronologically”
Type of:Arrangeassign a rank or rating to
appoint to a clerical posts
Type of:EnthroneInvestVestissue commands or orders for
arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events
Type of:OrganizeOrganisebring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations
bring order to or into
Type of:Arrange
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