English dictionary
order
/'/O/rd/@/r/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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(often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed
ExamplesThe British ships dropped anchor and waited for orders from London.
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a degree in a continuum of size or quantity
ExamplesIt was on the order of a mile.
An explosion of a low order of magnitude.
Synonyms order of magnitudeSource: WordNet 3.0
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established customary state (especially of society)
ExamplesOrder ruled in the streets.
Law and order.
Antonyms disorderSource: WordNet 3.0
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logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements
ExamplesWe shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation.
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a condition of regular or proper arrangement
ExamplesHe put his desk in order.
The machine is now in working order.
Synonyms orderlinessSource: WordNet 3.0
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a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
ExamplesA friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there.
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a commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities
ExamplesIBM received an order for a hundred computers.
Synonyms purchase orderSource: WordNet 3.0
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a formal association of people with similar interests
ExamplesMen from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today.
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a body of rules followed by an assembly
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(usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy
ExamplesTheologians still disagree over whether `bishop' should or should not be a separate Order.
Synonyms holy orderSource: WordNet 3.0
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a group of person living under a religious rule
ExamplesThe order of Saint Benedict.
Synonyms monastic orderSource: WordNet 3.0
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(biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families
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a request for something to be made, supplied, or served
ExamplesI gave the waiter my order.
The company's products were in such demand that they got more orders than their call center could handle.
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(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
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the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement
ExamplesThere were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list.
Synonyms orderingSource: WordNet 3.0
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Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system
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verb
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give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
ExamplesShe ordered him to do the shopping.
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make a request for something
ExamplesOrder me some flowers.
Order a work stoppage.
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issue commands or orders for
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bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations
Antonyms deregulateSource: WordNet 3.0
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bring order to or into
ExamplesOrder these files.
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place in a certain order
ExamplesOrder the photos chronologically.
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appoint to a clerical posts
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arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events
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assign a rank or rating to
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To put in order; to reduce to a methodical arrangement; to arrange in a series, or with reference to an end. Hence, to regulate; to dispose; to direct; to rule.
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To give orders; to issue commands.
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