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| 1. | [ verb ] give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority | |
| Synonyms: | tell say enjoin | |
| Examples: | "I said to him to go home" "She ordered him to do the shopping" "The mother told the child to get dressed" |
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| Related terms: | request call direct command instruct warn injunction | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed | |
| Examples: | "the British ships dropped anchor and waited for orders from London" |
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| Related terms: | command word summons marching_orders military plural | |
| 3. | [ verb ] make a request for something | |
| Examples: | "Order me some flowers" "order a work stoppage" |
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| Related terms: | request call place wish reorder commission orderer | |
| 4. | [ noun ] a degree in a continuum of size or quantity | |
| Synonyms: | order_of_magnitude | |
| Examples: | "it was on the order of a mile" "an explosion of a low order of magnitude" |
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| Related terms: | magnitude rate | |
| 5. | [ noun ] established customary state (especially of society) | |
| Examples: | "order ruled in the streets" "law and order" |
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| Related terms: | disorder state peace tranquillity harmony civil_order stability rule_of_law regulate | |
| 6. | [ noun ] logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements | |
| Synonyms: | ordering ordination | |
| Examples: | "we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation" |
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| Related terms: | arrangement arrangement series word_order bacteria_order genetic_code genome arrange | |
| 7. | [ verb ] issue commands or orders for | |
| Synonyms: | dictate prescribe | |
| Related terms: | inflict mandate command decree prescription authoritarian | |
| 8. | [ noun ] a condition of regular or proper arrangement | |
| Synonyms: | orderliness | |
| Examples: | : "he put his desk in order" "the machine is now in working order" |
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| Related terms: | disorderliness disorderliness condition kelter tidiness spit_and_polish | |
| 9. | [ verb ] (law) bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations | |
| Synonyms: | govern regulate regularise regularize | |
| Examples: | "We cannot regulate the way people dress" "This town likes to regulate" |
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| Related terms: | deregulate decide standardize zone government rule regulator standardization | |
| 10. | [ noun ] (law,writing) a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge) | |
| Synonyms: | decree fiat rescript edict | |
| Examples: | "a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there" |
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| Related terms: | act prohibition stay imperial_decree curfew decree_nisi programma consent_decree papal_bull legal_separation law rule decree | |
| 11. | [ noun ] (writing) a commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities | |
| Synonyms: | purchase_order | |
| Examples: | "IBM received an order for a hundred computers" |
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| Related terms: | commercial_document mail_order production_order stop_order market_order stop_payment indent credit_order | |
| 12. | [ noun ] a formal association of people with similar interests | |
| Synonyms: | club society gild lodge guild | |
| Examples: | "he joined a golf club" "they formed a small lunch society" "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today" |
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| Related terms: | association sorority chapter fraternity country_club tennis_club yacht_club glee_club golf_club hunt Veterans_of_Foreign_Wars American_Legion bookclub racket_club athenaeum turnverein rowing_club slate_club chess_club secret_society service_club investors_club jockey_club club_member ordain | |
| 13. | [ noun ] a body of rules followed by an assembly | |
| Synonyms: | parliamentary_law parliamentary_procedure rules_of_order | |
| Related terms: | rule closure robert's_rules_of_order point_of_order previous_question standing_order interpellation proposer | |
| 14. | [ verb ] place in a certain order | |
| Examples: | "order these files" |
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| Related terms: | arrange ordering | |
| 15. | [ verb ] bring order to or into | |
| Examples: | "Order these files" |
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| Related terms: | disorder arrange tidy systematize collate disentangle route ordering | |
| 16. | [ noun ] (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 | |
| Related terms: | artistic_style corinthian_order dorian_order composite_order tuscan_order ionian_order architecture | |
| 17. | [ noun ] a request for food or refreshment (as served in a restaurant or bar etc.) | |
| Examples: | "I gave the waiter my order" |
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| Related terms: | request short_order | |
| 18. | [ verb ] (government) of clerical posts | |
| Synonyms: | ordain ordinate consecrate | |
| Examples: | "he was ordained in the Church" |
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| Related terms: | invest club ordainer ordination | |
| 19. | [ noun ] (usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy | |
| Synonyms: | holy_order | |
| Examples: | "theologians still disagree over whether `bishop' should or should not be a separate order" |
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| Related terms: | status priest acolyte subdeacon doorkeeper anagnost lector exorcist deacon | |
| 20. | [ verb ] arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events, etc. | |
| Synonyms: | put set_up arrange | |
| Examples: | "arrange my schedule" "set up one's life" "I put these memories with those of bygone times" |
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| Related terms: | organize synchronize ordering | |
| 21. | [ verb ] assign a rank or rating to | |
| Synonyms: | rate place grade rank range | |
| Examples: | "how would you rank these students?" "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide" |
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| Related terms: | judge downgrade upgrade subordinate reorder sequence seed shortlist superordinate prioritize rank gradation place grader gradation | |
| 22. | [ noun ] (religion) a group of person living under a religious rule | |
| Synonyms: | monastic_order | |
| Examples: | "the order of Saint Benedict" |
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| Related terms: | sect benedictine_order franciscan_order carmelite_order carthusian_order dominican_order augustinian_order Society_of_Jesus | |
| 23. | [ noun ] (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families | |
| Related terms: | taxonomic_group protoctist_order plant_order fungus_order animal_order class family suborder biology | |
| 24. | [ noun ] putting in order | |
| Synonyms: | ordering | |
| Examples: | "there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list" |
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| Related terms: | organization succession layout scaling rank_order alphabetization rate | |
| Similar spelling: |
orderly orderer ordered ordering ordure orator |
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