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Order   /ˈɔrdər/   Listen
Order

noun
1.
(often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed.
2.
A degree in a continuum of size or quantity.  Synonym: order of magnitude.  "An explosion of a low order of magnitude"
3.
Established customary state (especially of society).  "Law and order"  Antonym: disorder.
4.
Logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements.  Synonyms: ordering, ordination.
5.
A condition of regular or proper arrangement.  Synonym: orderliness.  "The machine is now in working order"  Antonyms: disorderliness, disorder.
6.
A legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge).  Synonyms: decree, edict, fiat, rescript.
7.
A commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities.  Synonym: purchase order.
8.
A formal association of people with similar interests.  Synonyms: club, gild, guild, lodge, social club, society.  "They formed a small lunch society" , "Men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today"
9.
A body of rules followed by an assembly.  Synonyms: parliamentary law, parliamentary procedure, rules of order.
10.
(usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy.  Synonym: Holy Order.
11.
A group of person living under a religious rule.  Synonym: monastic order.
12.
(biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families.
13.
A request for something to be made, supplied, or served.  "The company's products were in such demand that they got more orders than their call center could handle"
14.
(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.
15.
The act of putting things in a sequential arrangement.  Synonym: ordering.
verb
(past & past part. ordered; pres. part. ordering)
1.
Give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority.  Synonyms: enjoin, say, tell.  "She ordered him to do the shopping" , "The mother told the child to get dressed"
2.
Make a request for something.  "Order a work stoppage"
3.
Issue commands or orders for.  Synonyms: dictate, prescribe.
4.
Bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations.  Synonyms: govern, regularise, regularize, regulate.  "This town likes to regulate"  Antonym: deregulate.
5.
Bring order to or into.  Antonym: disorder.
6.
Place in a certain order.
7.
Appoint to a clerical posts.  Synonyms: consecrate, ordain, ordinate.
8.
Arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events.  Synonyms: arrange, put, set up.  "Set up one's life" , "I put these memories with those of bygone times"
9.
Assign a rank or rating to.  Synonyms: grade, place, range, rank, rate.  "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"



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