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order

/ˈoɹ.dɚ/noun, verb2 syllables

Order means: a formal association of people with similar interests.

Synonyms for order46

noun, as in a formal association of people with similar interests

club, social club, society, guild, gild, lodge

noun, as in a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)

decree, edict, fiat, rescript

noun, as in a body of rules followed by an assembly

rules of order, parliamentary law, parliamentary procedure

noun, as in logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements

ordering, ordination

noun, as in (usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy

Holy Order

noun, as in a degree in a continuum of size or quantity

order of magnitude

noun, as in a condition of regular or proper arrangement

orderliness

noun, as in a commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities

purchase order

noun, as in a group of person living under a religious rule

monastic order

noun, as in the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement

ordering

verb, as in assign a rank or rating to

verb, as in bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations

regulate, regularize, regularise, govern

verb, as in give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority

tell, enjoin, say

verb, as in appoint to a clerical posts

ordain, consecrate, ordinate

verb, as in arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events

arrange, set up, put

verb, as in issue commands or orders for

also used for order

degree, ordo, association, brotherhood, league, sisterhood

Includes material from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Opposites of order

What does order mean?24

noun

1

a formal association of people with similar interests“he joined a golf club”

2

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”

3

a body of rules followed by an assembly

4

logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements“we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation”

5

(usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy“theologians still disagree over whether ‘bishop’ should or should not be a separate Order”

6

a degree in a continuum of size or quantity“it was on the order of a mile”

7

a condition of regular or proper arrangement“he put his desk in order”

8

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”

9

a group of person living under a religious rule“the order of Saint Benedict”

10

the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement“there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list”

11

(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”

12

established customary state (especially of society)“order ruled in the streets”

13

(biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families

14

a request for something to be made, supplied, or served“I gave the waiter my order”

15

(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

verb

1

assign a rank or rating to“how would you rank these students?”

2

bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations“We cannot regulate the way people dress”

3

give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority“I said to him to go home”

4

appoint to a clerical posts“he was ordained in the Church”

5

arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events“arrange my schedule”

6

issue commands or orders for

7

make a request for something“Order me some flowers”

8

bring order to or into“Order these files”

9

place in a certain order“order the photos chronologically”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with order?3

two syllables

three syllables

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Order in a sentence

  • In order to do that, you have to take risks.Zifre
  • In order to share it, we'll have to tear it into two pieces.unknown
  • The clock, which my grandfather bought, is still in good order.CM
  • In general, little is known about nonlinear second order differential equations.Zifre
  • In order to use a computer, you must learn to type.CM
  • In order to get the coconut milk, you must first crack the coconut open.jakov
  • As the elevator is out of order, we must go down the stairs.unknown
  • In order to avoid misunderstandings, they went through the contract again.CM

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of order

as a noun

plural
orders

as a verb

past tense
ordered
present participle
ordering
third-person singular
orders