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Definition of Order
1. Noun. (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"
Language type: Plural, Plural Form
Generic synonyms: Bid, Bidding, Command, Dictation
Specialized synonyms: Marching Orders, Summons, Word
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine
Generic synonyms: Bid, Bidding, Command, Dictation
Specialized synonyms: Marching Orders, Summons, Word
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine
2. Verb. Give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority. "They order him to write the letter"; "The mother told the child to get dressed"
Exact synonyms: Enjoin, Say, Tell
Specialized synonyms: Direct, Instruct, Command, Require, Call, Send For, Warn
Generic synonyms: Request
Derivative terms: Injunction
Specialized synonyms: Direct, Instruct, Command, Require, Call, Send For, Warn
Generic synonyms: Request
Derivative terms: Injunction
3. Noun. A degree in a continuum of size or quantity. "An explosion of a low order of magnitude"
4. Verb. Make a request for something. "Order a work stoppage"
Specialized synonyms: Reorder, Place, Call, Wish, Commission
Generic synonyms: Bespeak, Call For, Quest, Request
Derivative terms: Orderer
Generic synonyms: Bespeak, Call For, Quest, Request
Derivative terms: Orderer
5. Noun. Established customary state (especially of society). "Law and order"
Generic synonyms: State
Specialized synonyms: Civil Order, Polity, Rule Of Law, Quiet, Tranquility, Tranquillity, Concord, Concordance, Harmony, Stability, Peace
Antonyms: Disorder
Derivative terms: Orderly
Specialized synonyms: Civil Order, Polity, Rule Of Law, Quiet, Tranquility, Tranquillity, Concord, Concordance, Harmony, Stability, Peace
Antonyms: Disorder
Derivative terms: Orderly
6. Verb. Issue commands or orders for.
Exact synonyms: Dictate, Prescribe
Generic synonyms: Bring Down, Impose, Inflict, Visit
Specialized synonyms: Mandate
Derivative terms: Dictate, Dictate, Dictation, Dictator, Prescription, Prescriptive
Generic synonyms: Bring Down, Impose, Inflict, Visit
Specialized synonyms: Mandate
Derivative terms: Dictate, Dictate, Dictation, Dictator, Prescription, Prescriptive
7. Noun. Logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements. "We shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation"
Exact synonyms: Ordering, Ordination
Specialized synonyms: Bacteria Order, Word Order, Genetic Code, Genome, Series
Generic synonyms: Arrangement
Specialized synonyms: Bacteria Order, Word Order, Genetic Code, Genome, Series
Generic synonyms: Arrangement
8. Verb. Bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations. "This town likes to regulate"
Exact synonyms: Govern, Regularise, Regularize, Regulate
Specialized synonyms: Standardise, Standardize, District, Zone
Generic synonyms: Decide, Determine, Make Up One's Mind
Derivative terms: Government, Governor, Regulating, Regulation, Regulation, Regulator
Antonyms: Deregulate
Specialized synonyms: Standardise, Standardize, District, Zone
Generic synonyms: Decide, Determine, Make Up One's Mind
Derivative terms: Government, Governor, Regulating, Regulation, Regulation, Regulator
Antonyms: Deregulate
9. Noun. A condition of regular or proper arrangement. "The machine is now in working order"
Exact synonyms: Orderliness
Generic synonyms: Condition, Status
Specialized synonyms: Spit And Polish, Kelter, Kilter, Tidiness
Antonyms: Disorder, Disorderliness
Generic synonyms: Condition, Status
Specialized synonyms: Spit And Polish, Kelter, Kilter, Tidiness
Antonyms: Disorder, Disorderliness
10. Verb. Bring order to or into. "Order these files"
Specialized synonyms: Clean Up, Neaten, Square Away, Straighten, Straighten Out, Tidy, Tidy Up, Systematise, Systematize, Systemise, Systemize, Collate, Disentangle, Straighten Out, Unsnarl
Generic synonyms: Arrange, Set Up
Antonyms: Disorder
Derivative terms: Orderer, Ordering
Generic synonyms: Arrange, Set Up
Antonyms: Disorder
Derivative terms: Orderer, Ordering
11. Noun. 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"
Exact synonyms: Decree, Edict, Fiat, Rescript
Generic synonyms: Act, Enactment
Specialized synonyms: Consent Decree, Curfew, Decree Nisi, Imperial Decree, Judicial Separation, Legal Separation, Programma, Ban, Prohibition, Proscription, Stay, Bull, Papal Bull
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Derivative terms: Decree, Decree
Generic synonyms: Act, Enactment
Specialized synonyms: Consent Decree, Curfew, Decree Nisi, Imperial Decree, Judicial Separation, Legal Separation, Programma, Ban, Prohibition, Proscription, Stay, Bull, Papal Bull
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Derivative terms: Decree, Decree
12. Verb. Place in a certain order. "Order the photos chronologically"
13. Noun. 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"
Exact synonyms: Purchase Order
Generic synonyms: Commercial Document, Commercial Instrument
Specialized synonyms: Bill-me Order, Credit Order, Indent, Market Order, Production Order, Reorder, Stop Order, Stop-loss Order, Stop Payment, Mail Order
Generic synonyms: Commercial Document, Commercial Instrument
Specialized synonyms: Bill-me Order, Credit Order, Indent, Market Order, Production Order, Reorder, Stop Order, Stop-loss Order, Stop Payment, Mail Order
14. Verb. Appoint to a clerical posts. "He was ordained in the Church"
Exact synonyms: Consecrate, Ordain, Ordinate
Generic synonyms: Enthrone, Invest, Vest
Derivative terms: Consecration, Consecration, Ordainer, Ordinance
Generic synonyms: Enthrone, Invest, Vest
Derivative terms: Consecration, Consecration, Ordainer, Ordinance
15. Noun. A formal association of people with similar interests. "Men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today"
Exact synonyms: Club, Gild, Guild, Lodge, Social Club, Society
Generic synonyms: Association
Specialized synonyms: Athenaeum, Atheneum, Bookclub, Chapter, Chess Club, Country Club, Frat, Fraternity, Glee Club, Golf Club, Hunt, Hunt Club, Investors Club, Jockey Club, Racket Club, Rowing Club, Slate Club, Sorority, Turnverein, Boat Club, Yacht Club, Service Club
Member holonyms: Club Member
Derivative terms: Club, Club, Clubby
Generic synonyms: Association
Specialized synonyms: Athenaeum, Atheneum, Bookclub, Chapter, Chess Club, Country Club, Frat, Fraternity, Glee Club, Golf Club, Hunt, Hunt Club, Investors Club, Jockey Club, Racket Club, Rowing Club, Slate Club, Sorority, Turnverein, Boat Club, Yacht Club, Service Club
Member holonyms: Club Member
Derivative terms: Club, Club, Clubby
16. Verb. Arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events. "I put these memories with those of bygone times"
Exact synonyms: Arrange, Put, Set Up
Specialized synonyms: Contemporise, Contemporize, Synchronise, Synchronize, Phrase
Generic synonyms: Organise, Organize
Derivative terms: Ordering
Specialized synonyms: Contemporise, Contemporize, Synchronise, Synchronize, Phrase
Generic synonyms: Organise, Organize
Derivative terms: Ordering
17. Noun. A body of rules followed by an assembly.
Exact synonyms: Parliamentary Law, Parliamentary Procedure, Rules Of Order
Generic synonyms: Prescript, Rule
Specialized synonyms: Interpellation, Standing Order, Closure, Cloture, Gag Law, Gag Rule, Point Of Order, Previous Question
Examples of category: Mover, Proposer
Specialized synonyms: Robert's Rules Of Order
Generic synonyms: Prescript, Rule
Specialized synonyms: Interpellation, Standing Order, Closure, Cloture, Gag Law, Gag Rule, Point Of Order, Previous Question
Examples of category: Mover, Proposer
Specialized synonyms: Robert's Rules Of Order
18. Verb. Assign a rank or rating to. "Sam and Sue order the movie "; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"
Exact synonyms: Grade, Place, Range, Rank, Rate
Specialized synonyms: Superordinate, Shortlist, Seed, Reorder, Subordinate, Prioritise, Prioritize, Sequence, Downgrade, Upgrade
Generic synonyms: Evaluate, Judge, Pass Judgment
Derivative terms: Gradation, Gradation, Grade, Grade, Grader, Grading, Ordering, Place, Rank
Specialized synonyms: Superordinate, Shortlist, Seed, Reorder, Subordinate, Prioritise, Prioritize, Sequence, Downgrade, Upgrade
Generic synonyms: Evaluate, Judge, Pass Judgment
Derivative terms: Gradation, Gradation, Grade, Grade, Grader, Grading, Ordering, Place, Rank
19. Noun. (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"
Exact synonyms: Holy Order
Specialized synonyms: Acolyte, Anagnost, Deacon, Doorkeeper, Ostiarius, Ostiary, Exorcist, Lector, Reader, Priest, Subdeacon
Generic synonyms: Position, Status
Specialized synonyms: Acolyte, Anagnost, Deacon, Doorkeeper, Ostiarius, Ostiary, Exorcist, Lector, Reader, Priest, Subdeacon
Generic synonyms: Position, Status
20. Noun. A group of person living under a religious rule. "The order of Saint Benedict"
Exact synonyms: Monastic Order
Specialized synonyms: Augustinian Order, Benedictine Order, Order Of Saint Benedict, Carmelite Order, Order Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel, Carthusian Order, Dominican Order, Franciscan Order, Jesuit Order, Society Of Jesus
Generic synonyms: Religious Order, Religious Sect, Sect
Specialized synonyms: Augustinian Order, Benedictine Order, Order Of Saint Benedict, Carmelite Order, Order Of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel, Carthusian Order, Dominican Order, Franciscan Order, Jesuit Order, Society Of Jesus
Generic synonyms: Religious Order, Religious Sect, Sect
21. Noun. (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families.
Specialized synonyms: Animal Order, Protoctist Order, Plant Order, Fungus Order
Category relationships: Biological Science, Biology
Generic synonyms: Taxon, Taxonomic Category, Taxonomic Group
Group relationships: Class
Member holonyms: Suborder, Family
Category relationships: Biological Science, Biology
Generic synonyms: Taxon, Taxonomic Category, Taxonomic Group
Group relationships: Class
Member holonyms: Suborder, Family
22. Noun. 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"
23. 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.
Specialized synonyms: Dorian Order, Doric Order, Ionian Order, Ionic Order, Corinthian Order, Composite Order, Tuscan Order
Generic synonyms: Artistic Style, Idiom
Category relationships: Architecture
Generic synonyms: Artistic Style, Idiom
Category relationships: Architecture
24. Noun. The act of putting things in a sequential arrangement. "There were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list"
Exact synonyms: Ordering
Generic synonyms: Organisation, Organization
Specialized synonyms: Rank Order, Grading, Scaling, Sequence, Succession, Layout, Alphabetisation, Alphabetization
Generic synonyms: Organisation, Organization
Specialized synonyms: Rank Order, Grading, Scaling, Sequence, Succession, Layout, Alphabetisation, Alphabetization
Definition of Order
1. n. Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system
2. v. t. 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.
3. v. i. To give orders; to issue commands.
Definition of Order
1. to give a command or instruction to [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Order
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