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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"

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"

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"

5. Noun. Established customary state (especially of society). "Law and order"

6. Verb. Issue commands or orders for.

7. Noun. Logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements. "We shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation"

8. Verb. Bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations. "This town likes to regulate"

9. Noun. A condition of regular or proper arrangement. "The machine is now in working order"

10. Verb. Bring order to or into. "Order these files"

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"

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"

14. Verb. Appoint to a clerical posts. "He was ordained in the Church"

15. Noun. A formal association of people with similar interests. "Men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today"

16. Verb. Arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events. "I put these memories with those of bygone times"

17. Noun. A body of rules followed by an assembly.

18. Verb. Assign a rank or rating to. "Sam and Sue order the movie "; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"

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"

20. Noun. A group of person living under a religious rule. "The order of Saint Benedict"

21. Noun. (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families.

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.

24. Noun. The act of putting things in a sequential arrangement. "There were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list"

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

1. A taxonomic classification between class and family. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Order

ordainers ordaining ordainment ordainments ordains ordalian ordalium ordaliums ordeal ordeal

ordeals ordeal bean ordeal bean ordeal tree order (current term) order (current term) order-Chenopodiales orderable ordered ordered

ordered mechanism ordered on-random off mechanism ordered series orderer orderers ordering orderings orderless orderlies orderliness

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