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Definition of Ordering

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

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

Definition of Ordering

1. n. Disposition; distribution; management.

Definition of Ordering

1. Verb. (present participle of order) ¹

2. Noun. Arrangement in a sequence. ¹

3. Noun. Making an agreement for later pick up or delivery. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ordering

1. order [v] - See also: order

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ordering

order out order paper order tree order trees orderable ordered ordered field ordered mechanism ordered on-random off mechanism ordered out

ordered pair ordered pairs ordered series orderer orderers ordering (current term) ordering out orderings orderless orderlessness

orderlies orderliness orderlinesses orderly orderly sergeant orders orders of magnitude orders of operations orders out ordinability

Literary usage of Ordering

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"Most of the congregations accepted the new hymn-book and peace might have ensued if the consistory had not committed the serious mistake of ordering the ..."

2. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1861)
"On Sunday afternoon, May 5, a special order was received, ordering the Twentieth Regiment to return to their homes, as no more regular militia would bo ..."

3. Calendar of State Papers by Great Britain Public Record Office, John William Fortescue (1905)
"Approving the draft Commission and Instructions prepared for Samuel Day as Governor of Bermuda, and ordering them to be prepared for signature. Copi/. I p. ..."

4. Publishers Weeklyby Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1902)
"l BEGIN ordering NOW OUT SEPT. 10 THE CLIMAX By CHARLES FELTON PIDGIN Author of "BLENNERHASSETT" and "QUINCY ADAMS SAWYER" somely Bound in Green Art Crash ..."

5. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"... be sunk under the fame and merit of his rival ; and ordering his veins to be opened, prudently withdrew himself from the unequal contest. ..."

6. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1916)
"In ordering a copy of a patent, the number of the patent, name of the patentee, and subject of the invention should be stated. ..."

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