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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"
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"
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"
5.
Bring order to or into.
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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"Order" Quotes from Famous Books



... into the strictest alliance with Bahadur Sahi, younger son of Prithwi Narayan, and regent of Gorkha during the minority of his nephew Rana Bahadur. In order to cement the friendship, Mahadatta gave his daughter in marriage to the regent, which, on account of her birth, was considered as a very honourable connexion for the chief of Gorkha. These friends soon entered into a most iniquitous combination. ...
— An Account of The Kingdom of Nepal • Fancis Buchanan Hamilton
... taxicab by my unromantic self and was driven to that railroad station where I would find a train bound to the college town that was the home of Aunt Caroline and her husband. One always thought of Phil's parents in that order, although the Professor was a moderately distinguished scientist and his spouse merely masterful in her ...
— The Thing from the Lake • Eleanor M. Ingram
... have Chaulieu and the evangelists; the French rhymester in his alley, and Silas in the valley of the shadow of death; perfect liberty, and a peremptory order to return in a week;—all illustrating one another. Poor Silas! old as he is, I don't think ...
— Uncle Silas - A Tale of Bartram-Haugh • J.S. Le Fanu
... that in this country they had their horses in armour, to defend them against darts and arrows which are their chief weapons. The Pacha landed on the fourth, ordering his men to be got ready with provisions and ammunition, in order to march for Zabid, and directed some light pieces of artillery to be put on carriages to accompany him. The Pacha set out on his march on the 19th, three hours before day on horseback, and was joined on the road by another Turk with fifty horse, who had deserted from ...
— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume VI - Early English Voyages Of Discovery To America • Robert Kerr
... clerks, or related to faith and beliefs, to tithes, to deeds and contracts having a moral character, wills for instance, came within the jurisdiction of the religious magistrate. This justice interfered in the private life of the citizens; it had an inquisitorial character; it wanted to know if good order reigned in households, if the husband was faithful and the wife virtuous; it cited adulterers to its bar and chastised them. Summoners (Chaucer's somnours) played the part of spies and public accusers; they kept themselves well informed on these different matters, were constantly on the watch, ...
— A Literary History of the English People - From the Origins to the Renaissance • Jean Jules Jusserand


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