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adjective

ordered adj.

Having or evincing a systematic arrangement; especially, having elements succeeding in order according to rule; as, an ordered sequence; an ordered pair. Opposite of disordered or unordered. (Narrower terms: abecedarian, alphabetical; consecutive, sequent, sequential, serial, successive)

Arranged in order.

Synonyms: orderly, regulated.

In good order.

Synonyms: so(predicate).

Disposed or placed in a particular kind of order. OPposite of disarranged.

Synonyms: arranged.

Arranged according to a quantitative criterion.

Synonyms: graded, ranked.

Marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts.

Synonyms: consistent, logical, orderly.

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Etymology of 'Ordered'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Ordered" Quotes from Famous Books

... actions altogether unworthy of his humane and noble nature. Repose was insupportable to him. He loved to fly round Europe faster than a travelling courier. He was at the Hague one week, at Vienna the next. Then he took a fancy to see Madrid; and he had scarcely reached Madrid, when he ordered horses and set off for Copenhagen. No attendants could keep up with his speed. No bodily infirmities could confine him. Old age, disease, imminent death, produced scarcely any effect on his intrepid ...

— Critical and Historical Essays Volume 2 • Thomas Babington Macaulay

... Van Buren's account—that lady always professing to be greatly shocked at the early dinners in Chicopee, and generally managing, during her visits home, to change entirely the ways and customs of Aunt Barbara Bigelow's well-ordered household. ...

— Ethelyn's Mistake • Mary Jane Holmes

... cow puncher, an' as soon as he got things runnin' to suit him on our place he got to makin' side trips to the other ranches. He would spend two hours talkin' about the weather; but at the end o' that time, he knew more about a man's outfit than the owner himself. Then he ordered out a lot of stock papers, an' the first thing we knew, we was askin' him questions about things 'at we'd allus supposed we savvied from tail to muzzle. He seemed to like me more'n the rest, an' chose me out to be his ridin' pal ...

— Happy Hawkins • Robert Alexander Wason

... white-lead putty before painting it. He knew quite well that Hunter objected to any but very large holes or cracks being stopped, and yet somehow or other he could not scamp the work to the extent that he was ordered to; and so, almost by stealth, he was in the habit of doing it—not properly but as well as he dared. He even went to the length of occasionally buying a few sheets of glasspaper with his own money, as Crass had told Hunter. When the latter came into the room he stood ...

— The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists • Robert Tressell

... in," he ordered peremptorily. "You come along inside. I'll rake up the fire and you can warm up a bit. I—I didn't think, keeping you out here in the rain. Why, you'll feel better after you've had a little rest. You ought not to be out all day in weather like ...

— Once to Every Man • Larry Evans

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