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Princeton's WordNet

  1. in orderadjective

    in a state of proper readiness or preparation or arrangement

    "everything is in order for their arrival"

Wiktionary

  1. in orderadverb

    In sequence.

  2. in orderadjective

    In a sequence.

  3. in orderadjective

    Ready, prepared; orderly; tidy.

  4. in orderadjective

    In accordance with the procedural rules governing formal meetings of a deliberative body.

  5. in orderadjective

    Appropriate, worthwhile.

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  1. in order

    "In order" often means arranged or organized according to a specific system, plan, or sequence. It might indicate that things are in the correct, preferred, or appropriate condition or situation. Additionally, it can denote the purpose or intention of something, often used in phrases like "in order to," which means for the purpose of or as a means to achieve something.

Editors Contribution

  1. in order

    In a neat, step-by-step sequence.

    We choose to discuss and cocreate intelligently knowing all is in order and in line with our collective plan for the evolution of humanity.


    Submitted by MaryC on January 17, 2021  

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'in order' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #747

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'in order' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1303

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of in order in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of in order in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of in order in a Sentence

  1. William Taylor:

    Horse domestication was an absolute lightning strike in human history, leading to incredible, widespread, and lasting social transformations all across the ancient world, horses were an order of magnitude faster than many of the transport systems of prehistoric Eurasia, allowing people to travel, communicate, trade and raid across distances that would have previously been unthinkable.

  2. Douglas Lurtan:

    When you determined what you want, you have made the most important decision of your life. You have to know what you want in order to attain it.

  3. Donald Trump:

    I’m feeling more and more strongly about it when you see what’s going on, we have to demand from our politicians, who are weak right now, we have to demand law and order.

  4. Nancy Pelosi:

    Republican Senators are proposing new legislation to allow the president to violate the Constitution just this once in order to give themselves cover, the House will not take up this legislation to give President Trump a pass.

  5. Daniel Pout:

    They seem very pragmatic, which to me does n’t seem Democratic Socialist, they have to almost be non-socialist in order to be popular.


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