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 Definitions of order  [ˈɔr dər]  

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Definition of 'order' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) order
an authoritative direction or instruction; command.

2.  order
the disposition of things following one after another; succession or sequence:
alphabetical order.

3.  order
a condition in which each thing is properly disposed with reference to other things and to its purpose; methodical or harmonious arrangement.

4.  order
formal disposition or array.

5.  order
proper, satisfactory, or working condition.

6.  order
state or condition generally:
in good working order.

7.  order
conformity or obedience to law or established authority:
to maintain law and order.

8.  order
customary mode of procedure; established practice or usage.

9.  order
the customary or prescribed mode of proceeding in debates, legislative bodies, meetings, etc.:
parliamentary rules of order.

10.  order
prevailing course or arrangement of things; established system or regime:
The old order is changing.

11.  order
a direction or commission to make, provide, or furnish something.

12.  order
a quantity of goods or items purchased or sold.

13.  order
a portion of food requested or served in a restaurant.

14.  order
Math.

15.  order
degree, as in algebra.

16.  order
the number of rows or columns of a square matrix or determinant.

17.  order
the number of times a function has been differentiated to produce a given derivative:
a second-order derivative.

18.  order
the highest derivative appearing in a given differential equation.

19.  order
the number of elements of a given group.

20.  order
a class, kind, or sort distinguished from others by character or rank:
talents of a high order.

21.  order
Biol. the usual major subdivision of a class or subclass in the classification of organisms, consisting of one or more families.

22.  order
a rank or class of persons in a community.

23.  order
a group or body of persons of the same profession, occupation, or pursuits.

24.  order
a body or society of persons living by common consent under the same religious, moral, or social regulations.

25.  order
any of the degrees or grades of clerical office.

26.  order
a monastic society or fraternity:
the Franciscan order.

27.  order
any of the nine grades of angels in medieval angelology.

28.  order
a written direction to pay money or deliver goods, given by a person legally entitled to dispose of it.

29.  order
an arrangement of columns with an entablature.

30.  order
any of five styles of column and entablature typical of classical architecture, including the Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, Tuscan, and Composite styles.

31.  order
orders, the rank or status of an ordained Christian minister.

32.  order
Usu., orders. the rite or sacrament of ordination.

33.  order
a prescribed form of religious service or of administration of a rite.

34.  order
a society or fraternity of knights, of combined military and monastic character, as the medieval Knights Templars.

35.  order
an organization or fraternal society in some way resembling the knightly orders.

36.  order
(cap.)

37.  order
a special honor or rank conferred by a sovereign upon a person for distinguished achievement.

38.  order
the insignia worn by such persons.

39. (v.t.) order
to give an order or command to.

40.  order
to direct or command to go or come as specified:
She ordered them out of her house.

41.  order
to direct to be made or supplied:
to order a copy of a book.

42.  order
to prescribe.

43.  order
to regulate, conduct, or manage.

44.  order
to arrange methodically or suitably.

45.  order
Math. to arrange (the elements of a set) so that if one element precedes another, it cannot be preceded by the other or by elements that the other precedes.

46.  order
to ordain.

47. (v.i.) order
to give an order or issue orders.

48.  order
rightful and proper; appropriate:
An apology is certainly in order.

49.  order
resembling to some extent; like.

50.  order
approximately; about.

51.  order
not in correct sequence or arrangement.

52.  order
not operating properly; in disrepair.


Definition of 'order' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) order
(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. (noun) order, order of magnitude
a degree in a continuum of size or quantity
"it was on the order of a mile"; "an explosion of a low order of magnitude"

3. (noun) order
established customary state (especially of society)
"order ruled in the streets"; "law and order"

4. (noun) ordering, order, ordination
logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements
"we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation"

5. (noun) orderliness, order
a condition of regular or proper arrangement
"he put his desk in order"; "the machine is now in working order"

6. (noun) decree, edict, fiat, order, rescript
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"

7. (noun) order, purchase order
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"

8. (noun) club, social club, society, guild, gild, lodge, order
a formal association of people with similar interests
"he joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society"; "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today"

9. (noun) order, rules of order, parliamentary law, parliamentary procedure
a body of rules followed by an assembly

10. (noun) Holy Order, Order
(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"

11. (noun) order, monastic order
a group of person living under a religious rule
"the order of Saint Benedict"

12. (noun) order
(biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families

13. (noun) order
a request for something to be made, supplied, or served
"I gave the waiter my order"; "the company's products were in such demand that they got more orders than their call center could handle"

14. (noun) order
(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. (verb) order, ordering
the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement
"there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list"

16. (verb) order, tell, enjoin, say
give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
"I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed"

17. (verb) order
make a request for something
"Order me some flowers"; "order a work stoppage"

18. (verb) order, prescribe, dictate
issue commands or orders for

19. (verb) regulate, regularize, regularise, order, govern
bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations
"We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate"

20. (verb) order
bring order to or into
"Order these files"

21. (verb) order
place in a certain order
"order the photos chronologically"

22. (verb) ordain, consecrate, ordinate, order
appoint to a clerical posts
"he was ordained in the Church"

23. (verb) arrange, set up, put, order
arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events
"arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times"

24. (verb) rate, rank, range, order, grade, place
assign a rank or rating to
"how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"


Definition of 'order' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) order
the way things are arranged
numerical/alphabetical order; Put them in order from shortest to tallest.

2.  order
a request saying what you would like to buy
The waiter came to take their order.; I put in an order for 10 new laptops.

3.  order
when a situation is well organized
How do you keep order with a class of more than 40 children?

4.  order
a statement that you are expected to obey
The sergeant gave the order.; soldiers following/obeying orders

5.  order
in order
correct according to rules or laws
Everything seems to be in order.

6.  order
in order (for sb/sth) to
so that
He yelled and waved his arms in order to get her attention.; In order for us to operate, the patient must lose weight.

7.  order
out of order
(of a machine) broken, not working
Out of order - do not use.

8.  order
(of sb's behavior) not acceptable

9. (verb) order
to tell sb what they must do
The general ordered his men to retreat.

10.  order
to request that sth such as food or goods be brought or sent to you
We told the waitress we needed to order.; I ordered a new table for the dining room.

11.  order
to arrange sth in a particular order
We ordered the letters by date.


Definition of 'order' Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms 

1.  order
A communication, written, oral, or by signal, which conveys instructions from a superior to a subordinate. (DOD only) In a broad sense, the terms


Translation of 'order' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a statement (by a person in authority) of what someone must do; a command
He gave me my orders.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: bevel Arabic flag Arabic: أمْر Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: заповед
Brazilian flag Brazilian: ordem Czech flag Czech: směrnice; rozkaz German flag German: die Anordnung
Danish flag Danish: ordre; befaling Greek flag Greek: διαταγή Spanish flag Spanish: orden
Estonian flag Estonian: korraldus Farsi flag Farsi: دستور Finnish flag Finnish: määräys
French flag French: ordre Hebrew flag Hebrew: פְּקוּדָה Hindi flag Hindi: आदेश
Croatian flag Croatian: naredba Hungarian flag Hungarian: parancs, utasítás Indonesian flag Indonesian: perintah
Icelandic flag Icelandic: skipun Italian flag Italian: ordine Japanese flag Japanese: 命令
Korean flag Korean: 명령 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: įsakymas, nurodymas Latvian flag Latvian: pavēle; norādījums
Malay flag Malay: arahan Dutch flag Dutch: bevel Norwegian flag Norwegian: ordre, befaling
Polish flag Polish: rozkaz, polecenie Persian flag Persian: دستور Pashto flag Pashto: دستور
Portuguese flag Portuguese: ordem Romanian flag Romanian: ordin Russian flag Russian: приказ, распоряжение
Slovak flag Slovak: rozkaz; nariadenie Slovenian flag Slovenian: ukaz Serbian flag Serbian: naređenje
Swedish flag Swedish: order, befallning Thai flag Thai: คำสั่ง Turkish flag Turkish: emir, talimat
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 命令 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: наказ, розпорядження Urdu flag Urdu: حکم
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: chỉ thị Chinese flag Chinese: 命令

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