| commandment | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. commandment | something that is commanded. |
| ~ bid, bidding, command, dictation | an authoritative direction or instruction to do something. |
| ~ decalogue, ten commandments | the biblical commandments of Moses. |
| n. (cognition) | 2. commandment, precept, teaching | a doctrine that is taught.; "the teachings of religion"; "he believed all the Christian precepts" |
| ~ doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought | a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school. |
| ~ golden rule | a command based on Jesus' words in the Sermon on the Mount.; "Whatsoever ye would that men do unto you, do you even so unto them" |
| ~ mitsvah, mitzvah | (Judaism) a precept or commandment of the Jewish law. |
| direction | | |
| n. (location) | 1. direction, way | a line leading to a place or point.; "he looked the other direction"; "didn't know the way home" |
| ~ itinerary, route, path | an established line of travel or access. |
| ~ bearing, heading, aim | the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies. |
| ~ trend, course | general line of orientation.; "the river takes a southern course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast" |
| ~ east-west direction | in a direction parallel with lines of latitude. |
| ~ north-south direction | in a direction parallel with lines of longitude. |
| ~ qibla | the direction of the Kaaba toward which Muslims turn for their daily prayers. |
| ~ trend, tendency | a general direction in which something tends to move.; "the shoreward tendency of the current"; "the trend of the stock market" |
| n. (linkdef) | 2. direction | the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves.; "he checked the direction and velocity of the wind" |
| ~ spatial relation, position | the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated.; "the position of the hands on the clock"; "he specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage" |
| ~ frontage | the direction in which something (such as a building) faces. |
| ~ orientation | position or alignment relative to points of the compass or other specific directions. |
| ~ opposition | a direction opposite to another. |
| ~ windward | the direction from which the wind is coming. |
| ~ leeward | the direction in which the wind is blowing. |
| ~ seaward | the direction toward the sea. |
| ~ compass point, point | any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass.; "he checked the point on his compass" |
| ~ compass north, magnetic north, north | the direction in which a compass needle points. |
| ~ north | the direction corresponding to the northward cardinal compass point. |
| ~ northeast | the direction corresponding to the northeastward compass point. |
| ~ east | the direction corresponding to the eastward cardinal compass point. |
| ~ southeast | the direction corresponding to the southeastward compass point. |
| ~ south | the direction corresponding to the southward cardinal compass point. |
| ~ southwest | the direction corresponding to the southwestward compass point. |
| ~ west | the direction corresponding to the westward cardinal compass point. |
| ~ northwest | the direction corresponding to the northwestward compass point. |
| n. (cognition) | 3. direction | a general course along which something has a tendency to develop.; "I couldn't follow the direction of his thoughts"; "his ideals determined the direction of his career"; "they proposed a new direction for the firm" |
| ~ inclination, tendency, disposition | an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others.; "he had an inclination to give up too easily"; "a tendency to be too strict" |
| ~ tenor | a settled or prevailing or habitual course of a person's life.; "nothing disturbed the even tenor of her ways" |
| n. (communication) | 4. counsel, counseling, counselling, direction, guidance | something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action. |
| ~ road map, guideline | a detailed plan or explanation to guide you in setting standards or determining a course of action.; "the president said he had a road map for normalizing relations with Vietnam" |
| ~ subject matter, content, message, substance | what a communication that is about something is about. |
| ~ career counseling | counseling on career opportunities. |
| ~ cynosure | something that provides guidance (as Polaris guides mariners).; "let faith be your cynosure to walk by" |
| ~ genetic counseling | guidance for prospective parents on the likelihood of genetic disorders in their future children. |
| ~ marriage counseling | counseling on marital problems and disagreements. |
| ~ confidential information, steer, tip, hint, wind, lead | an indication of potential opportunity.; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job" |
| n. (act) | 5. direction, management | the act of managing something.; "he was given overall management of the program"; "is the direction of the economy a function of government?" |
| ~ social control | control exerted (actively or passively) by group action. |
| ~ conducting | the direction of an orchestra or choir.; "he does not use a baton for conducting" |
| ~ database management | creation and maintenance of a database. |
| ~ finance | the management of money and credit and banking and investments. |
| ~ homemaking | the management of a household. |
| ~ misconduct | bad or dishonest management by persons supposed to act on another's behalf. |
| ~ mismanagement, misdirection | management that is careless or inefficient.; "he accomplished little due to the mismanagement of his energies" |
| ~ treatment, handling | the management of someone or something.; "the handling of prisoners"; "the treatment of water sewage"; "the right to equal treatment in the criminal justice system" |
| ~ superintendence, supervising, supervision, oversight | management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group. |
| ~ administration, disposal | a method of tending to or managing the affairs of a some group of people (especially the group's business affairs). |
| ~ empowerment, authorisation, authorization | the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant. |
| ~ disenfranchisement | the act of withdrawing certification or terminating a franchise. |
| ~ channelisation, channelization, canalisation, canalization | management through specified channels of communication. |
| ~ steering, guidance | the act of guiding or showing the way. |
| n. (communication) | 6. direction, instruction | a message describing how something is to be done.; "he gave directions faster than she could follow them" |
| ~ subject matter, content, message, substance | what a communication that is about something is about. |
| ~ rule | any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order.; "the rule of St. Dominic" |
| ~ prescript, rule | prescribed guide for conduct or action. |
| ~ rubric | directions for the conduct of Christian church services (often printed in red in a prayer book). |
| ~ misdirection | incorrect directions or instructions. |
| ~ name and address, destination, address | written directions for finding some location; written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location. |
| ~ markup | detailed stylistic instructions for typesetting something that is to be printed; manual markup is usually written on the copy (e.g. underlining words that are to be set in italics). |
| ~ prescription | directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions.; "I tried to follow her prescription for success" |
| ~ recipe, formula | directions for making something. |
| ~ rule | directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted.; "he knew the rules of chess" |
| ~ stage direction | an instruction written as part of the script of a play. |
| ~ style | editorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display. |
| ~ system command | a computer user's instruction (not part of a program) that calls for action by the computer's executive program. |
| n. (act) | 7. direction, guidance, steering | the act of setting and holding a course.; "a new council was installed under the direction of the king" |
| ~ driving | the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal. |
| ~ control | the activity of managing or exerting control over something.; "the control of the mob by the police was admirable" |
| ~ aim | the action of directing something at an object.; "he took aim and fired" |
| ~ navigation, pilotage, piloting | the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place. |
| ~ celestial guidance | a method of controlling the flight of a missile or spacecraft by reference to the positions of celestial bodies. |
| ~ inertial guidance, inertial navigation | a method of controlling the flight of a missile by devices that respond to inertial forces. |
| ~ command guidance | a method of controlling the flight of a missile by commands originating from the ground or from another missile. |
| ~ terrestrial guidance | a method of controlling the flight of a missile by devices that respond to the strength and direction of the earth's gravitational field. |
| n. (communication) | 8. charge, commission, direction | a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something.; "the judge's charge to the jury" |
| ~ bid, bidding, command, dictation | an authoritative direction or instruction to do something. |
| ~ misdirection | an incorrect charge to a jury given by a judge. |
| n. (cognition) | 9. centering, direction, focal point, focus, focusing, focussing | the concentration of attention or energy on something.; "the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology"; "he had no direction in his life" |
| ~ engrossment, immersion, absorption, concentration | complete attention; intense mental effort. |
| ~ particularism | a focus on something particular. |
| edict | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. edict | a formal or authoritative proclamation. |
| ~ announcement, proclamation, annunciation, declaration | a formal public statement.; "the government made an announcement about changes in the drug war"; "a declaration of independence" |
| n. (communication) | 2. 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" |
| ~ act, enactment | a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body. |
| ~ consent decree | an agreement between two parties that is sanctioned by the court; for example, a company might agree to stop certain questionable practices without admitting guilt. |
| ~ curfew | an order that after a specific time certain activities (as being outside on the streets) are prohibited. |
| ~ decree nisi | a decree issued on a first petition for divorce; becomes absolute at some later date. |
| ~ imperial decree | a decree issued by a sovereign ruler. |
| ~ judicial separation, legal separation | a judicial decree regulating the rights and responsibilities of a married couple living apart. |
| ~ programma | an edict that has been publicly posted. |
| ~ ban, proscription, prohibition | a decree that prohibits something. |
| ~ stay | a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted.; "the Supreme Court has the power to stay an injunction pending an appeal to the whole Court" |
| ~ papal bull, bull | a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla). |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| prescription | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. prescription | directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions.; "I tried to follow her prescription for success" |
| ~ instruction, direction | a message describing how something is to be done.; "he gave directions faster than she could follow them" |
| n. (artifact) | 2. ethical drug, prescription, prescription drug, prescription medicine | a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist.; "he told the doctor that he had been taking his prescription regularly" |
| ~ medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine | (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease. |
| ~ refill | a prescription drug that is provided again.; "he got a refill of his prescription"; "the prescription specified only one refill" |
| n. (communication) | 3. prescription | written instructions for an optician on the lenses for a given person. |
| ~ black and white, written communication, written language | communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten). |
| n. (communication) | 4. prescription | written instructions from a physician or dentist to a druggist concerning the form and dosage of a drug to be issued to a given patient. |
| ~ black and white, written communication, written language | communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten). |
| adj. | 5. prescription | available only with a doctor's written prescription.; "a prescription drug" |
| ~ medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine | (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease. |
| mandate | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. authorisation, authorization, mandate | a document giving an official instruction or command. |
| ~ legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument | (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right. |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| n. (location) | 2. mandate, mandatory | a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves. |
| ~ district, territorial dominion, territory, dominion | a region marked off for administrative or other purposes. |
| ~ palestine | a former British mandate on the east coast of the Mediterranean; divided between Jordan and Israel in 1948. |
| n. (act) | 3. mandate | the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory. |
| ~ commissioning, commission | the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions. |
| ~ political science, politics, government | the study of government of states and other political units. |
| v. (social) | 4. mandate | assign under a mandate.; "mandate a colony" |
| ~ assign, delegate, designate, depute | give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person). |
| v. (communication) | 5. mandate | make mandatory.; "the new director of the school board mandated regular tests" |
| ~ dictate, prescribe, order | issue commands or orders for. |
| v. (communication) | 6. mandate | assign authority to. |
| ~ assign, delegate, designate, depute | give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person). |
| command | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. bid, bidding, command, dictation | an authoritative direction or instruction to do something. |
| ~ speech act | the use of language to perform some act. |
| ~ countermand | a contrary command cancelling or reversing a previous command. |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ commission, direction, charge | a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something.; "the judge's charge to the jury" |
| ~ commandment | something that is commanded. |
| ~ injunction | a formal command or admonition. |
| ~ behest | an authoritative command or request. |
| ~ open sesame | a magical command; used by Ali Baba. |
| n. (group) | 2. command | a military unit or region under the control of a single officer. |
| ~ acc, air combat command | a command that is the primary provider of air combat weapon systems to the United States Air Force; operates fighter, bomber, reconnaissance, battle-management, and rescue aircraft. |
| ~ afspc, air force space command | a command of the United States Air Force that is responsible for defending the United States through its space and intercontinental ballistic missile operations. |
| ~ military force, military group, military unit, force | a unit that is part of some military service.; "he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men" |
| ~ armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | the military forces of a nation.; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" |
| n. (attribute) | 3. command | the power or authority to command.; "an admiral in command" |
| ~ authority, potency, authorisation, authorization, say-so, dominance | the power or right to give orders or make decisions.; "he has the authority to issue warrants"; "deputies are given authorization to make arrests"; "a place of potency in the state" |
| n. (attribute) | 4. command | availability for use.; "the materials at the command of the potters grew" |
| ~ accessibility, availability, availableness, handiness | the quality of being at hand when needed. |
| n. (state) | 5. command | a position of highest authority.; "the corporation has just undergone a change in command" |
| ~ status, position | the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society.; "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained the status of a classic"; "atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life" |
| n. (cognition) | 6. command, control, mastery | great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity.; "a good command of French" |
| ~ skillfulness | the state of being cognitively skillful. |
| n. (communication) | 7. command, instruction, program line, statement | (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program. |
| ~ computer science, computing | the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures. |
| ~ computer code, code | (computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions. |
| ~ computer program, computer programme, programme, program | (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute.; "the program required several hundred lines of code" |
| ~ call | an instruction that interrupts the program being executed.; "Pascal performs calls by simply giving the name of the routine to be executed" |
| ~ command line | commands that a user types in order to run an application. |
| ~ link | (computing) an instruction that connects one part of a program or an element on a list to another program or list. |
| ~ macro, macro instruction | a single computer instruction that results in a series of instructions in machine language. |
| ~ system error | an instruction that is either not recognized by an operating system or is in violation of the procedural rules. |
| ~ toggle | any instruction that works first one way and then the other; it turns something on the first time it is used and then turns it off the next time. |
| v. (communication) | 8. command | be in command of.; "The general commanded a huge army" |
| ~ general | command as a general.; "We are generaled by an incompetent!" |
| ~ officer | direct or command as an officer. |
| ~ dominate, master | have dominance or the power to defeat over.; "Her pain completely mastered her"; "The methods can master the problems" |
| v. (communication) | 9. command, require | make someone do something. |
| ~ order, enjoin, tell, 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" |
| ~ burden, saddle, charge | impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to.; "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend" |
| ~ requisition | make a formal request for official services. |
| ~ disallow, forbid, nix, prohibit, proscribe, interdict, veto | command against.; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans" |
| v. (communication) | 10. command | demand as one's due.; "This speaker commands a high fee"; "The author commands a fair hearing from his readers" |
| ~ exact, demand | claim as due or just.; "The bank demanded payment of the loan" |
| v. (stative) | 11. command, dominate, overlook, overtop | look down on.; "The villa dominates the town" |
| ~ lie | be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position. |
| ~ dwarf, overshadow, shadow | make appear small by comparison.; "This year's debt dwarfs that of last year" |
| v. (social) | 12. command, control | exercise authoritative control or power over.; "control the budget"; "Command the military forces" |
| ~ preoccupy | engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively.; "His work preoccupies him"; "The matter preoccupies her completely--she cannot think of anything else" |
| ~ channelise, channelize, guide, maneuver, steer, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, head, direct | direct the course; determine the direction of travelling. |
| ~ steer | direct (oneself) somewhere.; "Steer clear of him" |
| ~ hold one's own | maintain one's position and be in control of a situation. |
| ~ handle, manage, care, deal | be in charge of, act on, or dispose of.; "I can deal with this crew of workers"; "This blender can't handle nuts"; "She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old" |
| ~ internationalise, internationalize | put under international control.; "internationalize trade of certain drugs" |
| ~ hold | take and maintain control over, often by violent means.; "The dissatisfied students held the President's office for almost a week" |
| ~ hold sway | be master; reign or rule. |
| ~ govern | direct or strongly influence the behavior of.; "His belief in God governs his conduct" |
| ~ regiment | subject to rigid discipline, order, and systematization.; "regiment one's children" |
| ~ monopolise, monopolize | have and control fully and exclusively.; "He monopolizes the laser printer" |
| ~ draw rein, rein, rein in, harness | control and direct with or as if by reins.; "rein a horse" |
| ~ corner | gain control over.; "corner the gold market" |
| ~ preside | act as president.; "preside over companies and corporations" |
| ~ dominate, master | have dominance or the power to defeat over.; "Her pain completely mastered her"; "The methods can master the problems" |
| ~ becharm, charm | control by magic spells, as by practicing witchcraft. |
| ~ rule, govern | exercise authority over; as of nations.; "Who is governing the country now?" |
| ~ call the shots, call the tune, wear the trousers | exercise authority or be in charge.; "Who is calling the shots in this house?" |
| order | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. 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" |
| ~ plural, plural form | the form of a word that is used to denote more than one. |
| ~ bid, bidding, command, dictation | an authoritative direction or instruction to do something. |
| ~ marching orders | an order from a superior officer for troops to depart. |
| ~ summons | an order to appear in person at a given place and time. |
| ~ word | a verbal command for action.; "when I give the word, charge!" |
| ~ armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | the military forces of a nation.; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" |
| n. (attribute) | 2. 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" |
| ~ magnitude | the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small).; "they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion"; "about the magnitude of a small pea" |
| n. (state) | 3. order | established customary state (especially of society).; "order ruled in the streets"; "law and order" |
| ~ state | the way something is with respect to its main attributes.; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state" |
| ~ civil order, polity | the form of government of a social organization. |
| ~ rule of law | a state of order in which events conform to the law. |
| ~ tranquillity, quiet, tranquility | an untroubled state; free from disturbances. |
| ~ concordance, concord, harmony | a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole. |
| ~ stability | a stable order (especially of society). |
| ~ peace | the state prevailing during the absence of war. |
| n. (group) | 4. order, ordering, ordination | logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements.; "we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation" |
| ~ bacteria order | an order of bacteria. |
| ~ word order | the order of words in a text. |
| ~ arrangement | an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging.; "a flower arrangement" |
| ~ genetic code | the ordering of nucleotides in DNA molecules that carries the genetic information in living cells. |
| ~ genome | the ordering of genes in a haploid set of chromosomes of a particular organism; the full DNA sequence of an organism.; "the human genome contains approximately three billion chemical base pairs" |
| ~ series | similar things placed in order or happening one after another.; "they were investigating a series of bank robberies" |
| n. (state) | 5. order, orderliness | a condition of regular or proper arrangement.; "he put his desk in order"; "the machine is now in working order" |
| ~ condition, status | a state at a particular time.; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations" |
| ~ spit and polish | careful attention to order and appearance (as in the military). |
| ~ kelter, kilter | in working order.; "out of kilter"; "in good kilter" |
| ~ tidiness | the habit of being tidy. |
| n. (communication) | 6. 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" |
| ~ commercial document, commercial instrument | a document of or relating to commerce. |
| ~ bill-me order, credit order | an order that is received without payment; requires billing at a later date. |
| ~ indent | an order for goods to be exported or imported. |
| ~ market order | an order to a broker to sell or buy stocks or commodities at the prevailing market price. |
| ~ production order | an order that initiates the manufacturing process. |
| ~ reorder | a repeated order for the same merchandise.; "he's the one who sends out all the new orders and reorders" |
| ~ stop-loss order, stop order | an order to a broker to sell (buy) when the price of a security falls (rises) to a designated level. |
| ~ stop payment | a depositor's order to a bank to refuse payment on a check. |
| ~ mail order | a purchase negotiated by mail. |
| n. (group) | 7. club, gild, guild, lodge, order, social club, society | 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" |
| ~ association | a formal organization of people or groups of people.; "he joined the Modern Language Association" |
| ~ athenaeum, atheneum | a literary or scientific association for the promotion of learning. |
| ~ bookclub | a club that people join in order to buy selected books at reduced prices. |
| ~ chapter | a local branch of some fraternity or association.; "he joined the Atlanta chapter" |
| ~ chess club | a club of people to play chess. |
| ~ country club | a suburban club for recreation and socializing. |
| ~ frat, fraternity | a social club for male undergraduates. |
| ~ glee club | a club organized to sing together. |
| ~ golf club | a club of people to play golf. |
| ~ hunt club, hunt | an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport. |
| ~ investors club | a club of small investors who buy and sell securities jointly. |
| ~ jockey club | a club to promote and regulate horse racing. |
| ~ racket club | club for players of racket sports. |
| ~ rowing club | a club for rowers. |
| ~ slate club | a group of people who save money in a common fund for a specific purpose (usually distributed at Christmas). |
| ~ sorority | a social club for female undergraduates. |
| ~ turnverein | a club of tumblers or gymnasts. |
| ~ boat club, yacht club | club that promotes and supports yachting and boating. |
| ~ service club | a club of professional or business people organized for their coordination and active in public services. |
| ~ club member | someone who is a member of a club. |
| n. (communication) | 8. order, parliamentary law, parliamentary procedure, rules of order | a body of rules followed by an assembly. |
| ~ prescript, rule | prescribed guide for conduct or action. |
| ~ interpellation | (parliament) a parliamentary procedure of demanding that a government official explain some act or policy. |
| ~ standing order | a rule of order permanently in force. |
| ~ cloture, gag law, gag rule, closure | a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body. |
| ~ point of order | a question as to whether the current proceedings are allowed by parliamentary procedure. |
| ~ previous question | a motion calling for an immediate vote on the main question under discussion by a deliberative assembly. |
| ~ mover, proposer | (parliamentary procedure) someone who makes a formal motion. |
| ~ robert's rules of order | a book of rules for presiding over a meeting; written by Henry M. Martin in 1876 and subsequently updated through many editions. |
| n. (state) | 9. 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" |
| ~ acolyte | someone who assists a priest or minister in a liturgical service; a cleric ordained in the highest of the minor orders in the Roman Catholic Church but not in the Anglican Church or the Eastern Orthodox Churches. |
| ~ anagnost | a cleric in the minor orders of the Eastern Orthodox Church who reads the lessons aloud in the liturgy (analogous to the lector in the Roman Catholic Church). |
| ~ deacon | a cleric ranking just below a priest in Christian churches; one of the Holy Orders. |
| ~ ostiarius, ostiary, doorkeeper | the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church. |
| ~ exorcist | one of the minor orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed in the Roman Catholic Church. |
| ~ lector, reader | someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church. |
| ~ priest | a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders. |
| ~ subdeacon | a clergyman an order below deacon; one of the Holy Orders in the unreformed western Christian church and the eastern Catholic Churches but now suppressed in the Roman Catholic Church. |
| ~ status, position | the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society.; "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained the status of a classic"; "atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life" |
| n. (group) | 10. monastic order, order | a group of person living under a religious rule.; "the order of Saint Benedict" |
| ~ augustinian order | any of several monastic orders observing a rule derived from the writings of St. Augustine. |
| ~ benedictine order, order of saint benedict | a Roman Catholic monastic order founded in the 6th century; noted for liturgical worship and for scholarly activities. |
| ~ carmelite order, order of our lady of mount carmel | a Roman Catholic mendicant order founded in the 12th century. |
| ~ carthusian order | an austere contemplative Roman Catholic order founded by St. Bruno in 1084. |
| ~ dominican order | a Roman Catholic order of mendicant preachers founded in the 13th century. |
| ~ franciscan order | a Roman Catholic order founded by Saint Francis of Assisi in the 13th century. |
| ~ jesuit order, society of jesus | a Roman Catholic order founded by Saint Ignatius of Loyola in 1534 to defend Catholicism against the Reformation and to do missionary work among the heathen; it is strongly committed to education and scholarship. |
| ~ religious order, religious sect, sect | a subdivision of a larger religious group. |
| n. (group) | 11. order | (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families. |
| ~ animal order | the order of animals. |
| ~ protoctist order | the order of protoctists. |
| ~ biological science, biology | the science that studies living organisms. |
| ~ taxon, taxonomic category, taxonomic group | animal or plant group having natural relations. |
| ~ class | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders. |
| ~ suborder | (biology) taxonomic group that is a subdivision of an order. |
| ~ family | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera.; "sharks belong to the fish family" |
| ~ plant order | the order of plants. |
| ~ fungus order | the order of fungi. |
| n. (communication) | 12. 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" |
| ~ asking, request | the verbal act of requesting. |
| ~ short order | an order for food that can be prepared quickly. |
| n. (attribute) | 13. 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. |
| ~ dorian order, doric order | the oldest and simplest of the Greek orders and the only one that normally has no base. |
| ~ ionian order, ionic order | the second Greek order; the capital is decorated with spiral scrolls. |
| ~ corinthian order | the last Greek order; similar to the Ionic order except the capital is decorated with carvings of acanthus leaves. |
| ~ composite order | a Roman order that combines the Corinthian acanthus leaves with the spiral scrolls of the Ionic order. |
| ~ tuscan order | a Roman order that resembles the Doric order but without a fluted shaft. |
| ~ artistic style, idiom | the style of a particular artist or school or movement.; "an imaginative orchestral idiom" |
| ~ architecture | the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings.; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use" |
| n. (act) | 14. order, ordering | the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement.; "there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list" |
| ~ organisation, organization | the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically.; "his organization of the work force was very efficient" |
| ~ rank order | an arrangement according to rank. |
| ~ grading, scaling | the act of arranging in a graduated series. |
| ~ succession, sequence | the action of following in order.; "he played the trumps in sequence" |
| ~ layout | the act of laying out (as by making plans for something). |
| ~ alphabetisation, alphabetization | the act of putting in alphabetical order. |
| v. (communication) | 15. enjoin, order, say, tell | 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" |
| ~ direct | command with authority.; "He directed the children to do their homework" |
| ~ instruct | give instructions or directions for some task.; "She instructed the students to work on their pronunciation" |
| ~ command, require | make someone do something. |
| ~ request | ask (a person) to do something.; "She asked him to be here at noon"; "I requested that she type the entire manuscript" |
| ~ send for, call | order, request, or command to come.; "She was called into the director's office"; "Call the police!" |
| ~ warn | ask to go away.; "The old man warned the children off his property" |
| v. (communication) | 16. order | make a request for something.; "Order me some flowers"; "order a work stoppage" |
| ~ reorder | make a new request to be supplied with.; "The store had to reorder the popular CD several times" |
| ~ place | to arrange for.; "place a phone call"; "place a bet" |
| ~ call for, request, bespeak, quest | express the need or desire for; ask for.; "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service" |
| ~ call | order or request or give a command for.; "The unions called a general strike for Sunday" |
| ~ wish | order politely; express a wish for. |
| ~ commission | place an order for. |
| v. (communication) | 17. dictate, order, prescribe | issue commands or orders for. |
| ~ inflict, impose, bring down, visit | impose something unpleasant.; "The principal visited his rage on the students" |
| ~ mandate | make mandatory.; "the new director of the school board mandated regular tests" |
| v. (social) | 18. govern, order, regularise, regularize, regulate | bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations.; "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate" |
| ~ standardize, standardise | cause to conform to standard or norm.; "The weights and measures were standardized" |
| ~ decide, make up one's mind, determine | reach, make, or come to a decision about something.; "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations" |
| ~ district, zone | regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns. |
| v. (change) | 19. order | bring order to or into.; "Order these files" |
| ~ clean up, neaten, square away, tidy, tidy up, straighten, straighten out | put (things or places) in order.; "Tidy up your room!" |
| ~ systematise, systematize, systemise, systemize | arrange according to a system or reduce to a system.; "systematize our scientific knowledge" |
| ~ collate | to assemble in proper sequence.; "collate the papers" |
| ~ unsnarl, disentangle, straighten out | extricate from entanglement.; "Can you disentangle the cord?" |
| ~ arrange, set up | put into a proper or systematic order.; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order" |
| v. (change) | 20. order | place in a certain order.; "order the photos chronologically" |
| ~ arrange, set up | put into a proper or systematic order.; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order" |
| v. (social) | 21. consecrate, ordain, order, ordinate | appoint to a clerical posts.; "he was ordained in the Church" |
| ~ enthrone, vest, invest | provide with power and authority.; "They vested the council with special rights" |
| v. (cognition) | 22. arrange, order, put, set up | arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events.; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times" |
| ~ contemporise, contemporize, synchronise, synchronize | arrange or represent events so that they co-occur.; "synchronize biblical events" |
| ~ phrase | divide, combine, or mark into phrases.; "phrase a musical passage" |
| ~ organize, organise | cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea. |
| v. (cognition) | 23. grade, order, place, range, rank, rate | assign a rank or rating to.; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide" |
| ~ superordinate | place in a superior order or rank.; "These two notions are superordinated to a third" |
| ~ shortlist | put someone or something on a short list. |
| ~ seed | distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds. |
| ~ reorder | assign a new order to. |
| ~ subordinate | rank or order as less important or consider of less value.; "Art is sometimes subordinated to Science in these schools" |
| ~ prioritise, prioritize | assign a priority to.; "we have too many things to do and must prioritize" |
| ~ sequence | arrange in a sequence. |
| ~ downgrade | rate lower; lower in value or esteem. |
| ~ upgrade | rate higher; raise in value or esteem. |
| ~ pass judgment, evaluate, judge | form a critical opinion of.; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?"; "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people" |
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