| order | | |
| order | (n.) | (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" |
| order, order of magnitude | (n.) | 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" |
| order | (n.) | established customary state (especially of society).; "order ruled in the streets"; "law and order" |
| order, ordering, ordination | (n.) | logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements.; "we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation" |
| order, orderliness | (n.) | a condition of regular or proper arrangement.; "he put his desk in order"; "the machine is now in working order" |
| decree, edict, fiat, order, rescript | (n.) | 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" |
| order, purchase order | (n.) | 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" |
| club, gild, guild, lodge, order, social club, society | (n.) | 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" |
| order, parliamentary law, parliamentary procedure, rules of order | (n.) | a body of rules followed by an assembly. |
| holy order, order | (n.) | (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" |
| monastic order, order | (n.) | a group of person living under a religious rule.; "the order of Saint Benedict" |
| order | (n.) | (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families. |
| order | (n.) | 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" |
| order | (n.) | (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. |
| order, ordering | (n.) | the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement.; "there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list" |
| enjoin, order, say, tell | (v.) | 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" |
| order | (v.) | make a request for something.; "Order me some flowers"; "order a work stoppage" |
| dictate, order, prescribe | (v.) | issue commands or orders for. |
| govern, order, regularise, regularize, regulate | (v.) | bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations.; "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate" |
| order | (v.) | bring order to or into.; "Order these files" |
| order | (v.) | place in a certain order.; "order the photos chronologically" |
| consecrate, ordain, order, ordinate | (v.) | appoint to a clerical posts.; "he was ordained in the Church" |
| arrange, order, put, set up | (v.) | arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events.; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times" |
| grade, order, place, range, rank, rate | (v.) | assign a rank or rating to.; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide" |
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