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Words with a similar base: monastic_order, order, order_of_magnitude, ordering, orderliness, purchase_order, rules_of_order

'order'

[order.n.01] as in: (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g.,

a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed

Examples:
the British ships dropped anchor and waited for orders from London

'order'

[order.n.02] as in: a degree in a continuum of size or quantity

Examples:
it was on the order of a mile
an explosion of a low order of magnitude

'order'

[order.n.03] as in: established customary state (especially of society)

Examples:
order ruled in the streets
law and order

'order'

[ordering.n.01] as in: logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements

Examples:
we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation

'order'

[orderliness.n.02] as in: a condition of regular or proper arrangement

Examples:
he put his desk in order
the machine is now in working order

'order'

[decree.n.01] as in: a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)

Examples:
a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there

'order'

[order.n.07] as in: a commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities

Examples:
IBM received an order for a hundred computers

'order'

[club.n.02] as in: a formal association of people with similar interests

Examples:
he joined a golf club
they formed a small lunch society
men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today

'order'

[order.n.09] as in: a body of rules followed by an assembly

'order'

[holy_order.n.01] as in: (usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy

Examples:
theologians still disagree over whether `bishop' should or should not be a separate Order

'order'

[order.n.11] as in: a group of person living under a religious rule

Examples:
the order of Saint Benedict

'order'

[order.n.12] as in: (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families

'order'

[order.n.13] as in: a request for something to be made, supplied, or served

Examples:
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'

[order.n.14] as in: (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'

[order.n.15] as in: the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement

Examples:
there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list

'order'

[order.v.01] as in: give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority

Examples:
I said to him to go home
She ordered him to do the shopping
The mother told the child to get dressed

'order'

[order.v.02] as in: make a request for something

Examples:
Order me some flowers
order a work stoppage

'order'

[order.v.03] as in: issue commands or orders for

'order'

[regulate.v.02] as in: bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations

Examples:
We cannot regulate the way people dress
This town likes to regulate

'order'

[order.v.05] as in: bring order to or into

Examples:
Order these files

'order'

[order.v.06] as in: place in a certain order

Examples:
order the photos chronologically

'order'

[ordain.v.02] as in: appoint to a clerical posts

Examples:
he was ordained in the Church

'order'

[arrange.v.07] as in: arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events

Examples:
arrange my schedule
set up one's life
I put these memories with those of bygone times

'order'

[rate.v.01] as in: assign a rank or rating to

Examples:
how would you rank these students?
The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide

Origins

					order (English)
└── ordre (Middle English (1100-1500))
    └── ordre (Old French (842-ca. 1400))