'orders'
[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



'orders'
[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



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


Examples:
order ruled in the streets
law and order



'orders'
[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



'orders'
[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



'orders'
[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



'orders'
[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



'orders'
[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



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



'orders'
[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



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


Examples:
the order of Saint Benedict



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



'orders'
[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



'orders'
[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



'orders'
[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



'orders'
[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



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


Examples:
Order me some flowers
order a work stoppage



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



'orders'
[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



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


Examples:
Order these files



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


Examples:
order the photos chronologically



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


Examples:
he was ordained in the Church



'orders'
[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



'orders'
[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


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