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noun(usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy
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"IBM received an order for a hundred computers"nouna commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities
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"the order of Saint Benedict"nouna group of person living under a religious rule
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"She ordered him to do the shopping"verbgive instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authoritytype of:
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verbappoint to a clerical posts
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verbissue commands or orders fortype of:
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"it was on the order of a mile" "an explosion of a low order of magnitude"nouna degree in a continuum of size or quantity
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"he put his desk in order" "the machine is now in working order"nouna condition of regular or proper arrangement
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"a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there"nouna legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
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"there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list"nounthe act of putting things in a sequential arrangement
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"men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today"nouna formal association of people with similar intereststype of:
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"we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation"nounlogical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements
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verbbring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations
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noun(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 Romanstype of:
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"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"nouna request for something to be made, supplied, or served
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noun(biology) taxonomic group containing one or more familiestype of:
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verbbring order to or intoOpposite:
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"order ruled in the streets" "law and order"nounestablished customary state (especially of society)Opposite:type of:
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"order a work stoppage"verbmake a request for something
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"the British ships dropped anchor and waited for orders from London"noun(often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed
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"order the photos chronologically"verbplace in a certain order
Examples of order
- "IBM received an order for a hundred computers"
- "the order of Saint Benedict"
- "She ordered him to do the shopping"
- "it was on the order of a mile"
- "an explosion of a low order of magnitude"
- "he put his desk in order"
- "the machine is now in working order"
- "a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there"
- "there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list"
- "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today"
- "we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation"
- "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 ruled in the streets"
- "law and order"
- "order a work stoppage"
- "the British ships dropped anchor and waited for orders from London"
- "order the photos chronologically"