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NGSL Rank: 214
order
ˈɔːdə Listen
Meanings
noun
  • the arrangement or disposition of people or things in relation to each other according to a particular sequence, pattern, or method.
    E.g. I filed the cards in alphabetical order
  • an authoritative command or instruction.
    E.g. he was not going to take orders from a mere administrator
  • a particular social, political, or economic system.
    E.g. they were dedicated to overthrowing the established order
  • a society of monks, nuns, or friars living under the same religious, moral, and social regulations and discipline.
    E.g. the Franciscan Order
  • the quality or nature of something.
    E.g. poetry of the highest order
  • a principal taxonomic category that ranks below class and above family.
    E.g. the higher orders of insects
  • any of the five classical styles of architecture (Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, Tuscan, and Composite) based on the proportions of columns and the style of their decoration.
  • equipment or uniform for a specified purpose or of a specified type.
    E.g. the platoon changed from drill order into PT kit
  • the degree of complexity of an equation, expression, etc., as denoted by an ordinal number.
verb
  • give an authoritative instruction to do something.
    E.g. she ordered me to leave
  • request (something) to be made, supplied, or served.
    E.g. my mate ordered the tickets last week
  • arrange (something) in a methodical way.
    E.g. all entries are ordered by date

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