order
order is a 5-letter English word with 46 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system
- noun. Of material things, like the books in a library.
- noun. Of intellectual notions or ideas, like the topics of a discource.
- noun. Of periods of time or occurrences, and the like.
- noun. Right arrangement; a normal, correct, or fit condition; as, the house is in order; the machinery is out of order.
- noun. The customary mode of procedure; established system, as in the conduct of debates or the transaction of business; usage; custom; fashion.
- noun. Conformity with law or decorum; freedom from disturbance; general tranquillity; public quiet; as, to preserve order in a community or an assembly.
- noun. That which prescribes a method of procedure; a rule or regulation made by competent authority; as, the rules and orders of the senate.
- noun. A command; a mandate; a precept; a direction.
- noun. Hence: A commission to purchase, sell, or supply goods; a direction, in writing, to pay money, to furnish supplies, to admit to a building, a place of entertainment, or the like; as, orders for blankets are large.
- noun. A number of things or persons arranged in a fixed or suitable place, or relative position; a rank; a row; a grade; especially, a rank or class in society; a group or division of men in the same social or other position; also, a distinct character, kind, or sort; as, the higher or lower orders of society; talent of a high order.
- noun. A body of persons having some common honorary distinction or rule of obligation; esp., a body of religious persons or aggregate of convents living under a common rule; as, the Order of the Bath; the Franciscan order.
- noun. An ecclesiastical grade or rank, as of deacon, priest, or bishop; the office of the Christian ministry; -- often used in the plural; as, to take orders, or to take holy orders, that is, to enter some grade of the ministry.
- noun. The disposition of a column and its component parts, and of the entablature resting upon it, in classical architecture; hence (as the column and entablature are the characteristic features of classical architecture) a style or manner of architectural designing.
- noun. An assemblage of genera having certain important characters in common; as, the Carnivora and Insectivora are orders of Mammalia.
- noun. The placing of words and members in a sentence in such a manner as to contribute to force and beauty or clearness of expression.
- noun. Rank; degree; thus, the order of a curve or surface is the same as the degree of its equation.
- noun. To put in order; to reduce to a methodical arrangement; to arrange in a series, or with reference to an end. Hence, to regulate; to dispose; to direct; to rule.
- noun. To give an order to; to command; as, to order troops to advance.
- noun. To give an order for; to secure by an order; as, to order a carriage; to order groceries.
- noun. To admit to holy orders; to ordain; to receive into the ranks of the ministry.
- intransitive verb. To give orders; to issue commands.
- noun. the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement
"there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list"
- 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 Romans
- noun. 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"
- noun. 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"
- noun. 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"
- noun. a body of rules followed by an assembly
- noun. (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"
- noun. 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"
- noun. (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families
- noun. a group of person living under a religious rule
"the order of Saint Benedict"
- noun. a formal association of people with similar interests
"he joined a golf club"
"they formed a small lunch society"
- noun. logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements
"we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation"
- noun. (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"
- noun. established customary state (especially of society)
"order ruled in the streets"
"law and order"
- noun. a condition of regular or proper arrangement
"he put his desk in order"
"the machine is now in working order"
- verb. place in a certain order
"order the photos chronologically"
- verb. bring order to or into
"Order these files"
- verb. assign a rank or rating to
"how would you rank these students?"
"The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"
- verb. arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events
"arrange my schedule"
"set up one's life"
- verb. make a request for something
"Order me some flowers"
"order a work stoppage"
- verb. 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"
- verb. issue commands or orders for
- verb. appoint to a clerical posts
"he was ordained in the Church"
- verb. bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations
"We cannot regulate the way people dress"
"This town likes to regulate"
Synonyms
ordering, decree, edict, fiat, rescript, club, gild, guild, lodge, society, ordination, orderliness, grade, place, range, rank, rate, arrange, put, enjoin, say, tell, dictate, prescribe
Common word forms
orders, ordered, orderer, orderly, ordering, orderable, orderless
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