order

Definitions

1. 1noun

   Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system

2. 2noun

   Of material things, like the books in a library.

3. 3noun

   Of intellectual notions or ideas, like the topics of a discource.

4. 4noun

   Of periods of time or occurrences, and the like.

5. 5noun

   Right arrangement; a normal, correct, or fit condition; as, the house is in order; the machinery is out of order.

6. 6noun

   The customary mode of procedure; established system, as in the conduct of debates or the transaction of business; usage; custom; fashion.

7. 7noun

   Conformity with law or decorum; freedom from disturbance; general tranquillity; public quiet; as, to preserve order in a community or an assembly.

8. 8noun

   That which prescribes a method of procedure; a rule or regulation made by competent authority; as, the rules and orders of the senate.

9. 9noun

   A command; a mandate; a precept; a direction.

10. 10noun

    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.

11. 11noun

    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.

12. 12noun

    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.

13. 13noun

    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.

14. 14noun

    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.

15. 15noun

    An assemblage of genera having certain important characters in common; as, the Carnivora and Insectivora are orders of Mammalia.

16. 16noun

    The placing of words and members in a sentence in such a manner as to contribute to force and beauty or clearness of expression.

17. 17noun

    Rank; degree; thus, the order of a curve or surface is the same as the degree of its equation.

18. 18noun

    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.

19. 19noun

    To give an order to; to command; as, to order troops to advance.

20. 20noun

    To give an order for; to secure by an order; as, to order a carriage; to order groceries.

21. 21noun

    To admit to holy orders; to ordain; to receive into the ranks of the ministry.

22. 22intransitive verb

    To give orders; to issue commands.

23. 23noun

    the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement

    "there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list"

    Synonyms

    ordering
24. 24noun

    (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

25. 25noun

    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"

26. 26noun

    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"

27. 27noun

    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"

    Synonyms

    decreeedictfiatrescript
28. 28noun

    a body of rules followed by an assembly

29. 29noun

    (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"

30. 30noun

    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"

31. 31noun

    (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families

32. 32noun

    a group of person living under a religious rule

    "the order of Saint Benedict"

33. 33noun

    a formal association of people with similar interests

    "he joined a golf club"

    "they formed a small lunch society"

    Synonyms

    clubgildguildlodgesociety
34. 34noun

    logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements

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

    Synonyms

    orderingordination
35. 35noun

    (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"

36. 36noun

    established customary state (especially of society)

    "order ruled in the streets"

    "law and order"

37. 37noun

    a condition of regular or proper arrangement

    "he put his desk in order"

    "the machine is now in working order"

    Synonyms

    orderliness
38. 38verb

    place in a certain order

    "order the photos chronologically"

39. 39verb

    bring order to or into

    "Order these files"

40. 40verb

    assign a rank or rating to

    "how would you rank these students?"

    "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"

    Synonyms

    gradeplacerangerankrate
41. 41verb

    arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events

    "arrange my schedule"

    "set up one's life"

    Synonyms

    arrangeput
42. 42verb

    make a request for something

    "Order me some flowers"

    "order a work stoppage"

43. 43verb

    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"

    Synonyms

    enjoinsaytell
44. 44verb

    issue commands or orders for

    Synonyms

    dictateprescribe
45. 45verb

    appoint to a clerical posts

    "he was ordained in the Church"

    Synonyms

    consecrateordainordinate
46. 46verb

    bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations

    "We cannot regulate the way people dress"

    "This town likes to regulate"

    Synonyms

    governregulariseregularizeregulate