order
noun
1. (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
Definition categories: communication, bid, bidding, command, dictation
2. 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
Definition categories: attribute, magnitude
3. established customary state (especially of society)
- order ruled in the streets
- law and order
Definition categories: state
4. logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements
- we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation
Similar word(s): ordering, ordination
Definition categories: group, arrangement
5. a condition of regular or proper arrangement
- he put his desk in order
- the machine is now in working order
Similar word(s): orderliness
Definition categories: state, condition, status
6. 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
Similar word(s): decree, edict, fiat, rescript
Definition categories: communication, act, enactment
7. 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
Definition categories: communication
8. a formal association of people with similar interests
- men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today
Similar word(s): club, gild, guild, lodge, society
Definition categories: group, association
9. a body of rules followed by an assembly
Definition categories: communication, prescript, rule
10. (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
Definition categories: state, position, status
11. a group of person living under a religious rule
- the order of Saint Benedict
Definition categories: group, sect
12. (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families
Definition categories: group, taxon
13. 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
Definition categories: communication, asking, request
14. (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
Definition categories: attribute, idiom
15. the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement
- there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list
Similar word(s): ordering
Definition categories: act, organisation, organization
Sentences with order as a noun:
- The house is in order; the machinery is out of order.
- to preserve order in a community or an assembly
- Magnolias belong to the order Magnoliales.
- the higher or lower orders of society
- talent of a high order
- to take orders, or to take holy orders, that is, to enter some grade of the ministry
verb
1. give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
- She ordered him to do the shopping
Similar word(s): enjoin, say, tell
Definition categories: communication, request
2. make a request for something
- Order me some flowers
- order a work stoppage
Definition categories: communication, bespeak, quest, request
3. issue commands or orders for
Similar word(s): dictate, prescribe
Definition categories: communication, impose, inflict, visit
4. bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations
Similar word(s): govern, regularise, regularize, regulate
Definition categories: social, decide, determine
5. bring order to or into
- Order these files
Definition categories: change, arrange
6. place in a certain order
- order the photos chronologically
Definition categories: change, arrange
7. appoint to a clerical posts
Similar word(s): consecrate, ordain, ordinate
Definition categories: social, enthrone, invest, vest
8. arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events
Definition categories: cognition, organise, organize
9. assign a rank or rating to
Similar word(s): grade, place, range, rank, rate
Definition categories: cognition, evaluate, judge
Sentences with order as a verb:
- to order troops to advance
- to order groceries