Definition of order

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order - 25 definitions

- noun
1. order -- (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"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
2. order -- 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"
synonyms: order of magnitude
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
3. order -- established customary state (especially of society); "order ruled in the streets"; "law and order"
antonyms: disorder -- a disturbance of the peace or of public order
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
4. ordering -- logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements; "we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation"
synonyms: ordering, ordination
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
5. orderliness -- a condition of regular or proper arrangement; "he put his desk in order"; "the machine is now in working order"
synonyms: orderliness
antonyms: disorderliness -- a condition in which things are not in their expected places; "the files are in complete disorder" , disorderliness -- a condition in which things are not in their expected places; "the files are in complete disorder"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
6. decree -- 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: decree, edict, fiat, rescript
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
7. order -- 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"
synonyms: purchase order
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
8. club -- a formal association of people with similar interests; "he joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society"; "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today"
synonyms: club, social club, society, guild, gild, lodge
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
9. order -- a body of rules followed by an assembly
synonyms: rules of order, parliamentary law, parliamentary procedure
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
10. Holy Order -- (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"
synonyms: Holy Order, Order
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
11. order -- a group of person living under a religious rule; "the order of Saint Benedict"
synonyms: monastic order
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
12. order -- (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families
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13. order -- 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"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
14. order -- (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
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15. order -- the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement; "there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list"
synonyms: ordering
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
- verb
16. order -- 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"; "The mother told the child to get dressed"
synonyms: tell, enjoin, say
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
17. order -- make a request for something; "Order me some flowers"; "order a work stoppage"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
18. order -- issue commands or orders for
synonyms: prescribe, dictate
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
19. regulate -- bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate"
synonyms: regulate, regularize, regularise, govern
antonyms: deregulate -- lift the regulations on
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
20. order -- bring order to or into; "Order these files"
antonyms: disorder -- bring disorder to
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
21. order -- place in a certain order; "order the photos chronologically"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
22. ordain -- appoint to a clerical posts; "he was ordained in the Church"
synonyms: ordain, consecrate, ordinate
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
23. arrange -- arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times"
synonyms: arrange, set up, put
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
24. rate -- assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"
synonyms: rate, rank, range, grade, place
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
25. order, orders -- to give a command or instruction to
synonyms: orders, ordered, reorder, ordering, unordered
Source:OWL 2 Web Ontology Language
 
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Antonyms
disorder -- a disturbance of the peace or of public order
disorderliness -- a condition in which things are not in their expected places; "the files are in complete disorder"
disorderliness -- a condition in which things are not in their expected places; "the files are in complete disorder"
deregulate -- lift the regulations on
disorder -- bring disorder to

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