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order

noun

1 order

often plural A command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed.

Roget 800: money, legal tender; money matters, money market; finance; accounts etc. 811; funds, treasure; capital, stock; assets etc. ... show more

Roget 873: distinction, mark, name, figure; repute, reputation; good repute, high repute; note, notability, notoriety, eclat, the bubble reputation" [As You Like It], ... show more

Roget 875: nobility, rank, condition, distinction, optimacy, blood, pur sang [Fr.], birth, high descent, order; quality, gentility; blue blood of Castile; ancien regime [Fr.].    ... show more

Roget 877: title, honor; knighthood etc. (nobility) 875.    highness, excellency, grace; lordship, worship; reverence, reverend; ... show more

Roget 697: precept, direction, instruction, charge; prescript, prescription; recipe, receipt; golden rule; maxim etc. 496.    rule, canon, ... show more

Roget 630: requirement, need, wants, necessities; necessaries, necessaries of life; stress, exigency, pinch, sine qua non, matter of necessity; case of need, case of life or death.    needfulness, ... show more

Roget 75: class, division, category, categorema, head, order, section; department, subdepartment, province, domain.    kind, sort, genus, ... show more

Roget 58: order, regularity, uniformity, symmetry, lucidus ordo [Lat.]; music of the spheres.    gradation, progression; series etc. (continuity) 69.    subordination; course, ... show more

Dutch: orde, bevel, commando, gebod, order, sommering
Polish: komenda, rozkaz

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.

synonym: order of magnitude.

3 order

Established customary state (especially of society).

Polish: porządek

4 order

Logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements:
— We shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation.

synonyms: ordering, ordination.

Dutch: orde, regelmaat, volgorde
Polish: uporządkowanie

5 order

A condition of regular or proper arrangement:
— He put his desk in order.
— The machine is now in working order.

synonym: orderliness.

Dutch: orde

6 order

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.

Roget 741: command, order, ordinance, act, fiat, hukm, bidding, dictum, hest, behest, call, beck, nod.    despatch, ... show more

Dutch: orde, decreet, beschikking, bevelschrift, lastbrief, mandaat, resolutie
Polish: dekret

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.

synonym: purchase order.

8 order

A formal association of people with similar interests:
— Men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today.

synonyms: club, gild, guild, lodge, social club, society.

Dutch: samenleving, gilde, gezelschap, sociëteit, orde, club, vereniging
Polish: klub

9 order

A body of rules followed by an assembly.

synonyms: parliamentary law, parliamentary procedure, rules of order.

10 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.

synonym: Holy Order.

Polish: święcenia

11 order

A group of person living under a religious rule:
— The order of Saint Benedict.

synonym: monastic order.

Dutch: order
Polish: zakon

12 order

biology Taxonomic group containing one or more families.

Dutch: orde
Polish: rząd

13 order

A request for something to be made, supplied, or served.

Polish: zamówienie

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.

Polish: porządek architektoniczny, porządek

15 order

The act of putting things in a sequential arrangement:
— There were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list.

synonym: ordering.

verb

1 order

Give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority:
— She ordered him to do the shopping.

synonyms: enjoin, say, tell.

Dutch: bevelen

2 order

Make a request for something.

3 order

Issue commands or orders for.

synonyms: dictate, prescribe.

Roget 741: command, order, decree, enact, ordain, dictate, direct, give orders.    prescribe, set, appoint, mark out; set a task, prescribe a task, ... show more

4 order

Bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations.

synonyms: govern, regularise, regularize, regulate.

Roget 693: direct, manage, govern, conduct; order, prescribe, cut out work for; bead, lead; lead the way, show the way; take the lead, lead on; regulate, ... show more

Dutch: reglementeren, regulariseren

5 order

Bring order to or into.

6 order

Place in a certain order.

7 order

Appoint to a clerical posts.

synonyms: consecrate, ordain, ordinate.

8 order

Arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events.

synonyms: arrange, put, set up.

9 order

Assign a rank or rating to.

synonyms: grade, place, range, rank, rate.


Moby thesaurus: Bronze Star Medal, Croix de Guerre, Distinguished Conduct Medal, Distinguished Flying Cross, Distinguished Service Cross, Distinguished Service Medal, Distinguished Service Order, Distinguished Unit Citation, MO, Medaille Militaire, Military Cross, Navy Cross, Unit Citation, Victoria Cross, act on, action, adherents, adjust, adjustment, affiliation ... show more.

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