order
Roget category 58
1. Words expressing abstract relations› 1.4. Order
›› 1.4.1. Order in general
#58.
Order
noun
order,
regularity,
uniformity,
symmetry,
lucidus ordo [Lat.] —
music of the spheres.
gradation,
progression —
series
etc.
(continuity)
69.
subordination —
course,
even tenor,
routine —
method,
disposition,
arrangement,
array,
system,
economy,
discipline orderliness
etc.
adj..
rank,
place
etc.
(term)
71.
verb
be in order,
become in order
etc.
adj. —
form,
fall in,
draw up —
arrange itself,
range itself,
place itself —
fall into one's place,
take one's place,
take one's rank —
rally round.
adjust,
methodize,
regulate,
systematize.
adjective
orderly,
regular —
in order,
in trim,
in apple-pie order,
in its proper place —
neat,
tidy,
en regle [Fr.],
well regulated,
correct,
methodical,
uniform,
symmetrical,
shipshape,
businesslike,
systematic —
unconfused
etc.
(confuse)
etc.
61 —
arranged
etc.
60.
adverb
in order —
methodically
etc.
adj. —
in turn,
in its turn —
by steps,
step by step —
by regular steps,
by regular gradations,
by regular stages,
by regular intervals —
seriatim,
systematically,
by clockwork,
gradatim [Lat.] —
at stated periods
etc.
(periodically)
138.
phrase
natura non facit saltum [Lat.] —
order is heaven's first law"
[Pope];
order from disorder sprung"
[Paradise Lost];
ordo est parium dispariumque rerum sua loca tribuens ordo est parium dispariumque rerum sua loca tribuens dispositio [Lat.]
[St. Augustine].
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