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Type Words
Synonyms holy order
Type of position, status
Has types exorcist, doorkeeper, anagnost, subdeacon, acolyte, ostiarius, ostiary, priest, lector, reader, deacon
Type Words
Synonyms grade, place, range, rank, rate
Type of judge, pass judgment, evaluate
Has types reorder, prioritise, sequence, shortlist, subordinate, downgrade, superordinate, upgrade, seed, prioritize
Derivation ordering
Type Words
Synonyms purchase order
Type of commercial instrument, commercial document
Has types stop order, stop-loss order, bill-me order, reorder, stop payment, production order, credit order, market order, mail order, indent


IBM received an order for a hundred computers.
Type Words
Synonyms monastic order
Type of religious order, sect, religious sect
Has types franciscan order, augustinian order, benedictine order, carmelite order, carthusian order, dominican order, jesuit order, order of our lady of mount carmel, order of saint benedict, society of jesus


the order of Saint Benedict.
Type Words
Synonyms enjoin, say, tell
Type of request
Has types instruct, call, warn, command, send for, require, prescribe, direct


She ordered him to do the shopping.
Type Words
Synonyms consecrate, ordain, ordinate
Type of enthrone, invest, vest
Type Words
Synonyms dictate, prescribe
Type of impose, visit, bring down, inflict
Has types mandate
Type Words
Synonyms order of magnitude
Type of magnitude


it was on the order of a mile.
an explosion of a low order of magnitude.
Type Words
Synonyms orderliness
Type of status, condition
Has types spit and polish, kelter, kilter, tidiness


he put his desk in order.
the machine is now in working order.
Type Words
Synonyms parliamentary law, parliamentary procedure, rules of order
Type of prescript, rule
Has types interpellation, standing order, previous question, closure, gag law, gag rule, point of order, cloture
Type Words
Synonyms decree, edict, fiat, rescript
Type of act, enactment
Has types papal bull, consent decree, curfew, proscription, stay, ban, decree nisi, judicial separation, bull, programma, prohibition, legal separation, imperial decree


a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there.
Type Words
Synonyms arrange, put, set up
Type of organize, organise
Has types contemporise, synchronise, contemporize, synchronize, phrase
Derivation ordering
Type Words
Synonyms ordering
Type of organisation, organization
Has types succession, grading, rank order, sequence, alphabetization, layout, scaling, alphabetisation


there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list.
Type Words
Synonyms club, gild, guild, lodge, social club, society
Type of association
Has types sorority, investors club, glee club, golf club, country club, fraternity, hunt, hunt club, boat club, jockey club, chapter, chess club, racket club, atheneum, athenaeum, slate club, rowing club, frat, yacht club, bookclub, turnverein, service club


men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today.
Type Words
Synonyms ordering, ordination
Type of arrangement
Has types bacteria order, genetic code, word order, series, genome


we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation.
Type Words
Synonyms govern, regularise, regularize, regulate
Type of determine, make up one's mind, decide
Has types zone, standardise, district, standardize
Type Words
Type of idiom, artistic style
Has types ionic order, doric order, ionian order, dorian order, corinthian order, composite order, tuscan order
Type Words
Type of request, asking
Has types short order


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.
Type Words
Type of taxonomic category, taxon, taxonomic group
Has types protoctist order, plant order, fungus order, animal order
Type Words
Type of arrange, set up
Has types collate, clean up, disentangle, neaten, square away, straighten, straighten out, systematise, systematize, systemise, systemize, tidy, tidy up, unsnarl
Derivation orderer, ordering
Type Words
Type of state
Has types harmony, polity, concord, quiet, stability, peace, rule of law, civil order, concordance, tranquility, tranquillity
Derivation orderly


order ruled in the streets.
law and order.
Type Words
Type of ask for, bespeak, call for, quest, request
Has types commission, wish, call, place, reorder
Derivation orderer


order a work stoppage.
Type Words
Type of bid, dictation, command, bidding
Has types summons, word, marching orders


the British ships dropped anchor and waited for orders from London.
Type Words
Type of set up, arrange
Derivation orderer, ordering


order the photos chronologically.

Examples of order

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In order to be labeled Chianti, a wine must have at least 75 percent Sangiovese.
From the stltoday.com
The closest a Cardinals'spot in the order comes to this group is the No. 2 spot.
From the stltoday.com
The children then began to show that they know rainbow color order with markers.
From the desmoinesregister.com
A spokesman for the agency, Sergei Romanchev, said airlines must obey the order.
From the thenewstribune.com
A compulsory purchase order for the 2012 Olympics made it necessary to relocate.
From the bloomberg.com
However, after the pictures are received, you may place an order with Lifetouch.
From the desmoinesregister.com
The batting order is Carlos Gonzalez, Tulo and a whole bunch of crossed fingers.
From the denverpost.com
If you're asking me, there are three possibilities, in descending order of hope.
From the denverpost.com
You actually have to give the tubing a tug in order for oxygen to begin flowing.
From the dailyherald.com
More examples
  • (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"
  • 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"
  • 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"
  • Make a request for something; "Order me some flowers"; "order a work stoppage"
  • Established customary state (especially of society); "order ruled in the streets"; "law and order"
  • Issue commands or orders for
  • Order is the fifth studio album by the German metalcore band Maroon. It was released on April 20, 2009 though Century Media Records. The album debuted at number 63 on the German Media Control Chart.
  • In scientific classification used in biology, the order (ordo) is # a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, family, genus, and species, with order fitting in between class and family. ...
  • In business or commerce, an order is a stated intention, either spoken or written, to engage in a commercial transaction for specific products or services. From a buyer's point of view it expresses the intention to buy and is called a purchase order. ...