Order - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈɔːrdər|  American pronunciation of the word order
Brit.  |ˈɔːdə|  British pronunciation of the word order

noun

- (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
- 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
- established customary state (especially of society)
order ruled in the streets
law and order
- logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements (syn: ordering, ordination)
we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation
- a condition of regular or proper arrangement (syn: orderliness)
he put his desk in order
the machine is now in working order
- a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge) (syn: decree, edict, fiat, rescript)
a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there
- 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
- a formal association of people with similar interests (syn: club, gild, guild, lodge, society)
men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today
- a body of rules followed by an assembly
- (usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy
- a group of person living under a religious rule
the order of Saint Benedict
- (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families
- 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
- (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
- the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement (syn: ordering)
there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list

verb

- give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority (syn: enjoin, say, tell)
She ordered him to do the shopping
- make a request for something
order a work stoppage
- issue commands or orders for (syn: dictate, prescribe)
- bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations (syn: govern, regularize, regulate)
- bring order to or into
- place in a certain order
order the photos chronologically
- appoint to a clerical posts (syn: consecrate, ordain)
- arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events (syn: arrange, put, set up)
- assign a rank or rating to (syn: grade, place, range, rank, rate)

Extra examples

They ordered everyone out of the house.

The soldiers were ordered back to the base.

The court threw out the conviction and ordered a new trial.

The judge ordered that the charges be dismissed.

He was accused of ordering the murder of his wife.

I ordered the books from the company's Web site.

The shirt you ordered should arrive in the mail in a couple of days.

To order, call the number at the bottom of your screen.

Order now and receive a free gift!

That's an order, not a request!

Failing to comply with an order will result in the loss of your job.

She received an order to appear in court.

They can't close down the school without an order from the governor's office.

The mayor gave an order to evacuate the city.

It's not his fault. He was only following orders.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: order
he/she/it: orders
present participle: ordering
past tense: ordered
past participle: ordered
noun
singular: order
plural: orders
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