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Definition:

  1. [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"

  2. [noun] 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: of magnitude

  3. [noun] established customary state (especially of society); "order ruled in the streets"; "law and order"

  4. [noun] logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements; "we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation"
    Synonyms: ing, ordination

  5. [noun] a condition of regular or proper arrangement; "he put his desk in order"; "the machine is now in working order"
    Synonyms: liness

  6. [noun] 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

  7. [noun] 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

  8. [noun] 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, society, guild, gild, lodge

  9. [noun] a body of rules followed by an assembly
    Synonyms: rules of parliamentary law, parliamentary procedure

  10. [noun] (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

  11. [noun] a group of person living under a religious rule; "the order of Saint Benedict"
    Synonyms: monastic

  12. [noun] (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families

  13. [noun] a request for food or refreshment (as served in a restaurant or bar etc.); "I gave the waiter my order"

  14. [noun] (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

  15. [noun] putting in order; "there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list"
    Synonyms: ing

  16. [verb] 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

  17. [verb] make a request for something; "Order me some flowers"; "order a work stoppage"

  18. [verb] issue commands or orders for
    Synonyms: prescribe, dictate

  19. [verb] 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

  20. [verb] bring order to or into; "Order these files"

  21. [verb] place in a certain order; "order these files"

  22. [verb] appoint to a clerical posts; "he was ordained in the Church"
    Synonyms: ordain, consecrate, ordinate

  23. [verb] arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events, etc.; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times"
    Synonyms: arrange, set up, put

  24. [verb] 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

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