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English - English Dict (Wordnet)
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Noun - the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement
- there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list
- (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
- 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
- (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families
- a group of person living under a religious rule
- the order of Saint Benedict
- (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
- a body of rules followed by an assembly
- a formal association of people with similar interests
- they formed a small lunch society
- men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today
- 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 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
- a condition of regular or proper arrangement
- the machine is now in working order
- logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements
- we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation
- established customary state (especially of society)
- order ruled in the streets
- 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
- (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
Verb - assign a rank or rating to
- how would you rank these students?
- The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide
- arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events
- I put these memories with those of bygone times
- appoint to a clerical posts
- he was ordained in the Church
- place in a certain order
- order the photos chronologically
- bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations
- We cannot regulate the way people dress
- This town likes to regulate
- issue commands or orders for
- make a request for something
- give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
- She ordered him to do the shopping
- The mother told the child to get dressed
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