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order

English

  1. 🔊 the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement
    “there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list”
  2. 🔊 (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
  3. 🔊 a degree in a continuum of size or quantity
    “it was on the order of a mile”
  4. 🔊 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”
  5. 🔊 a body of rules followed by an assembly
  6. 🔊 (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”
  7. 🔊 a request for something to be made, supplied, or served
    “I gave the waiter my order”
  8. 🔊 (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families
  9. 🔊 a group of person living under a religious rule
    “the order of Saint Benedict”
  10. 🔊 established customary state (especially of society)
    “order ruled in the streets”
  11. 🔊 logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements
    “we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation”
  12. 🔊 (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”
  13. 🔊 a condition of regular or proper arrangement
    “he put his desk in order”
  14. 🔊 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”
  15. 🔊 a formal association of people with similar interests
    “he joined a golf club”
  16. 🔊 place in a certain order
    “order the photos chronologically”
  17. 🔊 bring order to or into
    “Order these files”
  18. 🔊 make a request for something
    “Order me some flowers”
  19. 🔊 give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
    “I said to him to go home”
  20. 🔊 issue commands or orders for
  21. 🔊 assign a rank or rating to
    “how would you rank these students?”
  22. 🔊 arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events
    “arrange my schedule”
  23. 🔊 appoint to a clerical posts
    “he was ordained in the Church”
  24. 🔊 bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage
    “We cannot regulate the way people dress”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 encomienda order
  2. 🔊 orden order
  3. 🔊 pedido order
  4. 🔊 guardar to order
  5. 🔊 mandar to order
  6. 🔊 pedir to order
  7. 🔊 ordenanza order, bylaw
  8. 🔊 ordenar to order, arrange
  9. 🔊 ordenar to order, command
  10. 🔊 auto order, writ, resolution
  11. 🔊 disponer to order, decide, stipulate

Similar words

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