order
nounEtymology
From Middle English ordre, from Old French ordre, ordne, ordene (“order, rank”), from Latin ōrdinem, accusative of ōrdō (“row, rank, regular arrangement”, literally “row of threads in a loom”), from Proto-Italic *ordō (“to arrange”), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂or-d-, from *h₂er-. Related to Latin ōrdior (“begin”, literally “begin to weave”). In sense “request for purchase”, compare bespoke. Doublet of ordo. Compare typologically Russian поря́док (porjádok) (akin to ряд (rjad)).
Definitions
Arrangement, disposition, or sequence.
- put the children in age order
- It's arranged in order of frequency
A position in an arrangement, disposition, or sequence.
- In these situations we find the Genesee slate, the Tully limestone and the upper part of the Hamilton group, each one in its order disappearing beneath the lake level as we proceed southward.
- In the latter portion of this period, the country was assailed by famine and pestilence - — a fearful visitation which will be noticed hereafter in its order of date, and of which it would be out of place to say more at present.
- 1897, T. L. Heath (translator), Eutocius of Ascalon, Extract from a commentary by Eutocius, quoted in 1897 [CUP], T. L. Heath (editor), The Works of Archimedes, 2002, Dover, unnumbered page, His attempt I shall also give in its order.
The state of being well arranged.
- The house is in order; the machinery is out of order.
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Conformity with law or decorum
Conformity with law or decorum; freedom from disturbance; general tranquillity; public quiet.
- to preserve order in a community or an assembly
- Order in the court!
- He's the only person I know who's going to vote at all. Most people have given up on politicians. After all, politicians have been promising to return us to the glory, wealth, and order of the twentieth century ever since I can remember.
A command.
- give an order
- his inability to follow orders
- It was by his order the shattered leading company flung itself into the houses when the Sin Verguenza were met by an enfilading volley as they reeled into the calle.
A request for some product or service
A request for some product or service; a commission to purchase, sell, or supply goods.
- make an order
- receive an online order for the new range of sunglasses
- I ordered a burger and some fries.
A group of religious adherents, especially monks or nuns, set apart within their religion…
A group of religious adherents, especially monks or nuns, set apart within their religion by adherence to a particular rule or set of principles.
- St. Ignatius Loyola founded the Jesuit order in 1537.
An association of knights.
- the Order of the Garter, the Order of the Bath.
Any group of people with common interests.
A decoration, awarded by a government, a dynastic house, or a religious body to an…
A decoration, awarded by a government, a dynastic house, or a religious body to an individual, usually for distinguished service to a nation or to humanity.
A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below class and above family
A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below class and above family; a taxon at that rank.
- The magnolia and nutmeg families belong to the order Magnoliales.
A number of things or persons arranged in a fixed or suitable place, or relative position
A number of things or persons arranged in a fixed or suitable place, or relative position; a rank; a row; a grade; especially, a rank or class in society; a distinct character, kind, or sort.
- the higher or lower orders of society
- talent of a high order
- They are in equal order to their several ends.
An ecclesiastical rank or position, usually for the sake of ministry, (especially, when…
An ecclesiastical rank or position, usually for the sake of ministry, (especially, when plural) holy orders.
- There have been many major and minor orders in the history of Christianity: the order of virgins, of deacons, priests, lectors, acolytes, porters, catechists, widows, etc.
- to take orders or holy orders means to be ordained a deacon or priest
The disposition of a column and its component parts, and of the entablature resting upon…
The disposition of a column and its component parts, and of the entablature resting upon it, in classical architecture; hence (since the column and entablature are the characteristic features of classical architecture) a style or manner of architectural design.
The sequence in which a side’s batsmen bat
The sequence in which a side’s batsmen bat; the batting order.
Scale
Scale: size or scope.
- on another order
A power of polynomial function in an electronic circuit’s block, such as a filter, an…
A power of polynomial function in an electronic circuit’s block, such as a filter, an amplifier, etc.
- a 3-stage cascade of a 2nd-order bandpass Butterworth filter
The overall power of the rate law of a chemical reaction, expressed as a polynomial…
The overall power of the rate law of a chemical reaction, expressed as a polynomial function of concentrations of reactants and products.
The number of elements contained within (the given object)
The number of elements contained within (the given object); formally, the cardinality (of the given object).
- For various reasons it turns out to be better to enlarge this set of invariants to include suitable normalizers of subgroups of odd prime order.
The smallest positive natural number n such that (denoting the group operation…
The smallest positive natural number n such that (denoting the group operation multiplicatively) gⁿ is the identity element of G, if such an n exists; if no such n exists the element is said to be of infinite order (or sometimes zero order).
The number of vertices in the graph (i.e. the set-theoretic order of the set of vertices…
The number of vertices in the graph (i.e. the set-theoretic order of the set of vertices of the graph).
A partially ordered set.
The relation with which a partially ordered set is equipped.
The sum of the exponents of the variables involved in the expression.
- The monomial x²ʸ³ᶻ is of order 2#43;3#43;1#61;6.
The order of the leading monomial
The order of the leading monomial; (equivalently) the largest power of the variable involved in the given expression.
- The quadratic polynomial ax²#43;bx#43;c, is said to be of order (or degree) 2 when a is nonzero.
A written direction to furnish someone with money or property
A written direction to furnish someone with money or property; compare money order, postal order.
- I then walked to Cochrane's & got an order on Sir Charles Asgill for my money.
To set in some sort of order.
- We need to order them alphabetically.
To arrange, set in proper order.
- The books in the shelf need ordering.
To issue a command to
To issue a command to; to charge.
- to order troops to advance
- He ordered me to leave.
- I hate being ordered around by my co-workers.
To request some product or service
To request some product or service; to secure by placing an order.
- You can now order most products to be delivered to your home.
- to order groceries
- to order food from a restaurant
To admit to holy orders
To admit to holy orders; to ordain; to receive into the ranks of the ministry.
- persons presented to be ordered deacons
The Order of the Arrow.
The neighborhood
- synonymordo
- synonymassociationgroup
- synonymbrotherhoodgroup
- synonymleaguegroup
- synonymsisterhoodgroup
- synonymsocietygroup
- antonymchaos
- antonymdisorder
- neighbordenomination
- neighboralphabetical order
- neighborantisocial behaviour order
- neighborAnton Pillar order
- neighborAnton Piller order
- neighborapple-pie order
- neighborback order
- neighborback-to-work order
- neighborbanker's order
- neighborboil order
- neighborbond order
- neighborbottom order
Derived
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Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for order. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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