ORDER
\ˈɔːdə], \ˈɔːdə], \ˈɔː_d_ə]\
Definitions of ORDER
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Legal Glossary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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(architecture) one of the three styles of Greek architecture (or a style developed from the original three by the Romans)
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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"
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(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"
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a request for food or refreshment (as served in a restaurant or bar etc.); "I gave the waiter my order"
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(biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families
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a condition of regular or proper arrangement; "he put his desk in order"; "the machine is now in working order"
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assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"
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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"
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(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"
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a request for food or refreshment (as served in a restaurant or bar etc.); "I gave the waiter my order"
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(biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families
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a condition of regular or proper arrangement; "he put his desk in order"; "the machine is now in working order"
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assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"
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(architecture) one of original three styles of Greek architecture distinguished by the of column and entablature used or a style developed from the original three by the Romans
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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"
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(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"
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established customary state (especially of society); "order ruled in the streets"; "law and order"
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place in a certain order; "order these files"
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bring order to or into; "Order these files"
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make a request for something; "Order me some flowers"; "order a work stoppage"
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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"
By Princeton University
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Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system
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Of intellectual notions or ideas, like the topics of a discource.
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Of periods of time or occurrences, and the like.
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Right arrangement; a normal, correct, or fit condition; as, the house is in order; the machinery is out of order.
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The customary mode of procedure; established system, as in the conduct of debates or the transaction of business; usage; custom; fashion.
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Conformity with law or decorum; freedom from disturbance; general tranquillity; public quiet; as, to preserve order in a community or an assembly.
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That which prescribes a method of procedure; a rule or regulation made by competent authority; as, the rules and orders of the senate.
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A command; a mandate; a precept; a direction.
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Hence: A commission to purchase, sell, or supply goods; a direction, in writing, to pay money, to furnish supplies, to admit to a building, a place of entertainment, or the like; as, orders for blankets are large.
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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 group or division of men in the same social or other position; also, a distinct character, kind, or sort; as, the higher or lower orders of society; talent of a high order.
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A body of persons having some common honorary distinction or rule of obligation; esp., a body of religious persons or aggregate of convents living under a common rule; as, the Order of the Bath; the Franciscan order.
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The disposition of a column and its component parts, and of the entablature resting upon it, in classical architecture; hence (as the column and entablature are the characteristic features of classical architecture) a style or manner of architectural designing.
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An assemblage of genera having certain important characters in common; as, the Carnivora and Insectivora are orders of Mammalia.
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The placing of words and members in a sentence in such a manner as to contribute to force and beauty or clearness of expression.
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Rank; degree; thus, the order of a curve or surface is the same as the degree of its equation.
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To put in order; to reduce to a methodical arrangement; to arrange in a series, or with reference to an end. Hence, to regulate; to dispose; to direct; to rule.
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To give an order to; to command; as, to order troops to advance.
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To give an order for; to secure by an order; as, to order a carriage; to order groceries.
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To admit to holy orders; to ordain; to receive into the ranks of the ministry.
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To give orders; to issue commands.
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An ecclesiastical grade or rank, as of deacon, priest, or bishop; the office of the Christian ministry; - often used in the plural; as, to take orders, or to take holy orders, that is, to enter some grade of the ministry.
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Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system
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Of intellectual notions or ideas, like the topics of a discource.
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Of periods of time or occurrences, and the like.
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Right arrangement; a normal, correct, or fit condition; as, the house is in order; the machinery is out of order.
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The customary mode of procedure; established system, as in the conduct of debates or the transaction of business; usage; custom; fashion.
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Conformity with law or decorum; freedom from disturbance; general tranquillity; public quiet; as, to preserve order in a community or an assembly.
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That which prescribes a method of procedure; a rule or regulation made by competent authority; as, the rules and orders of the senate.
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A command; a mandate; a precept; a direction.
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Hence: A commission to purchase, sell, or supply goods; a direction, in writing, to pay money, to furnish supplies, to admit to a building, a place of entertainment, or the like; as, orders for blankets are large.
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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 group or division of men in the same social or other position; also, a distinct character, kind, or sort; as, the higher or lower orders of society; talent of a high order.
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The disposition of a column and its component parts, and of the entablature resting upon it, in classical architecture; hence (as the column and entablature are the characteristic features of classical architecture) a style or manner of architectural designing.
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An assemblage of genera having certain important characters in common; as, the Carnivora and Insectivora are orders of Mammalia.
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The placing of words and members in a sentence in such a manner as to contribute to force and beauty or clearness of expression.
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Rank; degree; thus, the order of a curve or surface is the same as the degree of its equation.
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To put in order; to reduce to a methodical arrangement; to arrange in a series, or with reference to an end. Hence, to regulate; to dispose; to direct; to rule.
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To give an order to; to command; as, to order troops to advance.
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To give an order for; to secure by an order; as, to order a carriage; to order groceries.
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To admit to holy orders; to ordain; to receive into the ranks of the ministry.
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To give orders; to issue commands.
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A body of persons having some common honorary distinction or rule of obligation; esp., a body of religious persons or aggregate of convents living under a common rule; as, the of the Bath; the Franciscan order.
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An ecclesiastical grade or rank, as of deacon, priest, or bishop; the office of the Christian ministry; - often used in the plural; as, to take orders, or to take holy orders, that is, to enter some grade of the ministry.
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Of material things, like the books in a library.
By Noah Webster.
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A decision issued by a court. It can be a simple command--for example, ordering a recalcitrant witness to answer a proper question--or it can be a complicated and reasoned decision made after a hearing, directing that a party either do or refrain from some act. For example, following a hearing, the court may order that evidence gathered by the police not be introduced at trial; or a judge may issue a temporary restraining order. This term usually does not describe the final decision in a case, which most often is called a judgment.
By Oddity Software
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Method or state of regular arrangement; settled way of doing something; as, an order of worship; right working condition; as, the machine is in good order; rule; regulation; command; as, to issue or obey an order; class; as, an order of plants; rank; as, the order of nobility; a religious fraternity; as, an order of monks; public quiet or observance of law; as, order in the streets; a commission for something; as, an order for groceries: holy orders, the three orders (bishop, priest, deacon), of the Christian ministry.
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To regulate or manage; command; conduct; direct; to give a command for.
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To give a command or order.
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Orderliness.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Orderliness.
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Regular arrangement: method: proper state: rule: regular government: command: a class: a society of persons: a religious fraternity: a scientific division of objects: (arch.) a system of the parts of columns:-pl. the Christian ministry.
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To arrange: to conduct: to command.
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To give command.
By Daniel Lyons
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Orderliness.
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To command; put in order; regulate.
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Methodical arrangement; tranquillity; settled rule; working condition.
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A command; usage.
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A class, as of society; a group superior to a genus.
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An honor conferred.
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The clerical office.
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A style of architecture.
By James Champlin Fernald
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In zoological classification, the division just below the class (or subclass) and above the family; denoted by the termination -idia.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Regular or methodical arrangement; proper state; adherence to rule laid down; settled mode of proceeding or working; regularity; mandate; regulation; rank; class; division of men; a religious fraternity; care; a division intermediate between a class and a family; a system of several members, ornaments, and proportions of columns and pilasters, as the Tuscan, Doric, Ionie, Corinthian, and Composite.
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To regulate; to methodize; to conduct; to command; to manage.
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To give command. Order of battle, the arrangement and disposition of the different parts of an army for action. Regimental orders, such orders as proceed immediately from a commanding officer for the observance of the regiment. Holy orders, the Christian ministry. Order of the day, prearranged order of business. To take orders, to be ordained.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Methodical arrangement; regularity; established method or process; proper state; a law; a command; rank or class; a society or fraternity; a division of animals or plants between class and genus; in arch., one of the five principal methods employed by the ancients in constructing and ornamenting the columns of an edifice-these were the Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite.
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Orders, or holy orders, in the Episcopal Ch., the three orders of the Christian ministry, but usually understood as applying to deacons and priests.
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To regulate; to direct or command; to manage; to give directions to.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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n. [Latin] Regular arrangement ; methodical or systematic disposition of things ;— customary mode of procedure ;— established process ;— usual course or succession ;— regular government ; general tranquillity ;— a regulation ; a standing rule ;— a particular injunction ; a command ; a mandate ;— necessary measures or care ;— a commission to make purchases or supply goods ; a direction , in writing, to pay money ;— a rank or class of men in a community or in society; a privileged or dignified grade ;— a religious fraternity ;— in the Episcopal Church, the office of bishop, priest, or deacon ;— in the Church of Rome, one of the seven ranks of holy orders ;— one of the five principal methods recognized by the ancients for constructing and ornamenting the columns of an edifice ;— one of the well-marked divisions of a class, including in itself families and genera ;— a group or collection of allied individuals more comprehensive than a genus.
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