order

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
  • he joined a golf club
    
  • 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
  • he put his desk in order
    
  • 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
    
  • law and order
    

• 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
  • arrange my schedule
    
  • set up one's life
    
  • 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 order to or into
  • Order these files
    

• 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
  • Order me some flowers
    
  • order a work stoppage
    

• 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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  ordering , monastic order , Holy Order , Order , rules of order , parliamentary law , parliamentary procedure , club , social club , society , guild , gild , lodge , purchase order , decree , edict , fiat , rescript , orderliness , ordination , order of magnitude , rate , rank , range , grade , place , arr
• Antonyms: 
  disorderliness , disorder , disarray , deregulate