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    or·der
    [ˈôrdər]
    noun
    order (noun) · orders (plural noun) · Order (noun) · the order (noun)
    1. the arrangement or disposition of people or things in relation to each other according to a particular sequence, pattern, or method:
      "I filed the cards in alphabetical order"
      • a state in which everything is in its correct or appropriate place:
        "she tried to put her shattered thoughts into some semblance of order"
      • a state in which the laws and rules regulating the public behavior of members of a community are observed and authority is obeyed:
        "the army was deployed to keep order"
      • the prescribed or established procedure followed by a meeting, legislative assembly, debate, or court of law:
        "the meeting was called to order" · "“Order!” Judge Lerner said over the din"
      • a stated form of liturgical service, or of administration of a rite or ceremony, prescribed by ecclesiastical authority.
    2. an authoritative command, direction, or instruction:
      "he was not going to take orders from a mere administrator" · "the skipper gave the order to abandon ship"
      • an oral or written request for something to be made, supplied, or served:
        "the company has won an order for six tankers"
      • a thing made, supplied, or served as a result of an oral or written request:
        "orders will be delivered the next business day"
      • a written direction of a court or judge:
        "a judge's order forbidding the reporting of evidence"
      • a written direction to pay money or deliver property.
    3. a particular social, political, or economic system:
      "if only the peasantry would rise up against the established order" · "the social order of Britain"
      • (orders)
        a social class:
        "the upper social orders"
      • a grade or rank in the Christian ministry, especially that of bishop, priest, or deacon.
      • (orders)
        the rank or position of a member of the clergy or an ordained minister of a church. See also holy orders.
        "he took priest's orders"
      • theology
        any of the nine grades of angelic beings in the celestial hierarchy.
    4. a society of monks, priests, nuns, etc., living according to certain religious and social regulations and discipline and at least some of whose members take solemn vows:
      "the Franciscan Order"
      • historical
        a society of knights bound by a common rule of life and having a combined military and monastic character:
        "the Templars were also known as the Order of Christ"
      • an institution founded by a monarch for the purpose of conferring an honor or honors for merit on those appointed to it.
      • the insignia worn by members of an order of honor or merit.
      • a Masonic or similar fraternal organization.
    5. the quality, nature, or importance of something:
      "with musical talent of this order, von Karajan would have been a phenomenon in any age"
      • the overall state or condition of something:
        "the house had just been vacated and was in good order"
    6. biology
      a principal taxonomic category that ranks below class and above family:
      "the higher orders of insects"
    7. any of the five classical styles of architecture (Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, Tuscan, and Composite) based on the proportions of columns, amount of decoration, etc..
      • any style or mode of architecture subject to uniform established proportions.
    8. military
      equipment or uniform for a specified purpose or of a specified type:
      "drill order"
      • (the order)
        the position in which a rifle is held after ordering arms. See order arms below
    9. mathematics
      the degree of complexity of an equation, expression, etc., as denoted by an ordinal number.
      • the number of differentiations required to reach the highest derivative in a differential equation.
      • the number of elements in a finite group.
      • the number of rows or columns in a square matrix.
    verb
    order (verb) · orders (third person present) · ordered (past tense) · ordered (past participle) · ordering (present participle) · -ordered (adjective)
    1. give an authoritative direction or instruction to do something:
      "she ordered me to leave" · "“Stop frowning,” he ordered" · "the judge ordered a retrial" · "the court ordered that the case should be heard at the end of August" · "her father ordered her back home"
      • (order someone around/about)
        continually tell someone in an overbearing way what to do:
        "she resented being ordered about"
      • NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISH
        command (something) to be done or (someone) to be treated in a particular way:
        "he ordered the anchor dropped"
    2. request (something) to be made, supplied, or served:
      "my friend ordered the tickets last week" · "I asked the security guard to order me a taxi" · "are you ready to order, sir?"
    3. arrange (something) in a methodical or appropriate way:
      "all entries are ordered by date" · "her normally well-ordered life"
    Origin
    Middle English: from Old French ordre, from Latin ordo, ordin- ‘row, series, rank’.
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    noun
    1. the arrangement or disposition of people or things in relation to each other according to a particular sequence, pattern, or method:
    2. an authoritative command, direction, or instruction:
    3. a particular social, political, or economic system:
    4. a society of monks, priests, nuns, etc., living according to certain religious and social regulations and discipline and at least some of whose members take solemn vows:
    5. the quality, nature, or importance of something:
    6. a principal taxonomic category that ranks below class and above family:
    verb
    1. give an authoritative direction or instruction to do something:
    2. request (something) to be made, supplied, or served:
      apply for
      send away/off for
      write off for
      put in an order for
      place an order for
      contract for
    3. arrange (something) in a methodical or appropriate way:
     
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