What is the meaning of order?

noun

• Often plural) a command given by a superior (e. G., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed. (
  • usage: "the British ships dropped anchor and waited for orders from London"
• A degree in a continuum of size or quantity.
  • usage: "it was on the order of a mile"; "an explosion of a low order of magnitude"
  • synonyms: order of magnitude
• Established customary state (especially of society. )
  • usage: "order ruled in the streets"; "law and order"
• Logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements.
  • usage: "we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation"
  • synonyms: ordering, ordination
• A condition of regular or proper arrangement.
  • usage: "he put his desk in order"; "the machine is now in working order"
  • synonyms: orderliness
• A legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge. )
  • usage: "a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there"
  • synonyms: decree, edict, fiat, rescript
• A commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities.
  • usage: "IBM received an order for a hundred computers"
  • synonyms: purchase order
• A formal association of people with similar interests.
  • usage: "he joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society"; "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today"
  • synonyms: club, social club, society, guild, gild, lodge
• A body of rules followed by an assembly.
  • synonyms: rules of order, parliamentary law, parliamentary procedure
• Usually plural. ( the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy)
  • usage: "theologians still disagree over whether `bishop' should or should not be a separate Order"
  • synonyms: Holy Order
• A group of person living under a religious rule.
  • usage: "the order of Saint Benedict"
  • synonyms: monastic order
• Biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families. (
• A request for something to be made, supplied, or served.
  • usage: "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"
• 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. (
• The act of putting things in a sequential arrangement.
  • usage: "there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list"
  • synonyms: ordering

verb

• Give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority.
  • usage: "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed"
  • synonyms: tell, enjoin, say
• Make a request for something.
  • usage: "Order me some flowers"; "order a work stoppage"
• Issue commands or orders for.
  • synonyms: prescribe, dictate
• Bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations.
  • usage: "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate"
  • synonyms: regulate, regularize, regularise, govern
• Bring order to or into.
  • usage: "Order these files"
• Place in a certain order.
  • usage: "order the photos chronologically"
• Appoint to a clerical posts.
  • usage: "he was ordained in the Church"
  • synonyms: ordain, consecrate, ordinate
• Arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events.
  • usage: "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times"
  • synonyms: arrange, set up, put
• Assign a rank or rating to.
  • usage: "how would you rank these students"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"
  • synonyms: rate, rank, range, grade, place