noun
- Logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements.
- usage: "we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation"
- synonyms: order, ordination
- The act of putting things in a sequential arrangement.
- usage: "there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list"
- synonyms: order
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"
- Make a request for something.
- usage: "Order me some flowers"; "order a work stoppage"
- synonyms: order
- Issue commands or orders for.
- 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, order, govern
- Bring order to or into.
- usage: "Order these files"
- synonyms: order
- Place in a certain order.
- usage: "order the photos chronologically"
- synonyms: order
- Appoint to a clerical posts.
- usage: "he was ordained in the Church"
- synonyms: ordain, consecrate, ordinate, order
- Arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events.
- usage: "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times"
- Assign a rank or rating to.
- usage: "how would you rank these students"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"
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