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order English

Meaning order meaning

What does order mean?
Definitions in simple English

order Noun

— Order is when things are where they should be. I need to take some time to put my things in order. — The order of some things means which thing is first, which one is second, which one is last, etc. The children will take turns in order of age.

order Verb

— To order something is to ask someone to sell it to you. At the restaurant, she ordered chicken and potatoes. — To order someone to do something is to tell the person that they must do it. The father ordered his children to be quiet.

order

— verb (= tell, say) 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 — noun (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 make a request for something Order me some flowers order a work stoppage — noun (= order of magnitude) 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 — noun established customary state (especially of society) order ruled in the streets law and order — noun (= ordering) logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation — verb issue commands or orders for — noun a condition of regular or proper arrangement he put his desk in order the machine is now in working order — verb (= regulate) bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations We cannot regulate the way people dress This town likes to regulate — noun 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 — noun 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 — noun a body of rules followed by an assembly — verb place in a certain order order the photos chronologically — verb bring order to or into Order these files — noun (= club, society) 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 — noun a group of person living under a religious rule the order of Saint Benedict — noun (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families — noun 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 — noun (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 — noun (= ordering) the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list — verb (= ordain) appoint to a clerical posts he was ordained in the Church — verb (= arrange, set up, put) arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events arrange my schedule set up one's life I put these memories with those of bygone times — verb (= rate, rank) assign a rank or rating to how would you rank these students? The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide

Order

— noun (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

Synonyms order synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as order?

order English » English

command sequence direct instruction decree tell arrange arrangement system direction rule rank instruct commission mandate request dictate bid regularity class organize charge method law directive ordain govern enjoin commandment warrant series regulation injunction edict reserve prescribe grade succession sort row manner regulate ordering discipline demand appoint society orderliness book requisition

Order English » English

Holy Order

Topics order topics

What do people use order to talk about?
Physical actions

Arrange
States Time Relative time

Order, sequence
Physical actions Arrange

Organize
Universe, creation Animal

Types of animals
Social behavior Authority Exercise authority

Command
States Time Relative time Order, sequence

Series
Grammar Connected with, related Dependency relations

Purpose
Social behavior

Behavior
Social behavior Behavior Self-controlled

Tidy
Social behavior Law

Pass laws
Daily life Food

Food preparation
States Time Aspectual time Start something

Stop something

Conjugation order conjugation

How do you conjugate order?

order · verb

Examples order examples

How do I use order in a sentence?

Simple sentences

The air conditioner has got out of order.
The elevator is out of order.
We got up early in order to see the sunrise.
You must turn in your old license in order to get a new one.
I don't know why she isn't in my dreams. Maybe she doesn't want to be there in order not to disturb me.
I will call in order to confirm it.
Everything's in order here.
We didn't order this.
I might order a pizza.
Have you decided what you want to order?
You have to change the word order.
They made a fire in order to warm up.
I don't need to be rich in order to be happy.
Take it just as a piece of good advice. I don't order you anything.
In order to do that, you have to take risks.
Prosecutors in court have to substantiate their claims in order to prove a suspect is guilty.
In order to keep his original idea from being copied, Henry resorted to reticence.
I won't put a pistol against anybody's chest in order to stay in Barcelona.
In general, little is known about nonlinear second order differential equations.
You must work hard in order not to fail.
You have put everything out of order.
I couldn't call you; the telephone was out of order.
Come closer in order that you may see the screen better.
You must cut down on extra expenses in order to live within your means.
I think you have sent me a wrong order.
I order you to turn right.
The singers sang together in order to raise money to help people with AIDS.
By what authority do you order me to do this?
I would like to order drinks now.
I got up early in order to catch the first train.
We use words in order to communicate.
The radio is out of order.

Movie subtitles

In order to use the Geass, one must look directly into the opponents' eyes.
Public order will be stabilized.
Forget the order I just gave you!
I can't believe Euphy would order all those people to be exterminated!
This is an order to all Black Knights!
I have to know what's out there in order to protect myself and survive.
It is Lord Choi's order!
How can he order you to come to the Government office at night and attack?
What the heck are you so that Madame gave me that kind of order?
Why don't you order Ju Wal to get rid of him secretly?
Why did you do that although I didn't order you to do?
T-t-that. We were just following Lord Choi's order!
No, we just followed his order to get rid of the bone remains and stuffs.
We were just following Lord Choi's order.
In the direction perpendicular to the disc the size was much smaller, of the order of 7,000 light years.
In order to move the dish there were two handles, one tor the azimuth, one for the elevation.
In order to put together the first map of the Galaxy, Oort, the director of the Leiden Observatory, organised a crash-action.
We averaged three, five or ten of these in order to reduce the noise and amplify the signal.
The prophet said that in order to live a peaceful live, we have to mind our own business.
And so, in order to return to the limelight as combatants, you've fabricated a nonexistent threat.
They brutally murdered civilians in order to make themselves relevant. I have no intention of letting that continue.
Your first order of business should be finding oxygen.
A scant minority of my kind are planning an uprising. I believe they seek to shatter the existing order and create a new world.
Agreed, but in order to reach that elevation, there will be weight limitations.
You've spent a month in the padded cell because I gave the order.
Because now in order to restore the peace, we have to hurt them.
This is an order. don't die!
At least let his soul be able to return home. I order, Captain Eun Si Gyeong, to immediately return to the troop.
Then we'll get hurt too. In order to wake up, cutting off a couple of fingers is a must.
What is this? In order to catch Gim Bong Gu. You even brought calamity to me.
Your North. what must they do in order to survive on this Earth? That's my trade secret.
We were just following Lord Choi's order!
Lord Choi's order?
It's Lord Choi's order.
Never order drinks again.

News and current affairs

And, perversely, American neo-conservatives have transformed the internationalism of the old left by seeking to impose a democratic world order by US military force.
European continental thinking, responding to urbanization and the need for social order, emphasized institutional analysis of political economy.
Adaptive systems struggle with order and creativity as they evolve.
Second, everyone must recognize their stake in restoring balanced advanced-country growth as much and as soon as possible in order to counter the ongoing shortfall in aggregate demand.
So, instead of retiring gracefully, as presidents from Bill Clinton to Boris Yeltsin routinely do, Kuchma wants to change the constitution in order to become an all-powerful prime minister who will never face a limit on the length of his term.
Obama clearly recognizes that the NPT needs to be strengthened in order to prevent countries from turning their civil nuclear-power capacity into weapons.
International economic policy coordination should be significantly strengthened in order to deal effectively with changes on such a scale.
It also requires a substantial reform of the monetary union's system of economic governance, aimed at restoring financial stability and lowering borrowing costs, together with a boost in external demand in order to compensate for the effects of austerity.
This is a tall order, in view of the reluctance of most EU member states to cede competences to European institutions.
Those crisis countries that do not want to take it upon themselves to lower their prices should be given the opportunity to leave the eurozone temporarily in order to devalue prices and debts.
So, in order to cut global carbon emissions in half by the middle of the century, we would obviously have to start getting a lot more of our energy from sources that don't emit carbon.
Instead, the French and German leaders are really responding to the growing unpredictability of today's emerging European order.
A decade ago, people spoke of the end of history, meaning the ultimate triumph of a liberal capitalist political order.
For the first time in history, a global techno-market order is transforming the world of finance, business, politics and, indeed, physiology, beyond recognition.
Europe is being cautious in the name of avoiding debt and defending the euro, whereas the US has moved on many fronts in order not to waste an ideal opportunity to implement badly needed structural reforms.
But before this new order appears, the world may be faced with spreading disorder, if not outright chaos.
Reducing deficits in order to raise the debt ceiling was the right thing to do, but the August 2 law does it in the wrong way.
The old Cold War world order was based on the nuclear arms race between the two superpowers, the United States and Soviet Union.
The second is a set of understandings and commitments among the major advanced and developing countries to rebalance the global economy in order to restore aggregate demand and growth.
Deep cuts in social expenditure are also unavoidable in order to achieve sustainable public finances.
In order to gain the breathing space necessary for the reform process to be effective, the Greek government could just announce a simple rescheduling: the due date of all existing public debt is extended by five years at an unchanged interest rate.
Nor would it be proper, where the gravity and scale of crimes materially differ, to charge all sides in a conflict in order to preserve a false sense of parity.
Once again, African readers are being shortchanged, remaining dependent on foreign reportage in order to grasp the enormity of what is transpiring.
Think of it as the order of the church choir, where individual members cooperate on the basis of a shared culture and values.
I say this as someone who created significant capital and, having done so, changed her occupation in order to cultivate morality in politics.
Empathy, not ethnocentrism, should be the order of the day now that the guns are falling silent and we have rediscovered the limits of military force.
To achieve this goal, the agricultural economy must be revived in order to revive this industry, providing jobs and food for people.

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