order

• n.
  • (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"

  • 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"

    同义词： order of magnitude

  • established customary state (especially of society)

    "order ruled in the streets"; "law and order"

  • logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements

    "we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation"

    同义词： ordering ordination

  • a condition of regular or proper arrangement

    "he put his desk in order"; "the machine is now in working order"

    同义词： orderliness

  • 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"

    同义词： decree edict fiat rescript

  • 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"

    同义词： purchase order

  • a formal association of people with similar interests

    "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today"

    同义词： club social club society guild gild lodge

  • a body of rules followed by an assembly

    同义词： rules of order parliamentary law parliamentary procedure

  • (usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy

    同义词： Holy Order

  • a group of person living under a religious rule

    "the order of Saint Benedict"

    同义词： monastic order

  • (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families
  • a request for food or refreshment (as served in a restaurant or bar etc.)

    "I gave the waiter my order"

  • (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

    "there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list"

    同义词： ordering

• v.
  • give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority

    "She ordered him to do the shopping"

    同义词： tell enjoin say

  • make a request for something

    "order a work stoppage"

  • issue commands or orders for

    同义词： prescribe dictate

  • bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations

    同义词： regulate regularize regularise govern

  • bring order to or into
  • place in a certain order

    "order these files"

  • appoint to a clerical posts

    同义词： ordain consecrate ordinate

  • arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events

    同义词： arrange set up put

  • assign a rank or rating to

    同义词： rate rank range grade place

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