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order |?ôrd?r|
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.
• [ with adj. ] the overall state or condition of something: the house had just been vacated and was in good order.
• a particular social, political, or economic system: if only the peasantry would rise up against the established order | the social order of Britain.
• the prescribed or established procedure followed by a meeting, legislative assembly, debate, or court of law: the meeting was called to order .
• 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 | [ with infinitive ] : 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 such a 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 (often orders) a social class: the upper social orders.
• Biology a principal taxonomic category that ranks below class and above family.
• a grade or rank in the Christian ministry, esp. that of bishop, priest, or deacon.
• (orders) the rank or position of a member of the clergy or an ordained minister of a church: he took priest's orders. See also holy orders.
• Theology any of the nine grades of angelic beings in the celestial hierarchy.
4 (also Order )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.
• 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 such an institution.
• a Masonic or similar fraternal organization.
5 [ in sing. ] used to describe the quality, nature, or importance of something: with musical talent of this order, von Karajan would have been a phenomenon in any age.
6 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.
7 [ with modifier ] 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.
8 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
1 [ reporting verb ] give an authoritative direction or instruction to do something: [ with obj. and infinitive ] : she ordered me to leave | [ with direct speech ] : “Stop frowning,” he ordered | [ with clause ] : the court ordered that the case should be heard at the end of August | [ with obj. ] : her father ordered her back home | the judge ordered a retrial.
• [ with obj. ] (order someone around/about) continually tell someone in an overbearing way what to do.
• [ with obj. and complement ] command (something) to be done or (someone) to be treated in a particular way: he ordered the anchor dropped.
2 [ with obj. ] request (something) to be made, supplied, or served: my friend ordered the tickets last week | [ with two objs. ] : I asked the security guard to order me a taxi | [ no obj. ] : Are you ready to order, sir?
3 [ with obj. ] arrange (something) in a methodical or appropriate way: all entries are ordered by date | [ as adj. in combination ] (-ordered) : her normally well-ordered life.
PHRASES
by order of according to directions given by the proper authority: he was released from prison by order of the court.
in order 1 according to a particular sequence. 2 in the correct condition for operation or use. 3 in accordance with the rules of procedure at a meeting, legislative assembly, etc. • appropriate in the circumstances: a little bit of flattery was now in order.
in order for so that: employees must be committed to the change in order for it to succeed.
in order that with the intention; so that: she used her mother's kitchen in order that the turkey might be properly cooked.
in order to as a means to: he slouched into his seat in order to avoid drawing attention to himself.
of the order of 1 approximately: sales increases are of the order of 20%. 2 Mathematics having the order of magnitude specified by.
on order (of goods) requested but not yet received from the supplier or manufacturer.
on the order of 1 another term for of the order of above. 2 along the lines of; similar to: singers on the order of Janis Joplin.
Order! a call for silence or the observance of prescribed procedures by someone in charge of a trial, legislative assembly, etc.
order arms Military hold a rifle with its butt on the ground close to one's right side.
order of battle the units, formations, and equipment of a military force.
orders are orders commands must be obeyed, however much one may disagree with them.
out of order 1 (of an electrical or mechanical device) not working properly or at all. 2 not in the correct sequence. 3 not according to the rules of a meeting, legislative assembly, etc. • informal (of a person or their behavior) unacceptable or wrong: he's getting away with things that are out of order.
to order according to a customer's specific request or requirements: the sweaters are knitted to order.
DERIVATIVES
orderer noun
ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French ordre, from Latin ordo, ordin- ‘row, series, rank.’
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‘Save your order’ ……tell them to stop worshiping Lucifer and ask Jesus to forgive them.
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