order
1. (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed (Freq. 26)
- the British ships dropped anchor and waited for orders from London
• Usage Domain:
plural, plural form
• Topics:
military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
• Hypernyms:
command, bid, bidding, dictation
• Hyponyms:
marching orders, summons, word
2. a degree in a continuum of size or quantity (Freq. 8)
- it was on the order of a mile
- an explosion of a low order of magnitude
• Syn:
order of magnitude
• Hypernyms:
magnitude
3. established customary state (especially of society) (Freq. 7)
- order ruled in the streets
- law and order
• Ant:
disorder
• Derivationally related forms:
orderly
• Hypernyms:
state
• Hyponyms:
civil order, polity, rule of law, tranquillity, tranquility,
quiet, harmony, concord, concordance, stability, peace
4. logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements (Freq. 6)
- we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation
• Syn:
ordering, ordination
• Derivationally related forms:
order (for: ordering)
• Hypernyms:
arrangement
• Hyponyms:
bacteria order, word order, genetic code, genome, series
5. a condition of regular or proper arrangement (Freq. 4)
- he put his desk in order
- the machine is now in working order
• Syn:
orderliness
• Ant:
disorder, disorderliness (for: orderliness)
• Hypernyms:
condition, status
• Hyponyms:
spit and polish, kilter, kelter, tidiness
6. a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge) (Freq. 2)
- a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there
• Syn:
decree, edict, fiat, rescript
• Derivationally related forms:
decree (for: decree)
• Topics:
law, jurisprudence
• Hypernyms:
act, enactment
• Hyponyms:
consent decree, curfew, decree nisi, imperial decree, legal separation,
judicial separation, programma, prohibition, ban, proscription, stay,
bull, papal bull
7. a commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities (Freq. 2)
- IBM received an order for a hundred computers
• Syn:
purchase order
• Hypernyms:
commercial document, commercial instrument
• Hyponyms:
credit order, bill-me order, indent, market order, production order,
reorder, stop order, stop-loss order, stop payment, mail order
8. a formal association of people with similar interests (Freq. 1)
- he joined a golf club
- they formed a small lunch society
- men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today
• Syn:
club, social club, society, guild, gild, lodge
• Derivationally related forms:
clubby (for: club), club (for: club)
• Hypernyms:
association
• Hyponyms:
athenaeum, atheneum, bookclub, chapter, chess club,
country club, fraternity, frat, glee club, golf club, hunt,
hunt club, investors club, jockey club, racket club, rowing club, slate club,
sorority, turnverein, yacht club, boat club, service club
• Member Meronyms:
club member
9. a body of rules followed by an assembly (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
rules of order, parliamentary law, parliamentary procedure
• Members of this Topic:
proposer, mover
• Hypernyms:
rule, prescript
• Hyponyms:
interpellation, standing order, closure, cloture, gag rule,
gag law, point of order, previous question
• Instance Hyponyms:
Robert's Rules of Order
10. a group of person living under a religious rule
- the order of Saint Benedict
• Syn:
monastic order
• Hypernyms:
sect, religious sect, religious order
• Hyponyms:
Augustinian order, Benedictine order, order of Saint Benedict, Carmelite order, Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel,
Carthusian order, Dominican order, Franciscan order, Society of Jesus, Jesuit order
11. (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families
• Topics:
biology, biological science
• Hypernyms:
taxonomic group, taxonomic category, taxon
• Hyponyms:
animal order, protoctist order, plant order, fungus order
• Member Holonyms:
class
• Member Meronyms:
suborder, family
12. 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
• Hypernyms:
request, asking
• Hyponyms:
short order
13. (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
• Topics:
architecture
• Hypernyms:
artistic style, idiom
• Hyponyms:
Doric order, Dorian order, Ionic order, Ionian order, Corinthian order,
Composite order, Tuscan order
14. the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement
- there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list
• Syn:
ordering
• Derivationally related forms:
order (for: ordering)
• Hypernyms:
organization, organisation
• Hyponyms:
rank order, scaling, grading, succession, sequence,
layout, alphabetization, alphabetisation
1. give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority (Freq. 28)
- I said to him to go home
- She ordered him to do the shopping
- The mother told the child to get dressed
• Syn:
tell, enjoin, say
• Derivationally related forms:
injunction (for: enjoin)
• Hypernyms:
request
• Hyponyms:
direct, instruct, command, require, call,
send for, warn
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- They order him to write the letter
2. make a request for something (Freq. 14)
- Order me some flowers
- order a work stoppage
• Derivationally related forms:
orderer
• Hypernyms:
request, bespeak, call for, quest
• Hyponyms:
reorder, place, call, wish, commission
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something from somebody
3. issue commands or orders for (Freq. 5)
• Syn:
prescribe, dictate
• Derivationally related forms:
dictator (for: dictate), dictate (for: dictate), dictation (for: dictate), prescriptive (for: prescribe), prescription (for: prescribe)
• Hypernyms:
inflict, bring down, visit, impose
• Hyponyms:
mandate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s to somebody (for: dictate)
4. bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage;
impose regulations (Freq. 3)
- We cannot regulate the way people dress
- This town likes to regulate
• Syn:
regulate, regularize, regularise, govern
• Ant:
deregulate (for: regulate)
• Derivationally related forms:
government (for: govern), governor (for: govern), regulation (for: regulate), regulator (for: regulate), regulating (for: regulate)
• Hypernyms:
decide, make up one's mind, determine
• Hyponyms:
standardize, standardise, zone, district
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
5. bring order to or into (Freq. 1)
- Order these files
• Ant:
disorder
• Derivationally related forms:
orderer, ordering
• Hypernyms:
arrange, set up
• Hyponyms:
tidy, tidy up, clean up, neaten, straighten,
straighten out, square away, systematize, systematise, systemize, systemise,
collate, disentangle, unsnarl
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
6. place in a certain order (Freq. 1)
- order the photos chronologically
• Derivationally related forms:
orderer, ordering
• Hypernyms:
arrange, set up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
7. assign a rank or rating to
- how would you rank these students?
- The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide
• Syn:
rate, rank, range, grade, place
• Derivationally related forms:
place (for: place), grade (for: grade), gradation (for: grade), grader (for: grade), grading (for: grade), ordering, rank (for: rank)
• Hypernyms:
evaluate, pass judgment, judge
• Hyponyms:
superordinate, shortlist, seed, reorder, subordinate,
prioritize, prioritise, sequence, downgrade, upgrade
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
8. appoint to a clerical posts
- he was ordained in the Church
• Syn:
ordain, consecrate, ordinate
• Derivationally related forms:
consecration (for: consecrate), ordainer (for: ordain), ordinance (for: ordain)
• Hypernyms:
invest, vest, enthrone
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
9. arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events
- arrange my schedule
- set up one's life
- I put these memories with those of bygone times
• Syn:
arrange, set up, put
• Derivationally related forms:
ordering
• Hypernyms:
organize, organise
• Hyponyms:
synchronize, synchronise, contemporize, contemporise, phrase
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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