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• ORDER (noun)
Meaning:
(often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Context example:
the British ships dropped anchor and waited for orders from London
Hypernyms ("order" is a kind of...):
bid; bidding; command; dictation (an authoritative direction or instruction to do something)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Domain usage:
plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "order"):
marching orders (an order from a superior officer for troops to depart)
summons (an order to appear in person at a given place and time)
word (a verbal command for action)
Meaning:
A degree in a continuum of size or quantity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
order of magnitude; order
Context examples:
it was on the order of a mile / an explosion of a low order of magnitude
Hypernyms ("order" is a kind of...):
magnitude (the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small))
Meaning:
Established customary state (especially of society)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Context examples:
order ruled in the streets / law and order
Hypernyms ("order" is a kind of...):
state (the way something is with respect to its main attributes)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "order"):
peace (the state prevailing during the absence of war)
stability (a stable order)
concord; concordance; harmony (a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole)
quiet; tranquility; tranquillity (an untroubled state; free from disturbances)
rule of law (a state of order in which events conform to the law)
civil order; polity (the form of government of a social organization)
Antonym:
disorder (a disturbance of the peace or of public order)
Meaning:
Logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
ordering; ordination; order
Context example:
we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation
Hypernyms ("order" is a kind of...):
arrangement (an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "order"):
series (similar things placed in order or happening one after another)
genome (the ordering of genes in a haploid set of chromosomes of a particular organism; the full DNA sequence of an organism)
genetic code (the ordering of nucleotides in DNA molecules that carries the genetic information in living cells)
word order (the order of words in a text)
bacteria order (an order of bacteria)
Meaning:
A condition of regular or proper arrangement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
orderliness; order
Context examples:
he put his desk in order / the machine is now in working order
Hypernyms ("order" is a kind of...):
condition; status (a state at a particular time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "order"):
tidiness (the habit of being tidy)
kelter; kilter (in working order)
spit and polish (careful attention to order and appearance (as in the military))
Antonym:
disorder (a condition in which things are not in their expected places)
Meaning:
A legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
decree; fiat; rescript; edict; order
Context example:
a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there
Hypernyms ("order" is a kind of...):
act; enactment (a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "order"):
bull; papal bull (a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla))
stay (a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted)
ban; prohibition; proscription (a decree that prohibits something)
programma (an edict that has been publicly posted)
judicial separation; legal separation (a judicial decree regulating the rights and responsibilities of a married couple living apart)
imperial decree (a decree issued by a sovereign ruler)
decree nisi (a decree issued on a first petition for divorce; becomes absolute at some later date)
curfew (an order that after a specific time certain activities (as being outside on the streets) are prohibited)
consent decree (an agreement between two parties that is sanctioned by the court; for example, a company might agree to stop certain questionable practices without admitting guilt)
Meaning:
A commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
purchase order; order
Context example:
IBM received an order for a hundred computers
Hypernyms ("order" is a kind of...):
commercial document; commercial instrument (a document of or relating to commerce)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "order"):
mail order (a purchase negotiated by mail)
stop payment (a depositor's order to a bank to refuse payment on a check)
stop order; stop-loss order (an order to a broker to sell (buy) when the price of a security falls (rises) to a designated level)
reorder (a repeated order for the same merchandise)
production order (an order that initiates the manufacturing process)
market order (an order to a broker to sell or buy stocks or commodities at the prevailing market price)
indent (an order for goods to be exported or imported)
bill-me order; credit order (an order that is received without payment; requires billing at a later date)
Meaning:
A formal association of people with similar interests
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
gild; guild; social club; society; lodge; club; order
Context examples:
he joined a golf club / they formed a small lunch society / men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today
Hypernyms ("order" is a kind of...):
association (a formal organization of people or groups of people)
Meronyms (members of "order"):
club member (someone who is a member of a club)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "order"):
jockey club (a club to promote and regulate horse racing)
racket club (club for players of racket sports)
rowing club (a club for person who row)
slate club (a group of people who save money in a common fund for a specific purpose (usually distributed at Christmas))
sorority (a social club for female undergraduates)
turnverein (a club of tumblers or gymnasts)
boat club; yacht club (club that promotes and supports yachting and boating)
service club (a club of professional or business people organized for their coordination and active in public services)
investors club (a club of small investors who buy and sell securities jointly)
hunt; hunt club (an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport)
athenaeum; atheneum (a literary or scientific association for the promotion of learning)
bookclub (a club that people join in order to buy selected books at reduced prices)
chapter (a local branch of some fraternity or association)
chess club (a club of people to play chess)
country club (a suburban club for recreation and socializing)
frat; fraternity (a social club for male undergraduates)
glee club (a club organized to sing together)
golf club (a club of people to play golf)
Meaning:
A body of rules followed by an assembly
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
parliamentary law; parliamentary procedure; rules of order; order
Hypernyms ("order" is a kind of...):
prescript; rule (prescribed guide for conduct or action)
Domain member category:
mover; proposer ((parliamentary procedure) someone who makes a formal motion)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "order"):
previous question (a motion calling for an immediate vote on the main question under discussion by a deliberative assembly)
point of order (a question as to whether the current proceedings are allowed by parliamentary procedure)
closure; cloture; gag law; gag rule (a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body)
standing order (a rule of order permanently in force)
interpellation ((parliament) a procedure of demanding that a government official explain some act or policy)
Instance hyponyms:
Robert's Rules of Order (a book of rules for presiding over a meeting; written by Henry M. Martin in 1876 and subsequently updated through many editions)
Meaning:
(usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
Holy Order; Order
Context example:
theologians still disagree over whether 'bishop' should or should not be a separate Order
Hypernyms ("Order" is a kind of...):
position; status (the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Order"):
subdeacon (a clergyman an order below deacon; one of the Holy Orders in the unreformed western Christian Church and the eastern Catholic Churches but now suppressed in the Roman Catholic Church)
priest (a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders)
lector; reader (someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church)
exorcist (one of the minor orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed in the Roman Catholic Church)
doorkeeper; ostiarius; ostiary (the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church)
deacon (a cleric ranking just below a priest in Christian churches; one of the Holy Orders)
anagnost (a cleric in the minor orders of the Eastern Orthodox Church who reads the lessons aloud in the liturgy (analogous to the lector in the Roman Catholic Church))
acolyte (someone who assists a priest or minister in a liturgical service; a cleric ordained in the highest of the minor orders in the Roman Catholic Church but not in the Anglican Church or the Eastern Orthodox Churches)
Meaning:
A group of person living under a religious rule
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
monastic order; order
Context example:
the order of Saint Benedict
Hypernyms ("order" is a kind of...):
religious order; religious sect; sect (a subdivision of a larger religious group)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "order"):
Jesuit order; Society of Jesus (a Roman Catholic order founded by Saint Ignatius of Loyola in 1534 to defend Catholicism against the Reformation and to do missionary work among the heathen; it is strongly committed to education and scholarship)
Franciscan order (a Roman Catholic order founded by Saint Francis of Assisi in the 13th century)
Dominican order (a Roman Catholic order of mendicant preachers founded in the 13th century)
Carthusian order (an austere contemplative Roman Catholic order founded by St. Bruno in 1084)
Carmelite order; Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (a Roman Catholic mendicant order founded in the 12th century)
Benedictine order; order of Saint Benedict (a Roman Catholic monastic order founded in the 6th century; noted for liturgical worship and for scholarly activities)
Augustinian order (any of several monastic orders observing a rule derived from the writings of St. Augustine)
Meaning:
(biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("order" is a kind of...):
taxon; taxonomic category; taxonomic group (animal or plant group having natural relations)
Meronyms (members of "order"):
family ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera)
suborder ((biology) taxonomic group that is a subdivision of an order)
Domain category:
biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "order"):
fungus order (the order of fungi)
plant order (the order of plants)
protoctist order (the order of protoctists)
animal order (the order of animals)
Holonyms ("order" is a member of...):
class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)
Meaning:
A request for food or refreshment (as served in a restaurant or bar etc.)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Context example:
I gave the waiter my order
Hypernyms ("order" is a kind of...):
asking; request (the verbal act of requesting)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "order"):
short order (an order for food that can be prepared quickly)
Meaning:
(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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("order" is a kind of...):
artistic style; idiom (the style of a particular artist or school or movement)
Domain category:
architecture (the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "order"):
Tuscan order (a Roman order that resembles the Doric order but without a fluted shaft)
Composite order (a Roman order that combines the Corinthian acanthus leaves with the spiral scrolls of the Ionic order)
Corinthian order (the last Greek order; similar to the Ionic order except the capital is decorated with carvings of acanthus leaves)
Ionian order; Ionic order (the second Greek order; the capital is decorated with spiral scrolls)
Dorian order; Doric order (the oldest and simplest of the Greek orders and the only one that normally has no base)
Meaning:
The act of putting things in a sequential arrangement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
ordering; order
Context example:
there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list
Hypernyms ("order" is a kind of...):
organisation; organization (the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "order"):
rank order (an arrangement according to rank)
grading; scaling (the act of arranging in a graduated series)
sequence; succession (the action of following in order)
layout (the act of laying out (as by making plans for something))
alphabetisation; alphabetization (the act of putting in alphabetical order)
• ORDER (verb)
Meaning:
Give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
order; enjoin; tell; say
Context examples:
I said to him to go home / She ordered him to do the shopping / The mother told the child to get dressed
Hypernyms (to "order" is one way to...):
request (ask (a person) to do something)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "order"):
warn (ask to go away)
call; send for (order, request, or command to come)
command; compel; require (make someone do something)
instruct (give instructions or directions for some task)
direct (command with authority)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sentence example:
They order him to write the letter
Meaning:
Make a request for something
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context examples:
Order me some flowers / order a work stoppage
Hypernyms (to "order" is one way to...):
bespeak; call for; quest; request (express the need or desire for; ask for)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "order"):
reorder (make a new request to be supplied with)
place (to arrange for)
call (order or request or give a command for)
wish (order politely; express a wish for)
commission (place an order for)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Meaning:
Issue commands or orders for
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
dictate; prescribe; order
Hypernyms (to "order" is one way to...):
bring down; impose; inflict; visit (impose something unpleasant)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "order"):
mandate (make mandatory)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
govern; regularise; regularize; regulate; order
Context examples:
We cannot regulate the way people dress / This town likes to regulate
Hypernyms (to "order" is one way to...):
decide; determine; make up one's mind (reach, make, or come to a decision about something)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "order"):
standardise; standardize (cause to conform to standard or norm)
district; zone (regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Bring order to or into
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
Order these files
Hypernyms (to "order" is one way to...):
arrange; set up (put into a proper or systematic order)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "order"):
clean up; neaten; square away; straighten; straighten out; tidy; tidy up (put (things or places) in order)
systematise; systematize; systemise; systemize (arrange according to a system or reduce to a system)
collate (to assemble in proper sequence)
disentangle; straighten out; unsnarl (extricate from entanglement)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Antonym:
disorder (bring disorder to)
Meaning:
Place in a certain order
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
order these files
Hypernyms (to "order" is one way to...):
arrange; set up (put into a proper or systematic order)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Appoint to a clerical posts
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
consecrate; ordinate; ordain; order
Context example:
he was ordained in the Church
Hypernyms (to "order" is one way to...):
enthrone; invest; vest (provide with power and authority)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Meaning:
Arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
arrange; order; put; set up
Context examples:
arrange my schedule / set up one's life / I put these memories with those of bygone times
Hypernyms (to "order" is one way to...):
organise; organize (cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "order"):
phrase (divide, combine, or mark into phrases)
contemporise; contemporize; synchronise; synchronize (arrange or represent events so that they co-occur)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Assign a rank or rating to
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
grade; rate; rank; place; range; order
Context examples:
how would you rank these students? / The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide
Hypernyms (to "order" is one way to...):
evaluate; judge; pass judgment (form a critical opinion of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "order"):
upgrade (rate higher; raise in value or esteem)
downgrade (rate lower; lower in value or esteem)
sequence (arrange in a sequence)
prioritise; prioritize (assign a priority to)
subordinate (rank or order as less important or consider of less value)
reorder (assign a new order to)
seed (distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds)
shortlist (put someone or something on a short list)
superordinate (place in a superior order or rank)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
