order
noun
[ ˈɔːdə ]
• 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"
Similar:
sequence,
arrangement,
organization,
disposition,
structure,
system,
series,
succession,
grouping,
classification,
categorization,
codification,
systematization,
disposal,
form,
layout,
array,
set-up,
line-up,
• an authoritative command or instruction.
• "he was not going to take orders from a mere administrator"
Similar:
command,
instruction,
directive,
direction,
decree,
edict,
injunction,
mandate,
dictate,
commandment,
law,
rule,
regulation,
ordinance,
statute,
fiat,
diktat,
demand,
bidding,
requirement,
stipulation,
summons,
writ,
warrant,
pronunciamento,
ukase,
say-so,
behest,
rescript,
• a particular social, political, or economic system.
• "they were dedicated to overthrowing the established order"
• a society of monks, nuns, or friars living under the same religious, moral, and social regulations and discipline.
• "the Franciscan Order"
• the quality or nature of something.
• "poetry of the highest order"
Similar:
type,
kind,
sort,
nature,
variety,
ilk,
genre,
cast,
style,
brand,
vintage,
quality,
calibre,
standard,
• a principal taxonomic category that ranks below class and above family.
• "the higher orders of insects"
• any of the five classical styles of architecture (Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, Tuscan, and Composite) based on the proportions of columns and the style of their decoration.
• equipment or uniform for a specified purpose or of a specified type.
• "the platoon changed from drill order into PT kit"
• the degree of complexity of an equation, expression, etc., as denoted by an ordinal number.
order
verb
• give an authoritative instruction to do something.
• "she ordered me to leave"
Similar:
instruct,
command,
direct,
enjoin,
give the order to,
give the command to,
tell,
require,
charge,
adjure,
bid,
decree,
ordain,
rule,
legislate,
lay down,
dictate,
prescribe,
pronounce,
determine,
enact,
• request (something) to be made, supplied, or served.
• "my mate ordered the tickets last week"
Similar:
request,
apply for,
send away/off for,
write off for,
put in an order for,
place an order for,
requisition,
book,
reserve,
commission,
contract for,
bespeak,
• arrange (something) in a methodical way.
• "all entries are ordered by date"
Similar:
organize,
put in order,
set in order,
arrange,
sort out,
straighten out,
marshal,
dispose,
lay out,
regulate,
group,
classify,
categorize,
catalogue,
codify,
systematize,
systemize,
tabulate,
triage,
methodize,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French ordre, from Latin ordo, ordin- ‘row, series, rank’.
