orders
Meaning of orders
plural noun
- 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
- an authoritative command or instruction.
he was not going to take orders from a mere administrator
the skipper gave the order to abandon ship
- 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
- 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.
- give an authoritative instruction to do something.
she ordered me to leave
‘Stop frowning,’ he ordered
he ordered that the ship be abandoned
the judge ordered a retrial
- request (something) to be made, supplied, or served.
my mate ordered the tickets last week
I asked the security guard to order me a taxi
are you ready to order, sir?
- arrange (something) in a methodical way.
all entries are ordered by date
her normally well-ordered life
Middle English: from Old French ordre, from Latin ordo, ordin- ‘row, series, rank’.
Information about orders
- The singular form of orders is: order.
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Hyphenation of orders
or-ders
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- orders is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
orders synonyms
Meaning a particular order in which related things follow each other:
Meaning the action, process, or result of arranging or being arranged:
Meaning an organized group of people with a particular purpose, such as a business or government department:
Meaning a person's inherent qualities of mind and character:
Meaning the arrangement of and relations between the parts or elements of something complex:
Meaning a set of things working together as parts of a mechanism or an interconnecting network; a complex whole:
Meaning a number of events, objects, or people of a similar or related kind coming one after another:
Meaning a number of people or things of a similar kind following one after the other:
Meaning a set of associated people acting together, especially within a larger organization:
Meaning the action or process of classifying something:
Meaning the action or process of placing into classes or groups:
Meaning the action or process of arranging laws or rules according to a system or plan:
Meaning the action or process of getting rid of something:
Meaning the visible shape or configuration of something:
Meaning the way in which the parts of something are arranged or laid out:
Meaning an impressive display or range of a particular type of thing:
Meaning an authoritative order:
Meaning a direction or order:
Meaning an official or authoritative instruction:
Meaning instructions on how to reach a destination or about how to do something:
Meaning an official order that has the force of law:
Meaning an official order or proclamation issued by a person in authority:
Meaning an authoritative warning or order:
Meaning an official order or commission to do something:
Meaning an order or principle that must be obeyed:
Meaning a divine rule, especially one of the Ten Commandments:
Meaning an individual rule as part of a system of law:
Meaning one of a set of explicit or understood regulations or principles governing conduct or procedure within a particular area of activity:
Meaning a rule or directive made and maintained by an authority:
Meaning a written law passed by a legislative body:
Meaning a formal authorization or proposition; a decree:
Meaning an order or decree imposed by someone in power without popular consent:
Meaning an insistent and peremptory request, made as of right:
Meaning the ordering or requesting of someone to do something:
Meaning a thing that is needed or wanted:
Meaning a condition or requirement that is specified or demanded as part of an agreement:
Meaning an order to appear before a judge or magistrate, or the writ containing such an order:
Meaning a form of written command in the name of a court or other legal authority to act, or abstain from acting, in a particular way:
Meaning a document issued by a legal or government official authorizing the police or another body to make an arrest, search premises, or carry out some other action relating to the administration of justice:
Meaning (especially in Spain and Spanish-speaking countries) a political manifesto or proclamation:
Meaning (in tsarist Russia) a decree with the force of law:
Meaning a person's orders or command:
Meaning an official edict or announcement:
Meaning a system in which members of an organization or society are ranked according to relative status or authority:
Meaning arrange in or allocate to grades; classify or sort:
Meaning a position in a hierarchy or scale:
Meaning each of the small, thin horny or bony plates protecting the skin of fish and reptiles, typically overlapping one another:
Meaning a group of people living together and practising common ownership:
Meaning an association or community of people linked by a common interest, religion, or trade:
Meaning the relationship between sisters:
Meaning a category of people or things having common characteristics:
Meaning a group of people or things having similar characteristics:
Meaning a category of things or people with a common feature; a type:
Meaning the basic or inherent features, character, or qualities of something:
Meaning a thing which differs in some way from others of the same general class or sort; a type:
Meaning a type of person or thing similar to one already referred to:
Meaning a style or category of art, music, or literature:
Meaning an object made by shaping molten metal or similar material in a mould:
Meaning a particular procedure by which something is done; a manner or way:
Meaning a type of product manufactured by a particular company under a particular name:
Meaning the year or place in which wine, especially wine of high quality, was produced:
Meaning the standard of something as measured against other things of a similar kind; the degree of excellence of something:
Meaning a level of quality or attainment:
Meaning a set or category of things having some property or attribute in common and differentiated from others by kind, type, or quality:
Meaning a secondary or subordinate class:
Meaning a principal taxonomic category that ranks above genus and below order, usually ending in -idae (in zoology) or -aceae (in botany):
Meaning a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding. The species is the principal natural taxonomic unit, ranking below a genus and denoted by a :
Meaning a sort or kind of person or thing:
Meaning a taxonomic group of any rank, such as a species, family, or class:
Meaning tell or order someone to do something, especially in a formal or official way:
Meaning give (someone) an official order or authoritative instruction:
Meaning instruct or urge (someone) to do something:
Meaning order or advise someone to do something:
Meaning need for a particular purpose:
Meaning demand (an amount) as a price for a service rendered or goods supplied:
Meaning urge or request (someone) solemnly or earnestly to do something:
Meaning offer (a certain price) for something, especially at an auction:
Meaning order (something) officially:
Meaning make or enact laws:
Meaning (of a medical practitioner) advise and authorize the use of (a medicine or treatment) for someone, especially in writing:
Meaning make the sound of (a word or part of a word) in the correct or a particular way:
Meaning cause (something) to occur in a particular way or to have a particular nature:
Meaning make (a bill or other proposal) law:
Meaning politely or formally ask for:
Meaning demand the performance or occurrence of:
Meaning reserve (accommodation, a place, etc.); buy (a ticket) in advance:
Meaning arrange for (a room, seat, ticket, etc.) to be kept for the use of a particular person:
Meaning order or authorize the production of (something):
Meaning be evidence of; indicate:
Meaning arrange systematically; order:
Meaning put (things) in a neat, attractive, or required order:
Meaning assemble and arrange (a group of people, especially troops) in order:
Meaning arrange in a particular position:
Meaning control (something, especially a business activity) by means of rules and regulations:
Meaning put in a group or groups:
Meaning assign to a particular class or category:
Meaning place in a particular class or group:
Meaning make a systematic list of (items of the same type):
Meaning arrange (laws or rules) into a systematic code:
Meaning arrange according to an organized system; make systematic:
Meaning another term for systematize:
Meaning arrange (data) in tabular form:
Meaning decide the order of treatment of (patients or casualties):
Meaning arrange in an orderly or systematic manner:
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