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单词 order of the day
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order of the day
order of the day n. [compare French l'ordre du jour (1755 in military context, 1771 in political context)]
1. Politics. In a legislative body: the business set down for debate on a particular day.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > procedure of parliament or national assembly > [noun] > business set for day
order of the day1698
society > law > legislation > [noun] > business of the day
order of the day1842
1698 Orig. Jrnls. House of Commons 8 Apr. 101 45 The House (according to ye Order of the day) Resolved it self into a Committee of the whole House to Consider further of Wayes and Meanes for Raising ye Supply granted to His Majesty.
1729 E. Knatchbull Parl. Diary (1963) 95 The orders of the day were moved for and so this day's debate ended.
1779 Parl. Reg. 1775–80 XII. 401 The order of the day was read for the House to resolve itself into a committee of supply.
1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 895/2 The motion for reading the order of the day has equally [with a motion to adjourn] the effect of superseding the existing question.
1894 R. H. Davis Eng. Cousins 167 In the Order of the Day these questions now appear numbered and titled.
2001 United News Bangladesh (Nexis) 11 July Canceling order of the day, the Jatiya Sangsad sat late in the afternoon in a mourning session.
2. colloquial. The prevailing rule, custom, or state of affairs of the time.
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society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > customs, values, or beliefs of a society or group > [noun] > of specific period or time
mode1649
order of the day1791
fashion1821
the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [noun] > prescribed rule of conduct > collectively > prevailing at the time
order of the day1791
1791 T. Paine Rights of Man ii. iii They [sc. revolutions] are become subjects of universal conversation, and may be considered as the Order of the day.
1795 G. Washington in J. Sparks Life G. Morris (1832) III. 66 Peace has been (to borrow a modern phrase) the order of the day.
1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxvi. 87 Industry was the order of the day.
1897 Pall Mall Mag. Dec. 583 November's dark hours and gloomy fogs were once more the order of the day.
1928 Cent. Mag. Aug. 465/2 Radio sets flood the market, beauty parlors spring up on every side, dancing, feasting, joy-riding are the order of the day.
1991 Managem. Accounting Sept. 69/3 Networking is the order of the day. Building chains of customers is the way for businesses to succeed in the 1990s.
3. Military. A specific command or notice issued by the commanding officer to the troops under his or her command.Recorded earliest in extended use.
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society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > a command
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commandmentc1250
precepta1325
mandementc1325
saw1338
hotea1350
biddinga1400
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judgementc1405
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shall?1553
impery1561
mandate1576
mandition1597
imperative1606
fiata1631
mitzvah1723
order of the day1804
hukum1838
prikaz1858
1804 J. Collins Scripscrapologia 102 ‘Britons, Strike Home!’ The Order of the Day; ‘Britons, Strike Home!’
1850 R. W. Emerson Napoleon in Representative Men vi. 236 The best document of his relation to his troops is the order of the day..in which [etc.].
1949 A. Koestler Promise & Fulfilm. vii. 88 The famous order of the day of the G.O.C. Palestine..which..imposed a ban on fraternization with the Jews.
1999 Washington Post (Nexis) 1 Sept. c15 The command was issued as the order of the day to the army massed on Polish frontiers.
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