order

or·der

O0110300 (ôr′dər)n.1. A condition of logical or comprehensible arrangement among the separate elements of a group.2. a. A condition of methodical or prescribed arrangement among component parts such that proper functioning or appearance is achieved: checked to see that the shipping department was in order.b. Condition or state in general: The escalator is in good working order.3. a. The established system of social organization: "Every revolution exaggerates the evils of the old order" (C. Wright Mills).b. A condition in which freedom from disorder or disruption is maintained through respect for established authority: finally restored order in the rebellious provinces.4. A sequence or arrangement of successive things: changed the order of the files.5. The prescribed form or customary procedure, as in a meeting or court of law: The bailiff called the court to order.6. An authoritative indication to be obeyed; a command or direction.7. a. A command given by a superior military officer requiring obedience, as in the execution of a task.b. orders Formal written instructions to report for military duty at a specified time and place.8. a. A commission or instruction to buy, sell, or supply something.b. That which is supplied, bought, or sold.9. a. A request made by a customer at a restaurant for a portion of food.b. The food requested.10. Law A directive or command of a court.11. Ecclesiastical a. Any of several grades of the Christian ministry: the order of priesthood.b. often orders The rank of an ordained Christian minister or priest.c. often orders The sacrament or rite of ordination.12. Any of the nine grades or choirs of angels.13. A group of persons living under a religious rule: Order of Saint Benedict.14. An organization of people united by a common fraternal bond or social aim.15. a. A group of people upon whom a government or sovereign has formally conferred honor for unusual service or merit, entitling them to wear a special insignia: the Order of the Garter.b. The insignia worn by such people.16. often orders A social class: the lower orders.17. A class defined by the common attributes of its members; a kind.18. Degree of quality or importance; rank: poetry of a high order.19. Architecture a. Any of several styles of classical architecture characterized by the type of column and entablature employed. Of the five generally accepted classical orders, the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian orders are Greek and the Tuscan and Composite orders are Roman.b. A style of building: a cathedral of the Gothic order.20. Biology A taxonomic category of organisms ranking above a family and below a class.21. Mathematics a. The sum of the exponents to which the variables in a term are raised; degree.b. An indicated number of successive differentiations to be performed.c. The number of elements in a finite group.d. The number of rows or columns in a determinant or matrix.v. or·dered, or·der·ing, or·ders v.tr.1. a. To issue a command or instruction to: ordered the sailors to stow their gear.b. To direct to proceed as specified: ordered the intruders off the property.2. a. To give a command or instruction for: The judge ordered a recount of the ballots.b. To request to be supplied with: order eggs and bacon for breakfast.3. To put into a methodical, systematic arrangement: ordered the books on the shelf. See Synonyms at arrange.4. To predestine; ordain.v.intr. To give an order or orders; request that something be done or supplied.Idioms: in order that So that. in order to For the purpose of. in short order With no delay; quickly. on order Requested but not yet delivered. on the order of1. Of a kind or fashion similar to; like: a house on the order of a mountain lodge.2. Approximately; about: equipment costing on the order of a million dollars. to order According to the buyer's specifications.

[Middle English ordre, from Old French, variant of ordene, from Latin ōrdō, ōrdin-; see ar- in Indo-European roots.]

or′der·er n.

order

(ˈɔːdə) n1. a state in which all components or elements are arranged logically, comprehensibly, or naturally2. an arrangement or disposition of things in succession; sequence: alphabetical order. 3. an established or customary method or state, esp of society4. a peaceful or harmonious condition of society: order reigned in the streets. 5. (often plural) a class, rank, or hierarchy: the lower orders. 6. (Biology) biology any of the taxonomic groups into which a class is divided and which contains one or more families. Carnivora, Primates, and Rodentia are three orders of the class Mammalia7. an instruction that must be obeyed; command8. (Law) a decision or direction of a court or judge entered on the court record but not included in the final judgment9. (Commerce) a. a commission or instruction to produce or supply something in return for paymentb. the commodity produced or suppliedc. (as modifier): order form. 10. a procedure followed by an assembly, meeting, etc11. (capital when part of a name) a body of people united in a particular aim or purpose12. (Ecclesiastical Terms) (usually capital) Also called: religious order a group of persons who bind themselves by vows in order to devote themselves to the pursuit of religious aims13. (Historical Terms) history a society of knights constituted as a fraternity, such as the Knights Templars14. a. a group of people holding a specific honour for service or merit, conferred on them by a sovereign or stateb. the insignia of such a group15. (Architecture) a. any of the five major classical styles of architecture classified by the style of columns and entablatures used. See also Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, Tuscan, composite⁴b. any style of architecture16. (Ecclesiastical Terms) Christianity a. the sacrament by which bishops, priests, etc, have their offices conferred upon themb. any of the degrees into which the ministry is dividedc. the office of an ordained Christian minister17. (Ecclesiastical Terms) a form of Christian Church service prescribed to be used on specific occasions18. (Judaism) Judaism one of the six sections of the Mishna or the corresponding tractates of the Talmud19. (Mathematics) maths a. the number of times a function must be differentiated to obtain a given derivativeb. the order of the highest derivative in a differential equationc. the number of rows or columns in a determinant or square matrixd. the number of members of a finite group20. (Statistics) short for order of magnitude21. (Military) the order military the dress, equipment, or formation directed for a particular purpose or undertaking: drill order; battle order. 22. a tall order something difficult, demanding, or exacting23. in order a. in sequenceb. properly arrangedc. appropriate or fitting24. in order to (preposition; foll by an infinitive) so that it is possible to: to eat in order to live. 25. in order that (conjunction) with the purpose that; so that26. keep order to maintain or enforce order27. of the order of in the order of having an approximately specified size or quantity28. (Commerce) on order having been ordered or commissioned but not having been delivered29. out of order a. not in sequenceb. not workingc. not following the rules or customary procedure30. to order a. according to a buyer's specificationsb. on request or demandvb31. (tr) to give a command to (a person or animal to do or be something)32. (Commerce) to request (something) to be supplied or made, esp in return for payment: he ordered a hamburger. 33. (tr) to instruct or command to move, go, etc (to a specified place): they ordered her into the house. 34. (tr; may take a clause as object) to authorize; prescribe: the doctor ordered a strict diet. 35. (tr) to arrange, regulate, or dispose (articles) in their proper places36. (of fate or the gods) to will; ordain37. (tr) rare to ordaininterj38. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) an exclamation of protest against an infringement of established procedure39. an exclamation demanding that orderly behaviour be restored[C13: from Old French ordre, from Latin ordō] ˈorderer n ˈorderless adj

or•der

(ˈɔr dər)
n. 1. an authoritative direction or instruction; command. 2. the disposition of things following one after another; succession or sequence: alphabetical order. 3. a condition in which each thing is properly disposed with reference to other things and to its purpose; methodical or harmonious arrangement. 4. formal disposition or array. 5. proper, satisfactory, or working condition. 6. state or condition generally: in good working order. 7. conformity or obedience to law or established authority: to maintain law and order. 8. customary mode of procedure; established practice or usage. 9. the customary or prescribed mode of proceeding in debates, legislative bodies, meetings, etc.: parliamentary rules of order. 10. prevailing course or arrangement of things; established system or regime: The old order is changing. 11. a direction or commission to make, provide, or furnish something. 12. a quantity of goods or items purchased or sold. 13. a portion of food requested or served in a restaurant. 14. Math. a. degree, as in algebra. b. the number of rows or columns of a square matrix or determinant. c. the number of times a function has been differentiated to produce a given derivative: a second-order derivative. d. the highest derivative appearing in a given differential equation. e. the number of elements of a given group. 15. a class, kind, or sort distinguished from others by character or rank: talents of a high order. 16. Biol. the usual major subdivision of a class or subclass in the classification of organisms, consisting of one or more families. 17. a rank or class of persons in a community. 18. a group or body of persons of the same profession, occupation, or pursuits. 19. a body or society of persons living by common consent under the same religious, moral, or social regulations. 20. any of the degrees or grades of clerical office. Compare major order, minor order. 21. a monastic society or fraternity: the Franciscan order. 22. any of the nine grades of angels in medieval angelology. Compare angel (def. 1). 23. a written direction to pay money or deliver goods, given by a person legally entitled to dispose of it. 24. Archit. a. an arrangement of columns with an entablature. b. any of five styles of column and entablature typical of classical architecture, including the Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, Tuscan, and Composite styles. 25. orders, the rank or status of an ordained Christian minister. 26. Usu., orders. the rite or sacrament of ordination. 27. a prescribed form of religious service or of administration of a rite. 28. a society or fraternity of knights, of combined military and monastic character, as the medieval Knights Templars. 29. an organization or fraternal society in some way resembling the knightly orders. 30. (cap.) a. a special honor or rank conferred by a sovereign upon a person for distinguished achievement. b. the insignia worn by such persons. v.t. 31. to give an order or command to. 32. to direct or command to go or come as specified: She ordered them out of her house. 33. to direct to be made or supplied: to order a copy of a book. 34. to prescribe. 35. to regulate, conduct, or manage. 36. to arrange methodically or suitably. 37. Math. to arrange (the elements of a set) so that if one element precedes another, it cannot be preceded by the other or by elements that the other precedes. 38. to ordain. v.i. 39. to give an order or issue orders. Idioms: 1. call to order, to begin (a meeting). 2. in order, rightful and proper; appropriate: An apology is certainly in order. 3. in order that, so that; to the end that. 4. in order to, as a means to; with the purpose of. 5. on order, ordered but not yet received. 6. on the order of, a. resembling to some extent; like. b. approximately; about. 7. out of order, a. not in correct sequence or arrangement. b. not operating properly; in disrepair. 8. to order, according to the purchaser's requirements or stipulations. [1175–1225; Middle English ordre < Old French < Latin ōrdinem, acc. of ōrdō row, rank] syn: See direct.

or·der

(ôr′dər) A group of organisms ranking above a family and below a class. See Table at taxonomy.

order

A communication, written, oral, or by signal, which conveys instructions from a superior to a subordinate. (DOD only) In a broad sense, the terms "order" and "command" are synonymous. However, an order implies discretion as to the details of execution whereas a command does not.

Order/Disorder

order

Past participle: ordered
Gerund: ordering

Imperative
order
order

Present
I order
you order
he/she/it orders
we order
you order
they order

Preterite
I ordered
you ordered
he/she/it ordered
we ordered
you ordered
they ordered

Present Continuous
I am ordering
you are ordering
he/she/it is ordering
we are ordering
you are ordering
they are ordering

Present Perfect
I have ordered
you have ordered
he/she/it has ordered
we have ordered
you have ordered
they have ordered

Past Continuous
I was ordering
you were ordering
he/she/it was ordering
we were ordering
you were ordering
they were ordering

Past Perfect
I had ordered
you had ordered
he/she/it had ordered
we had ordered
you had ordered
they had ordered

Future
I will order
you will order
he/she/it will order
we will order
you will order
they will order

Future Perfect
I will have ordered
you will have ordered
he/she/it will have ordered
we will have ordered
you will have ordered
they will have ordered

Future Continuous
I will be ordering
you will be ordering
he/she/it will be ordering
we will be ordering
you will be ordering
they will be ordering

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been ordering
you have been ordering
he/she/it has been ordering
we have been ordering
you have been ordering
they have been ordering

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been ordering
you will have been ordering
he/she/it will have been ordering
we will have been ordering
you will have been ordering
they will have been ordering

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been ordering
you had been ordering
he/she/it had been ordering
we had been ordering
you had been ordering
they had been ordering

Conditional
I would order
you would order
he/she/it would order
we would order
you would order
they would order

Past Conditional
I would have ordered
you would have ordered
he/she/it would have ordered
we would have ordered
you would have ordered
they would have ordered

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	order - (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed; "the British ships dropped anchor and waited for orders from London"plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than onebid, bidding, command, dictation - an authoritative direction or instruction to do somethingmarching orders - an order from a superior officer for troops to departsummons - an order to appear in person at a given place and timeword - a verbal command for action; "when I give the word, charge!"armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
	2.	order - a degree in a continuum of size or quantity; "it was on the order of a mile"; "an explosion of a low order of magnitude"order of magnitudemagnitude - the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small); "they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion"; "about the magnitude of a small pea"
	3.	order - established customary state (especially of society); "order ruled in the streets"; "law and order"state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state"civil order, polity - the form of government of a social organizationrule of law - a state of order in which events conform to the lawtranquillity, quiet, tranquility - an untroubled state; free from disturbancesconcordance, concord, 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 wholestability - a stable order (especially of society)peace - the state prevailing during the absence of wardisorder - a disturbance of the peace or of public order
	4.	order - logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements; "we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation"ordering, ordinationbacteria order - an order of bacteriaword order - the order of words in a textarrangement - an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging; "a flower arrangement"genetic code - the ordering of nucleotides in DNA molecules that carries the genetic information in living cellsgenome - the ordering of genes in a haploid set of chromosomes of a particular organism; the full DNA sequence of an organism; "the human genome contains approximately three billion chemical base pairs"series - similar things placed in order or happening one after another; "they were investigating a series of bank robberies"
	5.	order - a condition of regular or proper arrangement; "he put his desk in order"; "the machine is now in working order"orderlinesscondition, status - a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"spit and polish - careful attention to order and appearance (as in the military)kelter, kilter - in working order; "out of kilter"; "in good kilter"tidiness - the habit of being tidydisorderliness, disorder - a condition in which things are not in their expected places; "the files are in complete disorder"
	6.	order - a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge); "a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there"decree, fiat, rescript, edictact, enactment - a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative bodyconsent 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 guiltcurfew - an order that after a specific time certain activities (as being outside on the streets) are prohibiteddecree nisi - a decree issued on a first petition for divorce; becomes absolute at some later dateimperial decree - a decree issued by a sovereign rulerjudicial separation, legal separation - a judicial decree regulating the rights and responsibilities of a married couple living apartprogramma - an edict that has been publicly postedban, proscription, prohibition - a decree that prohibits somethingstay - a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted; "the Supreme Court has the power to stay an injunction pending an appeal to the whole Court"papal bull, bull - a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla)law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
	7.	order - a commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities; "IBM received an order for a hundred computers"purchase ordercommercial document, commercial instrument - a document of or relating to commercebill-me order, credit order - an order that is received without payment; requires billing at a later dateindent - an order for goods to be exported or importedmarket order - an order to a broker to sell or buy stocks or commodities at the prevailing market priceproduction order - an order that initiates the manufacturing processreorder - a repeated order for the same merchandise; "he's the one who sends out all the new orders and reorders"stop order, stop-loss order - an order to a broker to sell (buy) when the price of a security falls (rises) to a designated levelstop payment - a depositor's order to a bank to refuse payment on a checkmail order - a purchase negotiated by mail
	8.	order - a formal association of people with similar interests; "he joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society"; "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today"gild, guild, social club, society, lodge, clubassociation - a formal organization of people or groups of people; "he joined the Modern Language Association"athenaeum, atheneum - a literary or scientific association for the promotion of learningbookclub - a club that people join in order to buy selected books at reduced priceschapter - a local branch of some fraternity or association; "he joined the Atlanta chapter"chess club - a club of people to play chesscountry club - a suburban club for recreation and socializingfrat, fraternity - a social club for male undergraduatesglee club - a club organized to sing togethergolf club - a club of people to play golfhunt club, hunt - an association of huntsmen who hunt for sportinvestors club - a club of small investors who buy and sell securities jointlyjockey club - a club to promote and regulate horse racingracket club - club for players of racket sportsrowing club - a club for rowersslate 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 undergraduatesturnverein - a club of tumblers or gymnastsboat club, yacht club - club that promotes and supports yachting and boatingservice club - a club of professional or business people organized for their coordination and active in public servicesclub member - someone who is a member of a club
	9.	order - a body of rules followed by an assemblyparliamentary law, parliamentary procedure, rules of orderprescript, rule - prescribed guide for conduct or actioninterpellation - (parliament) a parliamentary procedure of demanding that a government official explain some act or policystanding order - a rule of order permanently in forcecloture, gag law, gag rule, closure - a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative bodypoint of order - a question as to whether the current proceedings are allowed by parliamentary procedureprevious question - a motion calling for an immediate vote on the main question under discussion by a deliberative assemblymover, proposer - (parliamentary procedure) someone who makes a formal motion
	10.	Order - (usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy; "theologians still disagree over whether `bishop' should or should not be a separate Order"Holy Orderacolyte - 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 Churchesanagnost - 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)deacon - a cleric ranking just below a priest in Christian churches; one of the Holy Ordersostiarius, ostiary, doorkeeper - the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Churchexorcist - one of the minor orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed in the Roman Catholic Churchlector, reader - someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Churchpriest - a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orderssubdeacon - 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 Churchstatus, position - the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society; "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained the status of a classic"; "atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life"
	11.	order - a group of person living under a religious rule; "the order of Saint Benedict"monastic orderAugustinian order - any of several monastic orders observing a rule derived from the writings of St. AugustineBenedictine order, order of Saint Benedict - a Roman Catholic monastic order founded in the 6th century; noted for liturgical worship and for scholarly activitiesCarmelite order, Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel - a Roman Catholic mendicant order founded in the 12th centuryCarthusian order - an austere contemplative Roman Catholic order founded by St. Bruno in 1084Dominican order - a Roman Catholic order of mendicant preachers founded in the 13th centuryFranciscan order - a Roman Catholic order founded by Saint Francis of Assisi in the 13th centuryJesuit 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 scholarshipreligious order, religious sect, sect - a subdivision of a larger religious group
	12.	order - (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more familiesanimal order - the order of animalsprotoctist order - the order of protoctistsbiological science, biology - the science that studies living organismstaxon, taxonomic category, taxonomic group - animal or plant group having natural relationsclass - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orderssuborder - (biology) taxonomic group that is a subdivision of an orderfamily - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera; "sharks belong to the fish family"plant order - the order of plantsfungus order - the order of fungi
	13.	order - 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"asking, request - the verbal act of requestingshort order - an order for food that can be prepared quickly
	14.	order - (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 RomansDorian order, Doric order - the oldest and simplest of the Greek orders and the only one that normally has no baseIonian order, Ionic order - the second Greek order; the capital is decorated with spiral scrollsCorinthian order - the last Greek order; similar to the Ionic order except the capital is decorated with carvings of acanthus leavesComposite order - a Roman order that combines the Corinthian acanthus leaves with the spiral scrolls of the Ionic orderTuscan order - a Roman order that resembles the Doric order but without a fluted shaftartistic style, idiom - the style of a particular artist or school or movement; "an imaginative orchestral idiom"architecture - the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use"
	15.	order - the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement; "there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list"orderingorganisation, organization - the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically; "his organization of the work force was very efficient"rank order - an arrangement according to rankgrading, scaling - the act of arranging in a graduated seriessuccession, sequence - the action of following in order; "he played the trumps in sequence"layout - the act of laying out (as by making plans for something)alphabetisation, alphabetization - the act of putting in alphabetical order
Verb	1.	order - give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority; "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed"enjoin, tell, saydirect - command with authority; "He directed the children to do their homework"instruct - give instructions or directions for some task; "She instructed the students to work on their pronunciation"command, require - make someone do somethingrequest - ask (a person) to do something; "She asked him to be here at noon"; "I requested that she type the entire manuscript"send for, call - order, request, or command to come; "She was called into the director's office"; "Call the police!"warn - ask to go away; "The old man warned the children off his property"
	2.	order - make a request for something; "Order me some flowers"; "order a work stoppage"reorder - make a new request to be supplied with; "The store had to reorder the popular CD several times"place - to arrange for; "place a phone call"; "place a bet"call for, request, bespeak, quest - express the need or desire for; ask for; "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service"call - order or request or give a command for; "The unions called a general strike for Sunday"wish - order politely; express a wish forcommission - place an order for
	3.	order - issue commands or orders fordictate, prescribeinflict, impose, bring down, visit - impose something unpleasant; "The principal visited his rage on the students"mandate - make mandatory; "the new director of the school board mandated regular tests"
	4.	order - bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate"govern, regularise, regularize, regulatestandardize, standardise - cause to conform to standard or norm; "The weights and measures were standardized"decide, make up one's mind, determine - reach, make, or come to a decision about something; "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations"district, zone - regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns
	5.	order - bring order to or into; "Order these files"clean up, neaten, square away, tidy, tidy up, straighten, straighten out - put (things or places) in order; "Tidy up your room!"systematise, systematize, systemise, systemize - arrange according to a system or reduce to a system; "systematize our scientific knowledge"collate - to assemble in proper sequence; "collate the papers"unsnarl, disentangle, straighten out - extricate from entanglement; "Can you disentangle the cord?"arrange, set up - put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"disarray, disorder - bring disorder to
	6.	order - place in a certain order; "order the photos chronologically"arrange, set up - put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"
	7.	order - appoint to a clerical posts; "he was ordained in the Church"consecrate, ordinate, ordainenthrone, vest, invest - provide with power and authority; "They vested the council with special rights"
	8.	order - arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times"arrange, put, set upcontemporise, contemporize, synchronise, synchronize - arrange or represent events so that they co-occur; "synchronize biblical events"phrase - divide, combine, or mark into phrases; "phrase a musical passage"organize, organise - cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea
	9.	order - assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"grade, rate, rank, place, rangesuperordinate - place in a superior order or rank; "These two notions are superordinated to a third"shortlist - put someone or something on a short listseed - distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early roundsreorder - assign a new order tosubordinate - rank or order as less important or consider of less value; "Art is sometimes subordinated to Science in these schools"prioritise, prioritize - assign a priority to; "we have too many things to do and must prioritize"sequence - arrange in a sequencedowngrade - rate lower; lower in value or esteemupgrade - rate higher; raise in value or esteempass judgment, evaluate, judge - form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people"

order

verb1. command, instruct, direct, charge, demand, require, bid, compel, enjoin, adjure Williams ordered him to leave.
command forbid, ban, prohibit, debar, exclude2. decree, rule, demand, establish, prescribe, pronounce, ordain The President has ordered a full investigation.
decree ban, disallow, proscribe, rule out, veto, outlaw, preclude, make illegal, interdict, criminalize3. request, ask (for), book, demand, seek, call for, reserve, engage, apply for, contract for, solicit, requisition, put in for, send away for I often order goods over the Internet these days.4. arrange, group, sort, class, position, range, file, rank, line up, organize, set out, sequence, catalogue, sort out, classify, array, dispose, tidy, marshal, lay out, tabulate, systematize, neaten, put in order, set in order, put to rights Entries in the book are ordered alphabetically.
arrange confuse, disturb, disorder, scramble, mix up, muddle, mess up, jumble up, disarrangenoun1. instruction, ruling, demand, direction, command, say-so (informal), dictate, decree, mandate, directive, injunction, behest, stipulation They were arrested and executed on the orders of Stalin.2. request, booking, demand, commission, application, reservation, requisition The company say they can't supply our order.3. sequence, grouping, ordering, line, series, structure, chain, arrangement, line-up, succession, disposal, array, placement, classification, layout, progression, disposition, setup (informal), categorization, codification List the key headings and sort them in a logical order.4. organization, system, method, plan, pattern, arrangement, harmony, symmetry, regularity, propriety, neatness, tidiness, orderliness The wish to impose order upon confusion is a kind of intellectual instinct.
organization mess, disorder, confusion, chaos, muddle, shambles, disarray, jumble, pandemonium5. peace, control, law, quiet, calm, discipline, law and order, tranquillity, peacefulness, lawfulness He has the power to use force to maintain public order.6. society, company, group, club, union, community, league, association, institute, organization, circle, corporation, lodge, guild, sect, fellowship, fraternity, brotherhood, sisterhood, sodality the Benedictine order of monks7. class, set, rank, degree, grade, sphere, caste He maintained that the higher orders of society must rule the lower.8. kind, group, class, family, form, sort, type, variety, cast, species, breed, strain, category, tribe, genre, classification, genus, ilk, subdivision, subclass, taxonomic group the order of insects Coleoptera, better known as beetlesbe the order of the day be obligatory Champagne is the order of the day at weddings.in order1. tidy, ordered, neat, arranged, trim, orderly, spruce, well-kept, well-ordered, shipshape, spick-and-span, trig (archaic or dialect), in apple-pie order (informal) We tried to keep the room in order.2. appropriate, right, fitting, seemly, called for, correct, suitable, acceptable, proper, to the point, apt, applicable, pertinent, befitting, well-suited, well-timed, apposite, germane, to the purpose, meet (archaic), O.K. or okay (informal) I think an apology would be in order.order someone about or around dominate, bully, intimidate, oppress, dictate to, terrorize, put upon, push around (slang), browbeat, ride roughshod over, lord it over, tyrannize, rule with an iron hand My big brother's always ordering me about.out of order1. not working, broken, broken-down, ruined, bust (informal), buggered (slang, chiefly Brit.), defective, wonky (Brit. slang), not functioning, out of commission, on the blink (slang), on its last legs, inoperative, kaput (informal), in disrepair, gone haywire (informal), nonfunctional, on the fritz (U.S. slang), gone phut (informal), U.S. (informal) The phone is out of order.2. improper, wrong, unsuitable, not done, not on (informal), unfitting, vulgar, out of place, unseemly, untoward, unbecoming, impolite, off-colour, out of turn, uncalled-for, not cricket (informal), indelicate, indecorous Don't you think that remark was a bit out of order?Proverbs
"A place for everything, and everything in its place"
"There's a time and a place for everything"

order

noun1. A way or condition of being arranged:arrangement, categorization, classification, deployment, disposal, disposition, distribution, formation, grouping, layout, lineup, organization, placement, sequence.2. Systematic arrangement and design:method, orderliness, organization, pattern, plan, system, systematization, systemization.3. A state of sound readiness:condition, fettle, fitness, form, kilter, shape, trim.4. A way in which things follow each other in space or time:consecution, procession, sequence, succession.5. A number of things placed or occurring one after the other:chain, consecution, course, procession, progression, round, run, sequence, series, string, succession, suite, train.Informal: streak.6. An authoritative indication to be obeyed:behest, bidding, charge, command, commandment, dictate, direction, directive, injunction, instruction (often used in plural), mandate, word.7. A group of people united in a relationship and having some interest, activity, or purpose in common:association, club, confederation, congress, federation, fellowship, fraternity, guild, league, organization, society, sorority, union.8. A class that is defined by the common attribute or attributes possessed by all its members:breed, cast, description, feather, ilk, kind, lot, manner, mold, nature, sort, species, stamp, stripe, type, variety.Informal: persuasion.9. A division of persons or things by quality, rank, or grade:bracket, class, grade, league, rank, tier.10. A subdivision of a larger group:category, class, classification, set.verb1. To give orders to:bid, charge, command, direct, enjoin, instruct, tell.2. To command or issue commands in an arrogant manner:boss, dictate, dominate, domineer, rule, tyrannize.3. To put into a deliberate order:arrange, array, deploy, dispose, marshal, organize, range, sort, systematize.4. To arrange in an orderly manner:methodize, organize, systematize, systemize.

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order

(ˈoːdə) noun1. a statement (by a person in authority) of what someone must do; a command. He gave me my orders.命令2. an instruction to supply something. orders from Germany for special gates.订单3. something supplied. Your order is nearly ready.订货4. a tidy state. The house is in (good) order.整齐5. a system or method. I must have order in my life.条理6. an arrangement (of people, things etc) in space, time etc. in alphabetical order; in order of importance.次序7. a peaceful condition. law and order.秩序良好8. a written instruction to pay money. a banker's order. 付款指令，汇票 9. a group, class, rank or position. This is a list of the various orders of plants; the social order. 团体，阶层 10. a religious society, especially of monks. the Benedictine order. 教团，修道会 verb1. to tell (someone) to do something (from a position of authority). He ordered me to stand up.命令2. to give an instruction to supply. I have ordered some new furniture from the shop; He ordered a steak.订购3. to put in order. Should we order these alphabetically? 整理，安排 ˈorderly adjective well-behaved; quiet. an orderly queue of people.有秩序的 noun – plural ˈorderlies – 1. a hospital attendant who does routine jobs. 护理员2. a soldier who carries an officer's orders and messages. 通讯员ˈorderliness noun整洁ˈorder-form noun a form on which a customer's order is written. 订货单in order1. correct according to what is regularly done, especially in meetings etc. It is quite in order to end the meeting now.符合规程2. in a good efficient state. Everything is in order for the party.准备就绪in order (that) so that. He checked all his figures again in order that the report might be as accurate as possible.为了...in order to for the purpose of. I went home in order to change my clothes.为了...made to order made when and how a customer wishes. curtains made to order. 定制（的） on order having been ordered but not yet supplied. We don't have any copies of this book at the moment, but it's on order.已定购而尚未交货的order about to keep on giving orders (to someone). I'm tired of him ordering me about all the time. 不断差遣（把某人差来差去） out of order1. not working (properly). The machine is out of order.发生故障2. not correct according to what is regularly done, especially in meetings etc. He was out of order in saying that.次序颠倒a tall order a difficult job or task. Asking us to finish this by Friday is a bit of a tall order.难以实现的命令

order

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Please order me a taxi → 请给我叫一辆出租车
Please order me a taxi for eight o'clock (US)
Please order me a taxi for 8 o'clock (UK) → 请给我叫一辆出租车，八点钟出发
I'd like to order something local → 我想点一些当地特色菜肴
May I order now, please? (US)
Can I order now, please? (UK) → 我可以点菜了吗？

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A logical and regular arrangement among the separate components or elements of a group; a unity of idea, feeling and form.

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in architecture, an assemblage based on the artistic reworking of post-and-lintel construction and having a specific composition, form, and proportion of elements. Various orders have been used in the architecture of many peoples since early antiquity (for example, in ancient Egypt and Iran). The classical Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian orders, which arose in ancient Greece and underwent some evolution in ancient Rome, were important in the development of European architecture.

Archaeological evidence does not support the inference, widespread in world architectural scholarship, that the Greek orders arose as a result of tradition-oriented architects gradually transferring from wood to stone construction. It also does not support the belief that the classical orders reached the zenith of their development in the fifth century B.C., having acquired perfect, “canonical” proportions at that time. Soviet scholars have advanced the theory that the basic orders—the Doric and Ionic (an early variant without a frieze)—appeared as an integrated compositional system in the earliest stone temples and other public buildings. Even at this time the basic orders are thought to have constituted a consciously generalized, artistically conventionalized distillation of wooden Doric and Ionic architecture. The prototype for the Doric order was a structure with a flat ceiling made of wooden beams and a double-pitched roof covered with straw or reeds (later, tiles). The prototype for the Ionic order was a structure with a flat roof consisting of a dense matting of twigs or small logs covered with earth.

The severe and monumental Doric order, which appeared in the early sixth century B.C., consists of a three-stepped base, or stereobate; a fluted supporting column (usually with entasis) topped by a capital consisting of an abacus and echinus; and the supported entablature, consisting of an architrave, a frieze with alternating triglyphs and metopes, and a cornice. The cornice consists of supporting beams, a horizontal cushion embellished below with mutules (representations of the ends of beams, complete with knobs, or guttae, depicting bronze nails on the underside) and a crowning cymatium (a gutter, with spillways that are often in the shape of lions’ heads) or antefixes.

The more elegant and decorative Ionic order, with its greater number of elements, appeared around the mid-sixth century B.C. The column has a round base of complex profile, deep flutes with fillets between them, a capital with volutes covering the echinus, and a thin, square abacus. The entablature has an architrave divided into three horizontal bands, or fasciae, and a cornice with dentils below the bed molding and a carved cymatium above.

The Attic variant of the Ionic order first appeared around 525 B.C. in the treasuries built in Delphi by the Ionic cities and developed further in Athens in the fifth century B.C. It combines elements from both the Doric and Ionic orders. In place of dentils, there is a solid frieze, often embellished with relief. Examples of this variant of the Ionic order in Athens are the temple of Athena Apteros and the northern portico of the Erechtheum.

Other variants appeared in the fourth century B.C. and later. Certain elements of early origin lost their meaning and were used purely as ornament (for example, the combination of dentils with a plain or triglyphed frieze).

The Corinthian order is similar to the Ionic except that its bell-shaped capital is embellished with stylized acanthus leaves.

The clear differentiation of an order into supporting and supported elements, with massing expressive of this differentiation, made the system of orders a flexible artistic language for classical architecture by the mid-fifth century B.C. In contrast to the impressive but somewhat monotonous and austere monumental temples of the archaic period, classical structures possessed more variety. A general tendency toward greater symmetry and lightening of the orders may be observed in the transition from the archaic to the classical and Hellenistic periods. The relationships among various components of the orders never attained a rigid, canonical form in ancient Greece, contrary to the opinion of some architectural theorists from the Hellenistic period to the present day. In practice, architects were keenly aware that extremely small changes in the relationships among the elements of an order could impart both to the order and to the building as a whole different feelings of scale and mood, ranging from great power to light elegance. This flexibility and the possibility of using orders in various (including emphatically artificial) ways in other structural systems (such as walls) explain the individuality of classical Greek structures. It also explains the broad application of orders in different historical periods to solve intellectual and artistic problems entirely different from those of the Greeks (Roman, Renaissance, baroque, and neoclassical architecture).

Ancient Rome added the Tuscan and Composite orders. The Tuscan order, a simplified version of the Doric, has an unfluted column, a base, and a plain frieze. The Composite order combines Corinthian capitals with Ionic volutes. In Rome the Corinthian order was distinguished by the complexity of its parts, its lavish carved decoration, and the complexity of the modillions below the cornice slab; the columns were often placed on square pedestals.

Also popular in ancient Rome and at later times were multistory arrangements of orders on walls, using half columns and pilasters (a practice begun in Greece). The use of orders or elements of orders in combination with vault and arch constructions also spread. This combination is seen in the Colosseum, in Roman basilicas and rotundas, and in Renaissance arched colonnades. The nonfunctional role of order motifs on walls was emphasized in various ways, such as separation of the entablature from the supporting parts. Beginning in the 15th century, the order became one of the most important components in Western European architecture. It first became popular in Russian architecture in the late 17th century.

In their discussions of the classical orders, Vitruvius, Alberti, Vignola, and a number of writers of the 16th through 18th centuries principally described the various components and sought to define canonical proportions. Their definitions contradict one another and the historical experience of architecture. During the 19th century, European architectural academies applied a dogmatic understanding of orders to their pseudoclassical eclecticism. This dogmatism helped reinforce the view of architecture as an art subject to extra-historical laws of beauty and hence encouraged the search for an equivalent of absolute beauty in unchanging mathematical proportions. In the 20th century, the use of orders has been primarily for decorative purposes and has been associated with neoclassical architectural tendencies.

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Vitruvius. Desiat’ knig ob arkhitekture, vol. 1. Moscow, 1936. (Translated from Italian.)
Alberti, L. B. Desiat’knig o zodchestve, vols. 1–2. Moscow, [1935]-1937.
Vignola. Pravilo piati orderov arkhitektury. Moscow, 1939. (Translated from Italian.)
Mikhailovskii, I. B. Teoriia klassicheskikh arkhitekturnykh form, 3rd ed. Moscow, 1944.
Mikhailov, B. P. Vitruvii i Ellada. Moscow, 1967.
Markuzon, V. F. “Arkhitekturnye ordera: Proiskhozhdenie ordera.” In Vseobshchaia istoriia arkhitektury, vol. 2. Moscow, 1973. Pages 33–52.
Summerson, J. The Classical Language of Architecture. London, 1963.

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Order

an insignia or an honorary state award for special service.

The origin of orders as insignia is connected with the orders of religious or secular knights that arose in Western Europe in the 12th century and that were modeled after the monastic orders. Military-monastic knightly associations arose in Palestine during the Crusades (the Order of the Knights of St. John, the Order of Knights Templars, and the Teutonic Order) and in Spain and Portugal during the struggle with the Arabs (the Calatrava and Alcántara orders). In the 13th and 14th centuries the number of knightly orders greatly increased in Western Europe, and some of them had tens of thousands of knights and huge land holdings (such as the Brothers of the Sword and the Livonian and Teutonic orders, which originated in the 13th century during the German aggression in the Baltic).

These orders were originally military and religious organizations subject to the pope; the members of the orders took monastic vows. Later, most orders came under the authority of various monarchs, who themselves instituted new knightly orders (for instance, the Danish Order of Danebrog in 1219 and the Swedish Order of the Seraphim in 1280). Members of the orders wore distinctive clothing on which crosses of specified shapes and colors were sewn. In the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries there was a great proliferation of court orders, which were established by monarchs for the encouragement of the nobility and gentry. Members of these orders also wore splendid order costumes and special order insignia. These insignia were later bestowed as awards, such as the English Order of the Garter (1348 or 1350) and the Order of the Bath (1399), the Burgundian, and later, Austrian and Spanish Order of the Golden Fleece (1429), and the French Order of the Holy Ghost (1579).

An especially large number of award orders were established in the 18th and 19th centuries. Many orders were founded in countries that had never had orders before, including some Asian countries. Thus, Turkey instituted the Order of the Crescent in 1799, Iran the Order of the Lion and the Sun in 1808, Japan the Order of the Rising Sun in 1875, and China the Order of the Double Dragon in 1882.

An order usually consisted of a sign (cross, star, etc.) worn on a ribbon or a chain and a broad ribbon of a specified color worn over the shoulder (for the higher classes of the order). Each order could have one or more classes. The orders were placed in a system of seniority with respect to each other. The rules, or statutes, regulating the awarding of orders provided for order holidays and ceremonies. In some cases the award of an order entailed the granting of hereditary or personal nobility and other privileges.

In Russia the first orders were instituted by Peter I: the Order of the Holy Apostle Andrew Protoklitos (1698), which was the highest award, and the female Order of the Holy Martyr Catherine (1714). These were followed by the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky (1725) and the Order of the Holy Martyr and Victor George (1769), established as an award to officers and generals for military distinction. In 1782 the Order of Holy Prince Vladimir Isapostolos was established (the order fourth class was awarded for length of state service). In 1797 the Schleswig-Holstein Order of St. Anna became a Russian order; the order third class, and from 1815 also fourth class—a cross worn on the hilt of a sword or saber—was awarded only to officers for bravery. The soldiers’ Badge of Distinction of the Military Order was instituted in 1807 and renamed the Cross of St. George in 1913.

Orders first class were usually worn over the shoulder on a ribbon of a color established for the particular order (for instance, an azure ribbon for the Order of Andrew Protoklitos and a red ribbon for the Order of Alexander Nevsky). Orders of the other classes were worn on a ribbon around the neck, and orders of the junior classes were worn in the buttonhole or on the hilt of a saber. From 1855 all orders (except the Order of St. George) awarded for military service had a special sign—crossed swords. In 1831 the Polish Order of the White Eagle (1325) and the Order of St. Stanistaw (1765) were made equal to Russian orders.

After the October Socialist Revolution of 1917, the All-Russian Central Executive Committee and the Council of People’s Commissars issued on Nov. 10 (23), 1917, the decree On the Abolition of Estates and Civilian Ranks, which also abolished the tsarist orders and medals.

Many orders exist in the other European socialist states. Bulgaria has the orders of Georgii Dimitrov, Stara Planina, the People’s Republic of Bulgaria, Madarski Konnik, September 9, 1944, the Rose, People’s Freedom 1941–44, For Bravery, the Red Banner, the Red Banner of Labor, the People’s Order of Labor, For Civilian Valor and Service, Cyril and Methodius, Mother Heroine, and Glory of Motherhood. In the German Democratic Republic there are the orders of Karl Marx, For Service to the Homeland, the Banner of Labor, and the Great Star of Friendship of Peoples. Hungary has the orders of the Banner of the Hungarian People’s Republic, the Hungarian People’s Republic, the Red Banner, the Red Banner of Labor, Labor, the Red Star, and Hungarian Labor. In Poland there are the orders of the Builders of People’s Poland, the Renaissance of Poland, Virtuti Militari, and the Grunwald Cross. Rumania has the orders of the Star of the Rumanian People’s Republic, August 23, the Defense of the Homeland, Labor, For Military Service, Mother Heroine, and Glory of Motherhood.

In Czechoslovakia there are the orders of Klement Gottwald: For the Building of the Socialist Homeland, the Republic, Labor, the Red Banner, the Red Star, the Red Banner of Labor, the Red Star of Labor, the White Lion, and Victorious February. Yugoslavia has the orders of the Yugoslav Great Star, Hero of Socialist Labor, People’s Liberation, the Yugoslav Star, the Yugoslav Banner, the Republic, For Service to the People, Labor, Brotherhood and Unity, Freedom, People’s Hero, the Combat Banner, the Partisan Star, the People’s Army, For Military Service, and For Bravery.

The best-known orders in the USA are the Purple Heart, the Navy Cross, and the Silver Star. In Great Britain there are the Order of the Garter, the Order of the Bath, the Victoria Cross, the Distinguished Service Order, and the Order of Merit. France has the Order of the Legion of Honor.

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Order

a written command, injunction, or instruction. Examples of orders include money orders, residence permits, search warrants, and court orders for the seizure of various papers and valuables as material evidence.

Order

the mutual arrangement of warships, regulated according to direction and distance, in a sea crossing or during battle.

The order is established to defend the battle or cruise formation of the ships against possible attack by aircraft, submarines, torpedo boats, and other enemy surface vessels and also to pass through minefields. The guard ships of the order are placed so that they will detect the enemy in time and thwart the attack with their weapons. Depending on the chief threat, the order may be directed for protection against aviation, submarines, torpedo boats, mines, or nuclear weapons.

Order

(in Russian, otriad), in animal classification, a taxonomic category that unites several families. Closely related orders make up a class. In a number of cases, owing to a refinement of the taxonomic system, an order is not ranked directly below a class but below such categories as a superorder, an infraclass, or a subclass. New information about extant and extinct animals and differences in opinion among scientists as to the content and meaning of a system result at times in the reexamination of the size of an order and in the division of obsolete orders. For example, the order Rodentia has been divided into two generally accepted orders, Rodentia and Duplicidentida.

In plant taxonomy, the Russian word poriadok is used to designate an order.

Order

one of the main taxonomic categories that comprises related plant families. For example, the order Urticales embraces the elm, mulberry, hemp, and nettle families. The Latin name of an order is usually formed by adding the suffix -ales to the root of the family name.

An order usually comprises two or more (as many as 20) families. It may, however, include only a single family. For example, the order Salicales has only the single family Salica-ceae. Large orders are sometimes divided into suborders. The number of orders varies from one phylogenetic system to another. For example, one system combines all the families of flowering plants into 94 orders, and another consists of 78 orders. Related orders are combined into classes, whose intermediate categories include superorders and subclasses. The term “order” is also used in animal taxonomy.

Order

in mathematics, a numerical characteristic of a mathematical object.

(1) The order of an algebraic curve F (x, y) = 0, where F(x, y) is a polynomial in x and y, is the highest degree of the terms in the polynomial. For example, the ellipse x²/a² + y²/b² = 1 is a second-order curve, while the lemniscate (x² + y²)² = a²(x² - y²) is a fourth-order curve.

(2) The order of an infinitesimal α relative to an infinitesimal β is that number n for which lim α/βⁿ exists and is a nonzero finite number. For example, sin² 3x as x → 0 is an infinitesimal of second-order relative to x, since

In general, α is said to be an infinitesimal of higher order than β if lim α/β = 0 and of lower order than β if lim α/β = ∞. Orders of infinitely large quantities are similarly defined.

(3) The order of a zero of a function f(x) is that number n for which

exists and is a finite nonzero number. The order of a pole of a function f(x) is that number n for which

exists and is a finite nonzero number.

(4) The order of a derivative is the number of differentiations that it is necessary to perform on the function in order to obtain that derivative (seeDIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS). For example, y′″ is a third-order derivative and δ⁴z/δxδy³ is a fourth-order derivative. The order of a differential is similarly defined.

(5) The order of a differential equation is the order of the highest derivative that appears in the equation. For example, y′″y′ — (y″)² = 1 is a third-order equation, while y″ — 3y′ + y = 0 is a second-order equation.

(6) The order of a square matrix is the number of rows or columns in it.

(7) The order of a finite group is the number of elements in the group. The order of an element α of a group is the smallest positive power n such that aⁿ is equal to the identity element of the group; if such an n does not exist, then a is called an element of infinite order.

(8) If in some study or computation, all powers of some small quantity have been discarded starting with the (n + 1) st, then the study or computation is said to have been conducted with a precision up to order n. For example, in the study of small-amplitude vibrations of a string, one neglects quantities containing second and higher powers of the deflection and its derivatives, thereby obtaining a linear equation (linearization of the problem).

(9) The word “order” is also used in the calculus of finite differences (differences of various orders), in the theory of many special functions (for example, cylindrical functions of nth order), and so forth.

(10) In measurements, a quantity is said to be of order 10” if it lies between 0.5 × 10ⁿ and 5 × 10ⁿ.

Order

(prikaz), in the USSR, an administrative document issued by ministers, heads of departments and the divisions and administrations of the executive committees of local soviets, and the directors of enterprises, institutions, and organizations. The right of these top executives to issue orders is provided for by the Constitution of the USSR, the constitutions of the Union and autonomous republics, the statutes of ministries and central boards, and other such documents.

In terms of legal nature, an order may be a normative act (ordinarily the orders of ministers and directors of institutions confirm regulations and instructions) or an act involving the application of the law (the appointment of someone to a position or the establishment of plan assignments). In many cases, directors of enterprises can issue orders only with the consent of the factory trade union committee. An order goes into force at the moment of issuance unless otherwise indicated in the order itself.

In a combat situation in the armed forces a combat order is given.

order

[′ȯrd·ər] (chemistry) A classification of chemical reactions, in which the order is described as first, second, third, or higher, according to the number of molecules (one, two, three, or more) which appear to enter into the reaction; decomposition of H₂O₂ to form water and oxygen is a first-order reaction. (mathematics) A differential equation has order n if the derivatives of a function appear up to the n th derivative. The number of elements contained within a given group. A square matrix with n rows and n columns has order n. The number of poles a given elliptic function has in a parallelogram region where it repeats its values. A characteristic of infinitesimals used in their comparison. For a polynomial, the largest exponent appearing in the polynomial. The number of vertices of a graph. For a pole of an analytic function, the largest negative power in the function's Laurent expansion about the pole. For a zero point z₀ of an analytic function, the integer n such that the function near the pole has the form g (z)(z-z₀)ⁿ, where g (z) is analytic at z₀ and does not vanish there. For an algebraic curve or surface, the degree of its equation. For an algebra, the dimension of the underlying vector space. For a branch point of a Riemann surface, the number of sheets of the surface that join at the branch point, minus one. ordering (physics) A range of magnitudes of a quantity (and of all other quantities having the same physical dimensions) extending from some value of the quantity to some small multiple of the quantity (usually 10). Also known as order of magnitude. (systematics) A taxonomic category ranked below the class and above the family, made up either of families, subfamilies, or suborders.

order

An arch of two orders, 3, each having its carved hood molding

Doric order, 2 1. In Classical architecture, an arrangement of a particular style of column together with the entablature (which it supports) and standardized details, including its base and capital. The Greeks developed the Corinthian order, Doric order, and Ionic order; the Romans added the Composite order and Tuscan order. For each order, the height and spacing of the columns is established in terms of a specified number of diameters of the lower part of the columns; the design of the base and capital is also prescribed. The height of the entablatures is determined by the height of the columns. 2. In masonry, one ring of several around an arch.

order

1. Biology any of the taxonomic groups into which a class is divided and which contains one or more families. Carnivora, Primates, and Rodentia are three orders of the class Mammalia 2. a decision or direction of a court or judge entered on the court record but not included in the final judgment 3. a. a commission or instruction to produce or supply something in return for payment b. the commodity produced or supplied c. (as modifier): order form 4. a group of persons who bind themselves by vows in order to devote themselves to the pursuit of religious aims 5. History a society of knights constituted as a fraternity, such as the Knights Templars 6. a. any of the five major classical styles of architecture classified by the style of columns and entablatures used b. any style of architecture 7. Christianitya. the sacrament by which bishops, priests, etc., have their offices conferred upon them b. any of the degrees into which the ministry is divided c. the office of an ordained Christian minister 8. a form of Christian Church service prescribed to be used on specific occasions 9. Judaism one of the six sections of the Mishna or the corresponding tractates of the Talmud 10. Mathsa. the number of times a function must be differentiated to obtain a given derivative b. the order of the highest derivative in a differential equation c. the number of rows or columns in a determinant or square matrix d. the number of members of a finite group

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verb command

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verb decree

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verb request

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verb arrange

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noun instruction

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noun request

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noun sequence

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noun organization

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noun peace

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noun society

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noun class

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noun kind

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phrase be the order of the day

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phrase in order: tidy

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phrase in order: appropriate