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order /örˈdər/ noun- Arrangement
- Sequence
- Disposition
- Proper arrangement
- Proper condition
- The condition of normal or proper functioning
- A regular or suitable arrangement
- A method
- A system
- Tidiness
- A restrained or undisturbed condition
- A form of procedure or ceremony
- The accepted mode of proceeding at a meeting
- A practice
- Grade, degree, rank or position, esp in a hierarchy
- The degree of a curve or equation
- A command
- A written instruction to pay money
- A customer's instruction to supply goods or perform work
- The goods supplied
- A pass for admission or other privilege
- A class of society
- A body of persons of the same rank, profession, etc
- A fraternity, esp religious or knightly
- A body modelled on a knightly order, to which members are admitted as an honour
- The insignia of such a body
- A group above a family but below a class (biology)
- One of the different ways in which the column and its entablature with their various parts are moulded and related to each other (architecture)
- One of the successively recessed arches of an archway
- Due action towards some end, esp in the old phrase ‘to take order’
- The position of a weapon with butt on ground, muzzle close to the right side
- Equipment and uniform for a particular purpose, as in battle order
- A portion or helping in a restaurant, etc (N American)
- (in pl) the several degrees or grades of the Christian ministry
transitive verb- To arrange
- To set in order
- To put in the position of order (military)
- To regulate
- To command
- To give an order for
- To order to be (done, etc) (US)
- To conduct (Shakespeare)
intransitive verb- To give commands
- To request the supply of something, esp food
interjection Used in calling for order or to order ORIGIN: Fr ordre, from L ordō, -inis orˈderer noun orˈdering noun - Arrangement
- Management
- The act or ceremony of ordaining eg priests or deacons
orˈderless adjective - Without order
- Disorderly
orˈderliness noun orˈderly adjective - In good order
- Regular
- Well-regulated
- Of good behaviour
- Quiet
- Being on duty
- Of or relating to orders (military)
adverb- Regularly
- Methodically
noun- A private soldier with particular duties
- Formerly, a non-commissioned officer who carried official messages for his superior officer
- A hospital attendant
- A street cleaner
order book noun - A book for entering the orders of customers, the special orders of a commanding officer, or the motions to be put to the House of Commons
- The amount of orders received and awaiting completion
order form noun A printed form on which the details of a customer's order are written order in council noun An order by the sovereign with advice of the Privy Council orderly bin noun A street receptacle for refuse orderly officer noun The officer on duty for the day orderly room noun A room for regimental, company, etc, business order of battle noun Arrangement of troops or ships in preparation for a fight order of magnitude noun - The approximate size or number of something, usu measured in a scale from one value to ten times that value
- (loosely) a rising scale in terms of size, quantity, etc
order of the day noun - Business set down for the day
- A proclamation by a dictator or military commander
- Something necessary, normal, prevalent, particularly popular, etc at a given time
order paper noun A paper showing the order of business, esp in parliament call to order see call1 full orders The priesthood holy orders - An institution, in the Roman and Greek Churches a sacrament, by which a person is specially set apart for the service of religion
- The rank of an ordained minister of religion
in order - With the purpose (with to or that)
- In accordance with rules of procedure at meetings
- Appropriate, suitable, likely
- (also in good, working, etc order) operating, or able to operate, well or correctly
- In the correct, desired, etc order
in short order (US) Promptly in or of the order of More or less of the size, quantity or proportion stated minor orders In the Roman Catholic Church those of acolyte, exorcist, reader and doorkeeper, in the Eastern Churches, reader on order Having been ordered but not yet supplied order about or around To give orders to in a domineering fashion out of order - Not in order
- (of actions, behaviour, etc, or of people as acting or behaving in some way) outside normally acceptable standards, excessive or uncontrolled (informal)
sailing orders Written instructions given to the commander of a vessel before sailing sealed orders Instructions not to be opened until a specified time standing orders see under stand take order (obsolete) To take measures or steps take orders To be ordained tall or large order (informal) An esp unreasonably large request or difficult assignment to order According to, and in fulfilment of, an order sail1 /sāl/ noun- A sheet of canvas, framework of slats, or other structure, spread to catch the wind, so as to propel a ship, drive a windmill, etc
- A specified type of sail on a boat or ship (often shortened to s'l), as in foresail or fores'l
- Sails collectively
- A ship or ships
- A trip in a vessel (which may or may not have sails)
- An act or distance of sailing
- Any sail-like organ or object
- A wing, esp a hawk's
- A submarine's conning-tower
intransitive verb- To progress, travel or make trips in sailing-craft or any other type of ship
- To set out on a voyage
- To glide or float smoothly along (figurative)
transitive verb- To direct the course or movements of (a ship), navigate
- To cause (a toy boat, etc) to sail
- To pass over or along in a ship
- To go through or get through effortlessly (figurative)
ORIGIN: OE segel; cf Du zeil, Ger Segel sailˈable adjective Navigable sailed adjective Having sails sailˈer noun A boat or ship that can sail in a stated manner sailˈing noun - Travelling, or a journey, by sails or on water
- (the time of) a ship's departure from port
- The art or activity of directing a ship's course
adjective Of or relating to this activity sailˈless adjective sailˈor noun - A person who is employed in the operation of a ship, esp one who is not an officer
- A mariner, seaman
- A navigator
- A person regarded in terms of ability to tolerate the heaving motion of a ship (as in good or bad sailor)
- A sailor hat (informal)
sailˈoring noun Occupation as a sailor sailˈorless adjective sailˈorlike or sailˈorly adjective sail arm noun One of the arms of a windmill sailˈboard noun A simple apparatus for sailing, usu consisting of a surfboard fitted with a single flexible mast, the sail being controlled by a hand-held boom sailˈboarder noun Someone who goes in for sailboarding sailˈboarding noun The sport of sailing a sailboard, windsurfing sailˈboat noun (esp N American) A (usu small) sailing boat sailˈcloth noun - A strong cloth used for sails
- Heavy cotton cloth used for garments
sailˈfish noun - A large game fish of the genus Istiophorus, related to the swordfish, with a large sail-like dorsal fin
- Another name for the basking shark
sailˈ-flying noun Flying in a sailplane sailing boat noun A boat moved by sails, though often having auxiliary motor power sailing master noun - An officer in charge of navigation, esp of a yacht
- Formerly a warrant officer in the US Navy
sailing orders plural noun Instructions to the captain of a ship at setting forth on a voyage sailing ship noun A ship driven by sails sail loft noun A large room or loft with sufficient floor area to allow sails to be spread out while they are being made or repaired sailˈmaker noun sailˈmaking noun sailor hat noun A round hat with a wide, upcurved brim sailˈor-man noun A seaman sailor suit noun A child's outfit resembling that of a sailor sailˈplane noun A glider that can rise with an upward current intransitive verb To fly in a sailplane sailˈroom noun A room aboard a vessel for storing sails in sailˈ-yard noun The yard on which sails are extended full sail With all sails raised and filled with the wind good (or bad) sailor A person who is unaffected (or made ill) by the motion of a ship make sail - To spread more canvas, raise more sails
- To set off on a voyage
put on sail To set more sails in order to travel more quickly (also figurative) sail close to (or near) the wind see under wind1 sail under false colours To pretend to be what one is not set sail - To spread the sails
- To set forth on a voyage (with for)
shorten sail To reduce its extent strike sail - To lower a sail or sails
- To retreat from one's stated position, eat humble pie
trim one's sails To adjust or modify one's plans, policy or opinion to take account of changed circumstances under sail - Having the sails spread
- Propelled by means of sails
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