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Noun

S: (n) order (order%1:10:03::) ((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"
S: (n) order (order%1:07:01::), order of magnitude (order_of_magnitude%1:07:00::) (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"
S: (n) order (order%1:26:00::) (established customary state (especially of society)) "order ruled in the streets"; "law and order"
S: (n) ordering (ordering%1:14:00::), order (order%1:14:00::), ordination (ordination%1:14:00::) (logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements) "we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation"
S: (n) orderliness (orderliness%1:26:00::), order (order%1:26:02::) (a condition of regular or proper arrangement) "he put his desk in order"; "the machine is now in working order"
S: (n) decree (decree%1:10:00::), edict (edict%1:10:00::), fiat (fiat%1:10:00::), order (order%1:10:00::), rescript (rescript%1:10:03::) (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"
S: (n) order (order%1:10:01::), purchase order (purchase_order%1:10:00::) (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"
S: (n) club (club%1:14:00::), social club (social_club%1:14:00::), society (society%1:14:01::), guild (guild%1:14:00::), gild (gild%1:14:00::), lodge (lodge%1:14:00::), order (order%1:14:02::) (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"
S: (n) order (order%1:10:02::), rules of order (rules_of_order%1:10:00::), parliamentary law (parliamentary_law%1:10:00::), parliamentary procedure (parliamentary_procedure%1:10:00::) (a body of rules followed by an assembly)
S: (n) Holy Order (holy_order%1:26:00::), Order (order%1:26:01::) ((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"
S: (n) order (order%1:14:03::), monastic order (monastic_order%1:14:00::) (a group of person living under a religious rule) "the order of Saint Benedict"
S: (n) order (order%1:14:01::) ((biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families)
S: (n) order (order%1:10:04::) (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"
S: (n) order (order%1:07:00::) ((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 Romans)
S: (n) order (order%1:04:00::), ordering (ordering%1:04:00::) (the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement) "there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list"

Verb

S: (v) order (order%2:32:01::), tell (tell%2:32:02::), enjoin (enjoin%2:32:00::), say (say%2:32:04::) (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"
S: (v) order (order%2:32:00::) (make a request for something) "Order me some flowers"; "order a work stoppage"
S: (v) order (order%2:32:02::), prescribe (prescribe%2:32:00::), dictate (dictate%2:32:00::) (issue commands or orders for)
S: (v) regulate (regulate%2:41:01::), regularize (regularize%2:41:00::), regularise (regularise%2:41:00::), order (order%2:41:01::), govern (govern%2:41:02::) (bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations) "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate"
S: (v) order (order%2:30:00::) (bring order to or into) "Order these files"
S: (v) order (order%2:30:01::) (place in a certain order) "order the photos chronologically"
S: (v) ordain (ordain%2:41:00::), consecrate (consecrate%2:41:00::), ordinate (ordinate%2:41:00::), order (order%2:41:02::) (appoint to a clerical posts) "he was ordained in the Church"
S: (v) arrange (arrange%2:31:00::), set up (set_up%2:31:00::), put (put%2:31:00::), order (order%2:31:01::) (arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events) "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times"
S: (v) rate (rate%2:31:00::), rank (rank%2:31:00::), range (range%2:31:00::), order (order%2:31:00::), grade (grade%2:31:03::), place (place%2:31:01::) (assign a rank or rating to) "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"