order

order
order ► NOUN 1) the arrangement of people or things according to a particular sequence or method. 2) a state in which everything is in its correct place. 3) a state in which the laws and rules regulating public behaviour are observed. 4) an authoritative command or direction. 5) a request for something to be made, supplied, or served. 6) the prescribed procedure followed in a meeting, law court, or religious service. 7) quality or nature: poetry of the highest order. 8) a social class or system. 9) a rank in the Christian ministry. 10) (orders or holy orders) the rank of an ordained minister of the Church. 11) a society of monks, nuns, or friars (or formerly knights) living under the same rule. 12) an institution founded by a monarch to honour good conduct: the Order of the Garter. 13) Biology a principal taxonomic category that ranks below class and above family. 14) any of the five classical styles of architecture (Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, Tuscan, and Composite).
► VERB 1) give an order. 2) request that (something) be made, supplied, or served. 3) arrange methodically.
● in order — Cf. ↑in order
● in order for (or that) — Cf. ↑in order that
● in order to — Cf. ↑in order to
● of (or in or on) the order of — Cf. ↑on the order of
● on order — Cf. ↑on order
● the order of the day — Cf. ↑the order of the day
● out of order — Cf. ↑out of order
ORIGIN Latin ordo 'row, series' .

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