order

Noun
  1. (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed (synset 107183274)
    "the British ships dropped anchor and waited for orders from London"
    referred to in: armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation
    domain usage: plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
    is a type of: bid, bidding, command, dictation - an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
    subtypes:
    • marching orders - an order from a superior officer for troops to depart
    • summons - an order to appear in person at a given place and time
    • word - a verbal command for action
  2. A degree in a continuum of size or quantity (synset 105098520)
    "it was on the order of a mile"; "an explosion of a low order of magnitude"
    is a type of: magnitude - the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small)
    same as: order of magnitude
  3. Established customary state (especially of society) (synset 113991994)
    "order ruled in the streets"; "law and order"
    is a type of: state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes
    subtypes:
    • civil order, polity - the form of government of a social organization
    • rule of law - a state of order in which events conform to the law
    • quiet, tranquility, tranquillity - an untroubled state; free from disturbances
    • concord, concordance, 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 whole
    • stability - a stable order (especially of society)
    • peace - the state prevailing during the absence of war
  4. Logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements (synset 108474004)
    "we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation"
    is a type of: arrangement - an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging
    subtypes:
    • bacteria order - an order of bacteria
    • word order - the order of words in a text
    • genetic code - the ordering of nucleotides in DNA molecules that carries the genetic information in living cells
    • genome - the ordering of genes in a haploid set of chromosomes of a particular organism; the full DNA sequence of an organism
    • series - similar things placed in order or happening one after another
    same as: ordering, ordination
  5. A condition of regular or proper arrangement (synset 114520294)
    "he put his desk in order"; "the machine is now in working order"
    is a type of: condition, status - a state at a particular time
    subtypes:
    same as: orderliness
  6. A legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge) (synset 106551761)
    "a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there"
    referred to in: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority
    is a type of: act, enactment - a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
    subtypes:
    • consent 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 guilt
    • curfew - an order that after a specific time certain activities (as being outside on the streets) are prohibited
    • decree nisi - a decree issued on a first petition for divorce; becomes absolute at some later date
    • imperial decree - a decree issued by a sovereign ruler
    • judicial separation, legal separation - a judicial decree regulating the rights and responsibilities of a married couple living apart
    • programma - an edict that has been publicly posted
    • ban, prohibition, proscription - a decree that prohibits something
    • stay - a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted
    • bull, papal bull - a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla)
    same as: decree, edict, fiat, rescript
  7. A commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities (synset 106541210)
    "IBM received an order for a hundred computers"
    is a type of: commercial document, commercial instrument - a document of or relating to commerce
    subtypes:
    • bill-me order, credit order - an order that is received without payment; requires billing at a later date
    • indent - an order for goods to be exported or imported
    • market order - an order to a broker to sell or buy stocks or commodities at the prevailing market price
    • production order - an order that initiates the manufacturing process
    • reorder - a repeated order for the same merchandise
    • stop order, stop-loss order - an order to a broker to sell (buy) when the price of a security falls (rises) to a designated level
    • stop payment - a depositor's order to a bank to refuse payment on a check
    • mail order - a purchase negotiated by mail
    same as: purchase order
  8. A formal association of people with similar interests (synset 108244135)
    "he joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society"; "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today"
    is a type of: association - a formal organization of people or groups of people
    subtypes:
    • athenaeum, atheneum - a literary or scientific association for the promotion of learning
    • bookclub - a club that people join in order to buy selected books at reduced prices
    • chapter - a local branch of some fraternity or association
    • chess club - a club of people to play chess
    • country club - a suburban club for recreation and socializing
    • frat, fraternity - a social club for male undergraduates
    • glee club - a club organized to sing together
    • golf club - a club of people to play golf
    • hunt, hunt club - an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport
    • investors club - a club of small investors who buy and sell securities jointly
    • jockey club - a club to promote and regulate horse racing
    • racket club - club for players of racket sports
    • rowing club - a club for rowers
    • slate 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 undergraduates
    • turnverein - a club of tumblers or gymnasts
    • boat club, yacht club - club that promotes and supports yachting and boating
    • service club - a club of professional or business people organized for their coordination and active in public services
    member holonym: club member - someone who is a member of a club
    same as: club, gild, guild, lodge, social club, society
  9. A body of rules followed by an assembly (synset 106665623)
    associated with: mover, proposer - (parliamentary procedure) someone who makes a formal motion
    is a type of: prescript, rule - prescribed guide for conduct or action
    subtypes:
    • interpellation - (parliament) a parliamentary procedure of demanding that a government official explain some act or policy
    • standing order - a rule of order permanently in force
    • closure, cloture, gag law, gag rule - a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body
    • point of order - a question as to whether the current proceedings are allowed by parliamentary procedure
    • previous question - a motion calling for an immediate vote on the main question under discussion by a deliberative assembly
    specific instances: robert's rules of order - a book of rules for presiding over a meeting; written by Henry M. Martin in 1876 and subsequently updated through many editions
    same as: parliamentary law, parliamentary procedure, rules of order
  10. (usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy (synset 113974030)
    "theologians still disagree over whether `bishop' should or should not be a separate Order"
    is a type of: position, status - the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society
    subtypes:
    • acolyte - 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 Churches
    • anagnost - 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 Orders
    • doorkeeper, ostiarius, ostiary - the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church
    • exorcist - one of the minor orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed in the Roman Catholic Church
    • lector, reader - someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church
    • priest - a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders
    • subdeacon - 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 Church
    same as: holy order
  11. A group of person living under a religious rule (synset 108164801)
    "the order of Saint Benedict"
    is a type of: religious order, religious sect, sect - a subdivision of a larger religious group
    subtypes:
    • augustinian order - any of several monastic orders observing a rule derived from the writings of St. Augustine
    • benedictine order, order of saint benedict - a Roman Catholic monastic order founded in the 6th century; noted for liturgical worship and for scholarly activities
    • carmelite order, order of our lady of mount carmel - a Roman Catholic mendicant order founded in the 12th century
    • carthusian order - an austere contemplative Roman Catholic order founded by St. Bruno in 1084
    • dominican order - a Roman Catholic order of mendicant preachers founded in the 13th century
    • franciscan order - a Roman Catholic order founded by Saint Francis of Assisi in the 13th century
    • jesuit 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 scholarship
    same as: monastic order
  12. (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families (synset 108123900)
    referred to in: biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms
    is a type of: taxon, taxonomic category, taxonomic group - animal or plant group having natural relations
    subtypes:
    member holonym:
    • suborder - (biology) taxonomic group that is a subdivision of an order
    • family - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera
    belongs to: class - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
  13. A request for something to be made, supplied, or served (synset 107294392)
    "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"
    is a type of: asking, request - the verbal act of requesting
    subtypes: short order - an order for food that can be prepared quickly
  14. (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 (synset 104706004)
    referred to in: architecture - the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings
    is a type of: artistic style, idiom - the style of a particular artist or school or movement
    subtypes:
    • dorian order, doric order - the oldest and simplest of the Greek orders and the only one that normally has no base
    • ionian order, ionic order - the second Greek order; the capital is decorated with spiral scrolls
    • corinthian order - the last Greek order; similar to the Ionic order except the capital is decorated with carvings of acanthus leaves
    • composite order - a Roman order that combines the Corinthian acanthus leaves with the spiral scrolls of the Ionic order
    • tuscan order - a Roman order that resembles the Doric order but without a fluted shaft
  15. The act of putting things in a sequential arrangement (synset 101011813)
    "there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list"
    is a type of: organisation, organization - the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically
    subtypes:
    same as: ordering
Verb
  1. Give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority (synset 200748704)
    "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed"
    is a type of: request - ask (a person) to do something
    subtypes:
    • direct - command with authority
    • instruct - give instructions or directions for some task
    • command, require - make someone do something
    • call, send for - order, request, or command to come
    • warn - ask to go away
    • prescribe - (medicine) order the use of (a treatment, medicine, etc.), usually by written prescription
    same as: enjoin, say, tell
  2. Make a request for something (synset 200747485)
    "Order me some flowers"; "order a work stoppage"
    is a type of: ask for, bespeak, call for, quest, request - express the need or desire for
    subtypes:
    • reorder - make a new request to be supplied with
    • place - to arrange for
    • call - order or request or give a command for
    • wish - order politely; express a wish for
    • commission - place an order for
  3. Issue commands or orders for (synset 200749139)
    is a type of: bring down, impose, inflict, visit - impose something unpleasant
    subtypes: mandate - make mandatory
    same as: dictate, prescribe
  4. Bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage;
    Impose regulations (synset 202517217)
    "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate"
    is a type of: decide, determine, make up one's mind - reach, make, or come to a decision about something
    subtypes:
    same as: govern, regularise, regularize, regulate
  5. Bring order to or into (synset 200278429)
    "Order these files"
    is a type of: arrange, set up - put into a proper or systematic order
    subtypes:
  6. Place in a certain order (synset 200277653)
    "order the photos chronologically"
    is a type of: arrange, set up - put into a proper or systematic order
  7. Appoint to a clerical posts (synset 202391154)
    "he was ordained in the Church"
    is a type of: enthrone, invest, vest - provide with power and authority
    same as: consecrate, ordain, ordinate
  8. Arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events (synset 200737576)
    "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times"
    is a type of: organise, organize - cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea
    subtypes:
    same as: arrange, put, set up
  9. Assign a rank or rating to (synset 200659723)
    "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"
    is a type of: evaluate, judge, pass judgment - form a critical opinion of
    subtypes:
    • superordinate - place in a superior order or rank
    • shortlist - put someone or something on a short list
    • seed - distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds
    • reorder - assign a new order to
    • subordinate - rank or order as less important or consider of less value
    • prioritise, prioritize - assign a priority to
    • sequence - arrange in a sequence
    • downgrade - rate lower; lower in value or esteem
    • upgrade - rate higher; raise in value or esteem
    same as: grade, place, range, rank, rate

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