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Noun order has 15 senses

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"
--₁ is a kind of command, bid, bidding, dictation
--₁ has particulars: marching orders; summons; word
Derived forms: verb order₃, verb order₁
order, order of magnitude - 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"
--₂ is a kind of magnitude

Derived form: verb order₉
order - established customary state (especially of society); "order ruled in the streets"; "law and order"
--₃ is a kind of state
Antonyms: disorder
--₃ has particulars:
civil order, polity; rule of law; tranquillity, quiet; harmony, concord, concordance; stability; peace

Derived form: verb order₄
ordering, order, ordination - logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements; "we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation"
--₄ is a kind of arrangement
--₄ has particulars:
bacteria order; word order; genetic code; genome; series

Derived forms: verb order₈, verb order₆, verb order₅
orderliness, order - a condition of regular or proper arrangement; "he put his desk in order"; "the machine is now in working order"
--₅ is a kind of condition, status
Antonyms: disorderliness, disorder
--₅ has particulars: spit and polish; kilter, kelter; tidiness
decree, edict, fiat, order, rescript - 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"
--₆ is a kind of act, enactment
--₆ has particulars:
consent decree; curfew; decree nisi; imperial decree; legal separation, judicial separation; programma; prohibition, ban, proscription; stay; bull, papal bull

Derived forms: verb order₃, verb order₁
order, purchase 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"
--₇ is a kind of commercial document, commercial instrument
--₇ has particulars:
credit order, bill-me order; indent; market order; production order; stop order, stop-loss order; stop payment; mail order

Derived form: verb order₂

club, society, guild, gild, lodge, 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"
--₈ is a kind of association
--₈ has members: club member
--₈ has particulars:

Derived form: verb order₇

order, rules of order, parliamentary law, parliamentary procedure - a body of rules followed by an assembly
--₉ is a kind of rule, prescript
--₉ has particulars:
interpellation; standing order; closure, cloture, gag rule, gag law; point of order; previous question; Robert's Rules of Order
holy order, 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"
--₁₀ is a kind of status, position
--₁₀ has particulars:
acolyte; anagnost; deacon; doorkeeper, ostiary, ostiarius; exorcist; lector, reader; priest; subdeacon
order, monastic order - a group of person living under a religious rule; "the order of Saint Benedict"
--₁₁ is a kind of sect, religious sect, religious order
--₁₁ has particulars:
Augustinian order; Benedictine order, order of Saint Benedict; Carmelite order, Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel; Carthusian order; Dominican order; Franciscan order; Jesuit order, Society of Jesus
order - (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families
--₁₂ is a kind of taxonomic group, taxonomic category, taxon
--₁₂ is a member of class
--₁₂ has member: suborder; family
--₁₂ has particulars: animal order; protoctist order; plant order; fungus order
order - a request for food or refreshment (as served in a restaurant or bar etc.); "I gave the waiter my order"
--₁₃ is a kind of request, asking
--₁₃ has particulars: short order
Derived form: verb order₂
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 Romans
--₁₄ is a kind of artistic style, idiom
--₁₄ has particulars:
Doric order, Dorian order; Ionic order, Ionian order; Corinthian order; Composite order; Tuscan order
order, ordering - putting in order; "there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list"
--₁₅ is a kind of organization, organisation
--₁₅ has particulars:
rank order; scaling, grading; succession, sequence; layout; alphabetization, alphabetisation

Derived forms: verb order₆, verb order₅, verb order₂

,Verb order has 9 senses

order, tell, enjoin, say - 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"
--₁ is one way to request

Derived forms: noun order₆, noun order₁
Sample sentence:
They order him to write the letter
order - make a request for something; "Order me some flowers"; "order a work stoppage"
--₂ is one way to request, bespeak, call for, quest

Derived forms: noun order₇, noun order₁₅, noun order₁₃, noun orderer₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody
order, prescribe, dictate - issue commands or orders for
--₃ is one way to inflict, bring down, visit, impose

Derived forms: noun order₆, noun order₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
regulate, regularize, regularise, order, govern - bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate"
--₄ is one way to decide, make up one's mind, determine

Derived form: noun order₃
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
order - bring order to or into; "Order these files"
--₅ is one way to arrange, set up
Antonyms: disorder, disarray

Derived forms: noun order₄, noun order₁₅, noun orderer₂, noun ordering₂
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
order - place in a certain order; "order these files"
--₆ is one way to arrange, set up

Derived forms: noun order₄, noun order₁₅, noun orderer₂, noun ordering₂
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
ordain, consecrate, ordinate, order - appoint to a clerical posts; "he was ordained in the Church"
--₇ is one way to invest, vest, enthrone

Derived form: noun order₈
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
arrange, set up, put, order - arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events, etc.; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times"
--₈ is one way to organize, organise

Derived forms: noun order₄, noun ordering₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
rate, rank, range, order, grade, place - assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"
--₉ is one way to judge

Derived forms: noun order₂, noun ordering₂
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody