order (
http://definr.com/order)
n 1: (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"
2: 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" [syn:
order of magnitude]
3: established customary state (especially of society); "order
ruled in the streets"; "law and order" [ant:
disorder]
4: logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements;
"we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of
their presentation" [syn:
ordering]
5: a condition of regular or proper arrangement: "he put his
desk in order"; "the machine is now in working order"
[syn:
orderliness] [ant:
disorderliness,
disorderliness]
6: 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" [syn:
decree,
edict,
fiat,
rescript]
7: a commercial document used to request someone to supply
something in return for payment; "IBM received an order
for a hundred computers" [syn:
purchase order]
8: 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" [syn:
club,
society,
guild,
gild,
lodge]
9: a body of rules followed by an assembly [syn: {rules of
order},
parliamentary law,
parliamentary procedure]
10: (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families
11: a request for food or refreshment (as served in a restaurant
or bar etc.); "I gave the waiter my order"
12: putting in order; "there were mistakes in the ordering of
items on the list" [syn:
ordering]
v 1: give instructions to or direct somebody to do something; "I
said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the
shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed"
[syn:
tell,
enjoin,
say]
2: make a request for something; "Order me some flowers";
"order a work stoppage"
3: issue commands or orders for [syn:
prescribe,
dictate]
4: impose regulations on [syn:
regulate,
regularize,
govern]
[ant:
deregulate]
5: bring order to or into; "Order these files" [ant:
disorder]
6: place in a certain order; "order these files"
7: of clerical posts; "he was ordained in the Church" [syn:
ordain,
consecrate]
8: arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events, etc.; "arrange my
schedule;" "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with
those of bygone times" [syn:
arrange,
set up,
put]
9: assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these
students?" [syn:
rate,
rank,
range,
grade,
place]