Order meanings. All definitions of Order

transitive verb order command 1

transitive verb order request 1

intransitive verb order request food or drink 1

noun order mandate, command 1

noun order military: command issued 1

noun order succession 1

noun order arrangement 1

noun order social structure 1

noun order rule of law 1

noun order request: in restaurant, etc. 1

noun order decree 1

noun order an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate. 1

noun order society 1

noun order a command of a court or judge. 1

noun order rank 1

noun order a command or notice issued by a military organization or a military commander to troops, sailors, etc. 1

noun order document: request to purchase 1

noun order the disposition of things following one after another, as in space or time; succession or sequence: The names were listed in alphabetical order. 1

noun order military insignia 1

noun order a condition in which each thing is properly disposed with reference to other things and to its purpose; methodical or harmonious arrangement: You must try to give order to your life. 1

noun order quality 1

noun order formal disposition or array: the order of the troops. 1

noun order kind 1

noun order proper, satisfactory, or working condition. 1

noun order law: directive 1

noun order state or condition generally: His financial affairs were in good order. 1

noun order religious group 1

noun order conformity or obedience to law or established authority; absence of disturbance, riot, revolt, unruliness, etc.: A police officer was there to maintain order. 1

noun order biology: grouping 1

noun order customary mode of procedure; established practice or usage. 1

noun order architecture 1

noun order the customary or prescribed mode of proceeding in debates or the like, or in the conduct of deliberative or legislative bodies, public meetings, etc.: parliamentary rules of order. 1

intransitive verb order issue orders 1

noun order prevailing course or arrangement of things; established system or regime: The old order is changing. 1

transitive verb order arrange 1

noun order conformity to this. 1

transitive verb order prescribe 1

noun order a direction or commission to make, provide, or furnish something: The salesclerk will take your order. 1

noun order a quantity of goods or items purchased or sold: The druggist is sending the order right over. 1

noun order Grammar. the arrangement of the elements of a construction in a particular sequence, as the placing of John before the verb and of George after it in John saw George. the hierarchy of grammatical rules applying to a construction. the rank of immediate constituents. 1

noun order any of the nine grades of angels in medieval angelology. Compare angel (def 1). 1

noun order Mathematics. degree, as in algebra. the number of rows or columns of a square matrix or determinant. the number of times a function has been differentiated to produce a given derivative: a second order derivative. the order of the highest derivative appearing in a given differential equation: d 2 y/dx 2 + 3 y (dy/dx) − 6 = 0 is a differential equation of order two. the number of elements of a given group. the smallest positive integer such that a given element in a group raised to that integer equals the identity. the least positive integer n such that permuting a given set n times under a given permutation results in the set in its original form. 1

noun order any class, kind, or sort, as of persons or things, distinguished from others by nature or character: talents of a high order. 1

noun order Biology. the usual major subdivision of a class or subclass in the classification of organisms, consisting of several families. 1

noun order a rank, grade, or class of persons in a community. 1

noun order a group or body of persons of the same profession, occupation, or pursuits: the clerical order. 1

noun order a body or society of persons living by common consent under the same religious, moral, or social regulations. 1

noun order Ecclesiastical. any of the degrees or grades of clerical office. Compare major order, minor order. 1

noun order a monastic society or fraternity: the Franciscan order. 1

noun order a written direction to pay money or deliver goods, given by a person legally entitled to dispose of it: delivery order; exchange order. 1

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