ALL meanings of tall order
tall or·der
T t - noun tall order an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate. 1
- noun tall order a command of a court or judge. 1
- noun tall order a command or notice issued by a military organization or a military commander to troops, sailors, etc. 1
- noun tall 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 tall 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 tall order formal disposition or array: the order of the troops. 1
- noun tall order proper, satisfactory, or working condition. 1
- noun tall order state or condition generally: His financial affairs were in good order. 1
- noun tall 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 tall order customary mode of procedure; established practice or usage. 1
- noun tall 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
- noun tall order prevailing course or arrangement of things; established system or regime: The old order is changing. 1
- noun tall order challenging task 1
- noun tall order conformity to this. 1
- noun tall order a direction or commission to make, provide, or furnish something: The salesclerk will take your order. 1
- noun tall order a quantity of goods or items purchased or sold: The druggist is sending the order right over. 1
- noun tall 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 tall order any of the nine grades of angels in medieval angelology. Compare angel (def 1). 1
- noun tall 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 tall 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 tall order Biology. the usual major subdivision of a class or subclass in the classification of organisms, consisting of several families. 1
- noun tall order a rank, grade, or class of persons in a community. 1
- noun tall order a group or body of persons of the same profession, occupation, or pursuits: the clerical order. 1
- noun tall order a body or society of persons living by common consent under the same religious, moral, or social regulations. 1
- noun tall order Ecclesiastical. any of the degrees or grades of clerical office. Compare major order, minor order. 1
- noun tall order a monastic society or fraternity: the Franciscan order. 1
- noun tall 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
- noun tall order Architecture. any arrangement of columns with an entablature. any of five such arrangements typical of classical architecture, including the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian orders invented by the Greeks and adapted by the Romans, the Tuscan order, invented by the Romans, and the Composite order, first named during the Renaissance. any of several concentric rings composing an arch, especially when each projects beyond the one below. 1
- noun tall order orders, the rank or status of an ordained Christian minister. 1
- noun tall order Usually, orders. the rite or sacrament of ordination. 1
- noun tall order a prescribed form of divine service or of administration of a rite or ceremony. 1
- noun tall order the service itself. 1
- noun tall order the visible structures essential or desirable to the nature of the church, involving especially ministry, polity, and sacraments. 1
- noun tall order a society or fraternity of knights, of combined military and monastic character, as, in the Middle Ages, the Knights Templars. 1
- noun tall order a modern organization or society more or less resembling the knightly orders: fraternal orders. 1
- noun tall order (initial capital letter) British. a special honor or rank conferred by a sovereign upon a person for distinguished achievement. the insignia worn by such persons. 1
- noun tall order Chiefly British. a pass for admission to a theater, museum, or the like. 1
- verb with object tall order to give an order, direction, or command to: The infantry divisions were ordered to advance. 1
- verb with object tall order to direct or command to go or come as specified: to order a person out of one's house. 1
- verb with object tall order to prescribe: The doctor ordered rest for the patient. 1
- verb with object tall order to direct to be made, supplied, or furnished: to order a copy of a book. 1
- verb with object tall order to regulate, conduct, or manage: to order one's life for greater leisure. 1
- verb with object tall order to arrange methodically or suitably: to order chessmen for a game. 1
- verb with object tall order Mathematics. to arrange (the elements of a set) so that if one element precedes another, it cannot be preceded by the other or by elements that the other precedes. 1
- verb with object tall order to ordain, as God or fate does. 1
- verb with object tall order to invest with clerical rank or authority. 1
- verb without object tall order to give an order or issue orders: I wish to order, but the waiter is busy. 1
- idioms tall order a tall order, a very difficult or formidable task, requirement, or demand: Getting the crop harvested with so few hands to help was a tall order. Also, a large order. 1
- idioms tall order call to order, to begin (a meeting): The meeting was called to order at 3 o'clock. 1
- idioms tall order in order, fitting; appropriate: It appears that an apology is in order. in a state of proper arrangement, preparation, or readiness: Everything is in order for the departure. correct according to the rules of parliamentary procedure: Questions from the floor are now in order. 1