Noun
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"3. established customary state (especially of society);
"order ruled in the streets""law and order"4. logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements;
"we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation"5. a condition of regular or proper arrangement;
"he put his desk in order""the machine is now in working order"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"7. 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"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"9. a body of rules followed by an assembly
10. (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"11. a group of person living under a religious rule;
"the order of Saint Benedict"12. (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families
13. a request for food or refreshment (as served in a restaurant or bar etc.);
"I gave the waiter my order"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
15. putting in order;
"there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list"Verb
1. 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"2. make a request for something;
"Order me some flowers""order a work stoppage"3. issue commands or orders for
4. bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations;
"We cannot regulate the way people dress""This town likes to regulate"5. bring order to or into;
"Order these files"6. place in a certain order;
"order these files"7. appoint to a clerical posts;
"he was ordained in the Church"8. arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events, etc.;
"arrange my schedule""set up one's life""I put these memories with those of bygone times"9. assign a rank or rating to;
"how would you rank these students?""The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"