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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | arrange, organize |
| Synonyms: | adapt, adjust, align, alphabetize, array, assign, catalogue, class, classify, codify, conduct, control, dispose, distribute, establish, file, fix, formalize, furnish, group, index, lay out, line, line up, locate, manage, marshal, methodize, neaten, normalize, pattern, place, plan, put away, put to rights, range, regiment, regularize, regulate, right, routine, set guidelines, set in order, settle, sort out, space, standardize, streamline, systematize, tabulate, tidy |
| Notes: | an order is being told to do something with no specific guidelines, a command is being told to do something in a specific way, and a directive is being told to do something and getting this information through channels |
| Antonyms: | disorder, disorganize, mess up, mix up, muddle |
| Main Entry: | stereotype |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | categorize as being example, standard |
| Synonyms: | catalogue, conventionalize, define, dub, institutionalize, methodize, normalize, pigeonhole, regulate, standardize, systematize, take to be, typecast |
| Antonyms: | differentiate, dissimilate |
| Main Entry: | universalize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make universal |
| Synonyms: | generalize, normalize |
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| Concept: | Order. |
| Category: | 1. ORDER |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
order, regularity, uniformity, symmetry, lucidus ordo; music of the spheres., gradation, progression; series (continuity)., subordination; course, even tenor, routine; method, disposition, arrangement, array, system, economy, discipline; orderliness., rank, place (term).
-verbs
be in order, become in order; form, fall in, draw up; arrrange itself, range itself, place itself; fall into one's place, take one's place, take one's rank; rally round., adjust, methodize, regulate, systematize.
-adjectives
orderly, regular; in order, in trim, in apple-pie order, in its proper place; neat, tidy, en regle, well regulated, correct, methodical, uniform, symmetrical, shipshape, businesslike, systematic; unconfused; arranged.
-adverbs
in order; methodically; in turn, in its turn; step by step; by regular steps, by gradations, by stages, by intervals; seriatim, systematically, by clockwork, gradatim; at stated periods (periodically).
-phrases
natura non facit saltum; "order is heaven's first law" [Pope]; "order from disorder sprung" [Paradise Lost]; ordo est parium dispariumque rerum sua loca
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| Antonyms: | disorder |
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