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order
noun as in arrangement, organization
Strong matches
adjustment, aligning, array, assortment, cast, categorization, classification, codification, composition, computation, disposal, disposition, distribution, establishment, grouping, harmony, layout, lineup, management, method, neatness, ordering, orderliness, pattern, placement, procession, progression, propriety, regularity, scale, scheme, sequence, series, setup, standardization, succession, symmetry, tidiness, uniformity
noun as in lawfulness
Strong matches
calm, decorousness, decorum, discipline, goodness, integrity, niceness, orderliness, peacefulness, probity, properness, propriety, quiet, rectitude, rightness, seemliness, suitability, tranquility, uprightness
Weak match
noun as in class, status
noun as in command
Strongest matches
authorization, charge, decree, direction, directive, injunction, instruction, law, mandate, permission, regulation, rule
Strong matches
behest, bidding, commandment, dictate, ordinance, precept, say-so, stipulation, ukase, word
noun as in request; purchase agreement
Strongest matches
Strong matches
amount, booking, bulk, commission, engagement, goods, materials, quantity, requisition, reservation, reserve, stipulation
noun as in organization
Strong matches
association, brotherhood, club, community, company, fraternity, guild, league, lodge, sect, sisterhood, society, sodality, sorority, union
Strongest matches
buy, call for, charge, direct, hire, instruct, obtain, request, require, tell, warn
Strong matches
adjure, bid, book, decree, dictate, enact, engage, enjoin, ordain, prescribe, reserve, secure
Weak matches
apply for, call the shots, call the signals, contract for, pull strings, rule the roost, send away for
verb as in arrange, organize
Strong matches
adapt, adjust, align, alphabetize, array, catalogue, class, classify, codify, control, dispose, fix, formalize, furnish, group, index, line, locate, manage, marshal, neaten, normalize, pattern, range, regiment, regularize, regulate, right, routine, settle, space, standardize, streamline, systematize, tabulate, tidy
Weak matches
lay out, line up, methodize, put away, put to rights, set guidelines, set in order, sort out
Example Sentences
“These women were awaiting trial and had no way of escaping a predator who literally held the keys to their captivity and ordered them to perform at his every whim.”
The order requires the storage of sensitive U.S. user data to be under a U.S. cloud computing company.
Inside the clubhouse, the reminders for players had the feel of the final week of school: return your team-issued iPad; order your gloves for next season; take your exit physical.
Various voting rights groups and 19 states, including California, have sued to block the order.
Inspectors investigate the reports and order action, with stiff fines if it isn't taken.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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