order

Definition for order

noun as in arrangement, organization

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form, line, plan, procedure, regulation, rule, structure, system

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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

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control, law, peace

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calm, decorousness, decorum, discipline, goodness, integrity, niceness, orderliness, peacefulness, probity, properness, propriety, quiet, rectitude, rightness, seemliness, suitability, tranquility, uprightness

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law and order

noun as in class, status

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line, place, position

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bracket, branch, breed, cast, caste, degree, description, estate, family, feather, genre, genus, grade, hierarchy, ilk, kidney, kind, nature, pigeonhole, rank, set, slot, sort, species, station, stripe, subclass, type

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pecking order, taxonomic group

noun as in command

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authorization, charge, decree, direction, directive, injunction, instruction, law, mandate, permission, regulation, rule

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behest, bidding, commandment, dictate, ordinance, precept, say-so, stipulation, ukase, word

noun as in request; purchase agreement

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application, purchase, shipment

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amount, booking, bulk, commission, engagement, goods, materials, quantity, requisition, reservation, reserve, stipulation

noun as in organization

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association, brotherhood, club, community, company, fraternity, guild, league, lodge, sect, sisterhood, society, sodality, sorority, union

verb as in command, authorize

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buy, call for, charge, direct, hire, instruct, obtain, request, require, tell, warn

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adjure, bid, book, decree, dictate, enact, engage, enjoin, ordain, prescribe, reserve, secure

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apply for, call the shots, call the signals, contract for, pull strings, rule the roost, send away for

verb as in arrange, organize

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assign, conduct, distribute, establish, file, place, plan

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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

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lay out, line up, methodize, put away, put to rights, set guidelines, set in order, sort out

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Judges ordered him to begin serving his sentence before the appeals process is exhausted, citing the “extraordinary seriousness” of the crime.

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