ordering [awr-der]
Main Entry:
order [awr-der]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: command, authorize
Synonyms: adjure, apply for, bid, book, buy, call for, call the shots, call the signals, charge, contract for, decree, dictate, direct, enact, engage, enjoin, hire, instruct, obtain, ordain, prescribe, pull strings, request, require, reserve, rule the roost, secure, send away for, tell, warn
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: disallow, prevent, rescind
Concept Thesaurus
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
Antonyms: disorder
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Main Entry: adjure
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: command
Synonyms: beseech, charge, entreat, implore, obligate, order, require, supplicate
Notes: abjure is 'swear off' or 'swear away' and adjure is 'command earnestly'; abjure implies a firm and final rejecting or abandoning often made under oath
Main Entry: adjust
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: become or make prepared, adapted
Synonyms: acclimatize, accommodate, accustom, adapt, alter, arrange, compose, conform, dispose, do as Romans do, doctor*, fiddle with, fine-tune, fit, fix, fix up, get act together, get it together, grin and bear it, habituate, harmonize, make conform, modify, order, quadrate, reconcile, rectify, redress, regulate, remodel, settle, suit, swim with the tide, tailor, tailor-make, tune
Antonyms: confuse, derange, disarrange, disorder, disorganize, upset
Main Entry: adjustment
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: adaptation
Synonyms: acclimation, acclimatization, alteration, arrangement, balancing, conformance, correcting, fitting, fixing, improvement, mending, modification, ordering, organization, organizing, orientation, readjustment, redress, regulating, regulation, repairing, setting, shaping, standardization, turning
Main Entry: align
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: line up, arrange next to
Synonyms: adjust, allineate, coordinate, even, even up, fix, make parallel, order, range, regulate, straighten
Antonyms: divide, mess up, separate
Main Entry: alphabetize
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: place in order of a writing system
Synonyms: index, order, systematize
Main Entry: arrangement
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: something that has been ordered
Synonyms: alignment, array, classification, combination, composition, design, display, disposition, distribution, form, grouping, lineup, method, ordering, organization, pattern, pecking order, ranging, rank, sequence, setup, structure, system
Main Entry: ask
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: request
Synonyms: angle, appeal, apply, beg, beseech, bite*, bum*, call for, charge, claim, command, contend for, crave, demand, entreat, file for, hit*, hustle*, implore, impose, knock*, levy, mooch, order, petition, plead, pray, promote*, request, requisition, seek, solicit, sue, supplicate, touch*, urge
Antonyms: answer, claim, command, insist, tell
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