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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put in an order |
| Synonyms: | align, array, class, classify, clear the decks, dispose, file, fix up, form, group, line up, methodize, organize, police, police up, position, put in good shape, put in order, put to rights, range, rank, regulate, sort, spruce, spruce up, systematize, tidy, whip into shape |
| Antonyms: | confuse, derange, disarrange, disorder, disorganize, disperse, disturb, mix up, scatter |
| Main Entry: | fix |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mend, repair |
| Synonyms: | adjust, amend, correct, debug, do up, doctor, emend, face-lift, fiddle with, overhaul, patch, put to rights, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, regulate, restore, retread, revamp, revise, see to, sort, tune up |
| Antonyms: | break, corrupt, destroy, unfix |
| Main Entry: | order |
| 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: | sort |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | place in order |
| Synonyms: | arrange, assort, button down, catalogue, categorize, choose, class, classify, comb, cull, distribute, divide, file, grade, group, order, peg, pick, pigeonhole, put down as, put down for, put in order, put in shape, put to rights, rank, riddle, screen, select, separate, sift, size up, systematize, tab, typecast, winnow |
| Antonyms: | disorder, disorganize |
| Main Entry: | straight |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | orderly |
| Synonyms: | arranged, correct, exact, in order, neat, organized, put to rights, right, shipshape, sorted, tidy |
| Antonyms: | disordered, disorderly, disorganized |
| Main Entry: | straighten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put in neat or aligned order |
| Synonyms: | align, arrange, compose, correct, even, level, make plumb, make straight, neaten, order, put in order, put perpendicular, put straight, put to rights, put upright, put vertical, rectify, set to rights, smarten up, spruce up, tidy, unbend, uncoil, uncurl, unfold, unravel, unsnarl, untwist |
| Antonyms: | bend, curve, move, twist |
| Main Entry: | tidy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make neat and orderly |
| Synonyms: | clean, clear the decks, fix up, frame*, get act together, groom, neaten, order, police, pull together, put in good shape, put in order, put in shape, put to rights, shape up, spruce, spruce up, straighten, straighten up, tauten, whip into shape |
| Antonyms: | dirty, dishevel, disorder, disorganize, jumble, litter |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | methodize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | arrange in order |
| Synonyms: | align, array, class, classify, clear the decks, dispose, file, fix up, form, group, line up, order, organize, police, police up, position, put in good shape, put in order, put to rights, range, rank, regulate, sort, spruce, spruce up, systematize, systemize, tidy, whip into shape |
| Main Entry: | smarten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fix |
| Synonyms: | adjust, amend, correct, debug, do up, doctor, emend, face-lift, fiddle with, fix up, overhaul, patch, put to rights, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, regulate, restore, retread, revamp, revise, see to, sort, spruce, tune up |
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