order

A1
Pronunciation
/ˈɔːdə/
/ˈɔɹdɚ/
Noun
24 definition(s)
1 Definition

Arrangement, disposition, or sequence.

2 Definition

A position in an arrangement, disposition, or sequence.

3 Definition

The state of being well arranged.

Example Sentences
  • The house is in order; the machinery is out of order.
4 Definition

Conformity with law or decorum; freedom from disturbance; general tranquillity; public quiet.

Example Sentences
  • to preserve order in a community or an assembly
5 Definition

A command.

6 Definition

A request for some product or service; a commission to purchase, sell, or supply goods.

7 Definition

A group of religious adherents, especially monks or nuns, set apart within their religion by adherence to a particular rule or set of principles.

Example Sentences
  • St. Ignatius Loyola founded the Jesuit order in 1537.
8 Definition

An association of knights.

Example Sentences
  • the Order of the Garter, the Order of the Bath.
9 Definition

Any group of people with common interests.

10 Definition

A decoration, awarded by a government, a dynastic house, or a religious body to an individual, usually for distinguished service to a nation or to humanity.

11 Definition

A rank in the classification of organisms, below class and above family; a taxon at that rank.

Example Sentences
  • Magnolias belong to the order Magnoliales.
12 Definition

A number of things or persons arranged in a fixed or suitable place, or relative position; a rank; a row; a grade; especially, a rank or class in society; a distinct character, kind, or sort.

Example Sentences
  • talent of a high order
13 Definition

(chiefly plural) An ecclesiastical grade or rank, as of deacon, priest, or bishop; the office of the Christian ministry.

Example Sentences
  • to take orders, or to take holy orders, that is, to enter some grade of the ministry
14 Definition

The disposition of a column and its component parts, and of the entablature resting upon it, in classical architecture; hence (since the column and entablature are the characteristic features of classical architecture) a style or manner of architectural design.

15 Definition

The sequence in which a side’s batsmen bat; the batting order.

16 Definition

A power of polynomial function in an electronic circuit’s block, such as a filter, an amplifier, etc.

Example Sentences
  • a 3-stage cascade of a 2nd-order bandpass Butterworth filter
17 Definition

The overall power of the rate law of a chemical reaction, expressed as a polynomial function of concentrations of reactants and products.

18 Definition

The cardinality, or number of elements in a set, group, or other structure regardable as a set.

19 Definition

(of an element of a group) For given group G and element g ∈ G, the smallest positive natural number n, if it exists, such that (using multiplicative notation), gn = e, where e is the identity element of G; if no such number exists, the element is said to be of infinite order (or sometimes zero order).

20 Definition

The number of vertices in a graph.

21 Definition

A partially ordered set.

22 Definition

The relation on a partially ordered set that determines that it is, in fact, a partially ordered set.

23 Definition

The sum of the exponents on the variables in a monomial, or the highest such among all monomials in a polynomial.

Example Sentences
  • A quadratic polynomial, a x^2 + b x + c, is said to be of order (or degree) 2.
24 Definition

A written direction to furnish someone with money or property; compare money order, postal order.

Verb
5 definition(s)
1 Definition

To set in some sort of order.

2 Definition

To arrange, set in proper order.

3 Definition

To issue a command to.

Example Sentences
  • He ordered me to leave.
4 Definition

To request some product or service; to secure by placing an order.

Example Sentences
  • to order groceries
5 Definition

To admit to holy orders; to ordain; to receive into the ranks of the ministry.