1. (

• order ,

) (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed; "the British ships dropped anchor and waited for orders from London" ;

2. (

• order ,
• order_of_magnitude

) a degree in a continuum of size or quantity; "it was on the order of a mile"; "an explosion of a low order of magnitude" ;

3. (

• order

) established customary state (especially of society); "order ruled in the streets"; "law and order" ;

4. (

• ordering ,
• order ,
• ordination

) logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements; "we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation" ;

5. (

• orderliness ,
• order ,

) a condition of regular or proper arrangement; "he put his desk in order"; "the machine is now in working order" ;

6. (

• decree ,
• edict ,
• fiat ,
• order ,
• rescript ,

) a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge); "a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there" ;

7. (

• order ,
• purchase_order

) a commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities; "IBM received an order for a hundred computers" ;

8. (

• club ,
• social_club ,
• society ,
• guild ,
• gild ,
• lodge ,
• order ,

) a formal association of people with similar interests; "he joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society"; "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today" ;

9. (

• order ,
• rules_of_order ,
• parliamentary_law ,
• parliamentary_procedure

) a body of rules followed by an assembly ;

10. (

• Holy_Order ,
• Order ,

) (usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy; "theologians still disagree over whether `bishop' should or should not be a separate Order" ;

11. (

• order ,
• monastic_order

) a group of person living under a religious rule; "the order of Saint Benedict" ;

12. (

• order ,

) (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families ;

13. (

• order ,

) a request for something to be made, supplied, or served; "I gave the waiter my order"; "the company's products were in such demand that they got more orders than their call center could handle" ;

14. (

• order

) (architecture) one of original three styles of Greek architecture distinguished by the type of column and entablature used or a style developed from the original three by the Romans ;

15. (

• order ,
• ordering

) the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement; "there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list" ;

1. (

• order ,
• tell ,
• enjoin ,
• say ,

) give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority; "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed" ;

2. (

• order

) make a request for something; "Order me some flowers"; "order a work stoppage" ;

3. (

• order ,
• prescribe ,
• dictate

) issue commands or orders for ;

4. (

• regulate ,
• regularize ,
• regularise ,
• order ,
• govern ,

) bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate" ;

5. (

• order

) bring order to or into; "Order these files" ;

6. (

• order ,

) place in a certain order; "order the photos chronologically" ;

7. (

• ordain ,
• consecrate ,
• ordinate ,
• order ,

) appoint to a clerical posts; "he was ordained in the Church" ;

8. (

• arrange ,
• set_up ,
• put ,
• order ,

) arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times" ;

9. (

• rate ,
• rank ,
• range ,
• order ,
• grade ,
• place ,

) assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide" ;