order
Arrangement, disposition, or sequenceArrangement, disposition, or sequence.
» The radio is out of order.
Das Radio ist kaputt.
Das Radio ist defekt.
Радио не работает.
Радіо зламалося.
Meaning
27 senses(countable)Arrangement, disposition, or sequence.
put the children in age order
It's arranged in order of frequency
Ordnung, Reihenfolge, Ordnung
поря́докporjádok, поря́докporjádok
поря́докporjádok, поря́докporjádok
a condition of regular or proper arrangement
(countable)A position in an arrangement, disposition, or sequence.
(uncountable)The state of being well arranged.
The house is in order; the machinery is out of order.
established customary state (especially of society)
(countable)Conformity with law or decorum; freedom from disturbance; general tranquillity; public quiet.
to preserve order in a community or an assembly
Order in the court!
(countable)A command.
give an order
his inability to follow orders
Order, Befehl, Geheiß
прика́зprikáz, повеле́ниеpovelénije, приказа́ниеprikazánije
нака́зnakáz, ро́зказrózkaz, зака́зzakáz
(countable)A request for some product or service; a commission to purchase, sell, or supply goods.
make an order
place an online order for the new range of sunglasses
Bestellung, Order
зака́зzakáz, о́рдерórder
замо́вленняzamóvlennja
(countable)The goods requested.
Your order should arrive within two days.
The waiter brought our orders to the table, but forgot the cutlery.
(countable)A group of religious adherents, especially monks or nuns, set apart within their religion by adherence to a particular rule or set of principles.
St. Ignatius Loyola founded the Jesuit order in 1537.
Orden
о́рденórden
о́рденórden
a group of person living under a religious rule
(countable)An association of knights.
the Order of the Garter, the Order of the Bath.
Orden
о́рденórden
a formal association of people with similar interests
(countable, uncountable)Any group of people with common interests.
(countable)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.
Orden
о́рденórden
о́рденórden
(countable)A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below class and above family; a taxon at that rank.
The magnolia and nutmeg families belong to the order Magnoliales.
Ordnung, Ordo
отря́дotrjád
Examples
3593 sentencesThe radio is out of order.
Радіо зламалося.
ruРадио не работает.
deDas Radio ist kaputt.
Are you ready to order now?
Ви готові робити замовлення зараз?
This telephone is out of order.
Цей телефон не працює.
ruЭтот телефон не работает.
deDieses Telefon funktioniert nicht.
This clock is out of order.
Цей годинник не працює.
ruЭти часы не работают.
deDiese Uhr geht nicht.
Our TV is out of order.
Наш телевізор зламався.
ruНаш телевизор сломался.
deUnser Fernseher ist kaputt.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 4
By meaning 11
By meaning 7
Origin
From Middle English ordre, from Old French ordre, ordne, ordene (“order, rank”), from LatiFrom Middle English ordre, from Old French ordre, ordne, ordene (“order, rank”), from Latin ōrdinem, accusative of ōrdō (“row, rank, regular arrangement”, literally “row of threads in a loom”), from Proto-Italic *ordō (“to arrange”), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂or-d-, from *h₂er-.
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Forms
plural: ordersSynonyms
16 synonyms- the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement:ordering
- a degree in a continuum of size or quantity:order of magnitude
- a commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities:purchase order
- a body of rules followed by an assembly:rules of orderparliamentary lawparliamentary procedure
- a group of person living under a religious rule:monastic order
- logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements:orderingordination
Antonyms
2 antonymsWord family
77 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Word order in English sentences — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- in order to
- out of order
- order a pizza
- order the same
- an an order
- in alphabetical order
- hard in order
- ordered another
- early in order
- a direct order
- order another round
- alphabetical order