Meaning

27 senses
  1. (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

  2. (countable)A position in an arrangement, disposition, or sequence.

  3. (uncountable)The state of being well arranged.

    The house is in order; the machinery is out of order.

    established customary state (especially of society)

  4. (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!

  5. (countable)A command.

    give an order

    his inability to follow orders

    Order, Befehl, Geheiß

    прика́зprikáz, повеле́ниеpovelénije, приказа́ниеprikazánije

    нака́зnakáz, ро́зказrózkaz, зака́зzakáz

  6. (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

  7. (countable)The goods requested.

    Your order should arrive within two days.

    The waiter brought our orders to the table, but forgot the cutlery.

  8. (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

  9. (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

  10. (countable, uncountable)Any group of people with common interests.

  11. (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

  12. (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 sentences
  1. The radio is out of order.

    Радіо зламалося. — deniko

    ruРадио не работает. — Hellerick

    deDas Radio ist kaputt. — MUIRIEL

  2. Are you ready to order now?

    Ви готові робити замовлення зараз? — ChickenKiev

  3. This telephone is out of order.

    Цей телефон не працює. — Ahha

    ruЭтот телефон не работает. — drnm2

    deDieses Telefon funktioniert nicht. — al_ex_an_der

  4. This clock is out of order.

    Цей годинник не працює. — rmdas

    ruЭти часы не работают. — heccele

    deDiese Uhr geht nicht. — Manfredo

  5. Our TV is out of order.

    Наш телевізор зламався. — deniko

    ruНаш телевизор сломался. — corvard

    deUnser Fernseher ist kaputt. — samueldora

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 4
arrangement, disposition:
command:
request for some product or service:
religious group:
Русский
By meaning 11
highest exponent in a polynomial:
arrangement, disposition:
command:
request for some product or service:
religious group:
biology: taxonomical classification:
a rank; a row; a grade; esp. a rank or class in society; a distinct character, kind, or sort:
architecture: style or manner of architectural design:
chemistry: a number of a chemical reaction:
partially ordered set:
relation on a partially ordered set:
Deutsch
By meaning 7
highest exponent in a polynomial:
arrangement, disposition:
command:
request for some product or service:
religious group:
biology: taxonomical classification:
chemistry: a number of a chemical reaction:

Origin

From Middle English ordre, from Old French ordre, ordne, ordene (“order, rank”), from Lati

From 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: orders
Singularorder
Pluralorders

regular

Synonyms

16 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • 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 antonyms

Word family

77 related words

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
order — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto