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| Main Entry: | order |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arrangement, organization |
| Synonyms: | adjustment, array, assortment, cast, classification, composition, computation, disposal, disposition, distribution, establishment, form, harmony, layout, line, management, method, neatness, pattern, placement, plan, procedure, procession, progression, propriety, regularity, regulation, rule, scale, scheme, sequence, series, setup, standardization, structure, succession, symmetry, system, tidiness, uniformity, aligning, categorization, codification, grouping, lineup, ordering, orderliness |
| 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: | confusion, disorder, disorganization, mess, muddle |
| Main Entry: | order |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | command, authorize |
| Synonyms: | adjure, bid, book, buy, call for, call the shots*, charge, decree, dictate, direct, enact, engage, enjoin, hire, instruct, obtain, ordain, prescribe, request, require, reserve, rule the roost*, secure, tell, warn, apply for, call the signals, contract for, pull strings, send away for |
| Antonyms: | disallow, prevent, rescind |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | order |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lawfulness |
| Synonyms: | calm, control, decorum, discipline, goodness, integrity, law, niceness, peace, probity, propriety, quiet, rectitude, suitability, tranquility, uprightness, decorousness, law and order, orderliness, peacefulness, properness, rightness, seemliness |
| Antonyms: | lawlessness, liberty, license |
| 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, furnish, group, index, lay out, line, locate, manage, marshal, neaten, pattern, place, plan, put away, range, regiment, regulate, right, routine, settle, space, standardize, systematize, tabulate, tidy, formalize, line up, methodize, normalize, put to rights, regularize, set guidelines, set in order, sort out, streamline |
| Antonyms: | disorder, disorganize, mess up, mix up, muddle |
| Main Entry: | order |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | class, status |
| Synonyms: | bracket, branch, breed, cast, caste, degree, description, estate, family, feather, genre, genus, grade, hierarchy, ilk, kind, line, nature, pecking order*, pigeonhole*, place, position, rank, set, slot, sort, species, station, stripe, type, kidney, subclass, taxonomic group |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | order |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | command |
| Synonyms: | authorization, behest, bidding, charge, commandment, decree, dictate, direction, directive, injunction, instruction, law, mandate, ordinance, permission, precept, regulation, rule, stipulation, word*, say-so, ukase |
| Antonyms: | answer |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | order |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | request; purchase agreement |
| Synonyms: | amount, application, booking, bulk, commission, engagement, goods, purchase, quantity, requisition, reservation, reserve, shipment, stipulation, materials |
| Main Entry: | order |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | organization |
| Synonyms: | association, brotherhood, club, community, company, fraternity, guild, league, lodge, sect, sisterhood, society, sodality, sorority, union |
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| Synonyms: |
-nouns
-verbs
be in order, become in order; form, fall in, draw up; arrrange itself, range itself, place itself; fall into one's place, take one's place, take one's rank; rally round., adjust, methodize, regulate, systematize.
-adjectives
-adverbs
in order; methodically; in turn, in its turn; step by step; by regular steps, by gradations, by stages, by intervals; seriatim, systematically, by clockwork, gradatim; at stated periods (periodically) [more].
-phrases
natura non facit saltum; "order is heaven's first law" [Pope]; "order from disorder sprung" [Paradise Lost]; ordo est parium dispariumque rerum sua loca
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| Antonyms: | disorder |
| Main Entry: | adjure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | command |
| Synonyms: | beseech, charge, entreat, implore, obligate, order, require, supplicate |
| Main Entry: | alignment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lining up |
| Synonyms: | adjustment, arrangement, order, sequence, calibration, positioning, sighting |
| Main Entry: | alphabetize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | place in order of a writing system |
| Synonyms: | index, order, systematize |
| Main Entry: | award |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prize or reward |
| Synonyms: | accolade, adjudication, allotment, citation, decision, decoration, decree, distinction, donation, endowment, gift, gold, grant, honor, order, presentation, scholarship, trophy, verdict, bestowal, conferment, conferral, feather in cap, gold star |
| Main Entry: | behest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | order; personal decree |
| Synonyms: | bidding, charge, command, commandment, demand, dictate, direction, injunction, instruction, mandate, order, precept, request, wish, word, expressed desire, prompting, solicitation |
| Main Entry: | caste |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | social class |
| Synonyms: | degree, estate, grade, lineage, order, position, race, rank, species, sphere, standing, station, status, stratum, cultural level, social order |
| Main Entry: | category |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | classification, type |
| Synonyms: | class, department, division, grade, group, head, heading, kind, league, level, list, order, pigeonhole*, rank, section, sort, tier, grouping |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | classification |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | categorization |
| Synonyms: | allocation, allotment, analysis, apportionment, arrangement, assignment, assortment, consignment, denomination, department, designation, disposal, disposition, distribution, division, echelon, gradation, grade, graduation, group, kind, order, ordination, organization, regulation, alloting, cataloguing, categorizing, codification, collocation, coordination, distributing, grading, grouping, ordering, pigeonholing, sizing, sorting, systematization, tabulating, taxonomy, typecasting |
| Main Entry: | classify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | categorize |
| Synonyms: | allocate, allot, alphabetize, analyze, arrange, assort, brand, break down, button down, catalogue, class, codify, collocate, coordinate, correlate, dispose, distinguish, distribute, divide, docket, embody, file, grade, group, incorporate, index, label, match, name, number, order, organize, peg*, pigeonhole*, put away, put down as, put down for, range, rank, rank out, rate, regiment, segregate, size, size up, sort, systematize, tab, tabulate, tag, take one's measure, ticket, type, typecast |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cloister |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | secluded religious place |
| Synonyms: | abbey, cell, convent, hermitage, house, monastery, nunnery, order, retreat, sanctuary, chapter house, friary, lamasery, priorate, priory, religious community |
| Main Entry: | codify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | systematize |
| Synonyms: | arrange, catalogue, classify, code, collect, condense, digest, order, organize, summarize, tabulate |
| Antonyms: | disorganize, unsystematize |
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