| Main Entry: | decree |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mandate, legal order |
Synonyms: |
act, announcement, behest, bidding, charge, charging, command, commandment, declaration, decretum, dictum, direction, directive, edict, enactment, injunction, instruction, judgment, law, order, ordinance, precept, prescript, proclamation, promulgation, pronouncement, rap, regulation, rule, ruling, say, statute, the riot act, the word, ukase |
| Main Entry: | directive |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | command, instruction |
Synonyms: |
charge, communication, decree, dictate, edict, injunction, mandate, memo, memorandum, message, notice, order, ordinance, regulation, ruling, ukase, word |
| 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: |
answer |
| Main Entry: | edict |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pronouncement, order |
Synonyms: |
act, canon, command, commandment, decree, decretum, dictate, dictum, directive, enactment, fiat, injunction, instrument, judgment, law, mandate, manifesto, ordinance, precept, prescript, proclamation, pronunciamento, regulation, rule, ruling, statute, ukase, writ |
| Main Entry: | fiat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | order, proclamation |
Synonyms: |
authorization, command, decree, dictate, dictum, edict, endorsement, mandate, ordinance, permission, precept, sanction, ukase, warrant |
Antonyms: |
question, request |
| 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, say-so, stipulation, ukase, word* |
Antonyms: |
answer |
| Main Entry: | ordinance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | law, rule |
Synonyms: |
authorization, canon, code, command, decree, dictum, direction, edict, enactment, fiat, mandate, order, precept, prescript, reg, regulation, ruling, statute, ukase |
| Main Entry: | pronouncement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | declaration, statement |
Synonyms: |
advertisement, announcement, broadcast, decree, dictum, edict, judgment, manifesto, notification, proclamation, promulgation, pronunciamento, publication, report, ukase |
Antonyms: |
concealment |
| Main Entry: | ruling |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | judgment, decree |
Synonyms: |
adjudication, decision, directive, edict, finding, law, order, precept, pronouncement, resolution, rule, ukase, verdict |
Antonyms: |
plea |
| Main Entry: | word |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | command |
Synonyms: |
behest, bidding, charge, commandment, decree, dictate, edict, go-ahead, green light, injunction, mandate, order, signal, ukase, will |
Antonyms: |
question |
| Concept: | Order. |
| Category: | 1. ORDER |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
order, regularity, uniformity, symmetry, lucidus ordo; music of the spheres., gradation, progression; series (continuity)., subordination; course, even tenor, routine; method, disposition, arrangement, array, system, economy, discipline; orderliness., rank, place (term).
-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
orderly, regular; in order, in trim, in apple-pie order, in its proper place; neat, tidy, en regle, well regulated, correct, methodical, uniform, symmetrical, shipshape, businesslike, systematic; unconfused; arranged.
-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).
-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 |
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