order
- noun
- /ˈɔrdər/
- Specialized
- The median concentration for the participants with pleural abnormalities was an order of magnitude greater.
- order of magnitude
- a higher order
- first-order
So that was on the order of hundreds of Lsats.
- So that was on the order of hundreds of Lsats.
- And this is a virus that spreads orders of magnitude easier than this current virus.
- OK, Earthquakes cause the amount of devastation on the order of a World War.
- So that means you have no idea that it's like orders of magnitude further away.
- That's the global workspace theory and the higher order thought theory or higher order pointer theory.
- Who's the most dangerous person she'll ever meet by orders of magnitude more than anybody else.
- It's it's orders and orders and orders of magnitude smaller than the other forces.
- That seems to be higher order value than the truth.
Examples
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We seek a balance between order and chaos.
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We noticed that the improvements in efficiency were on the order of 20% compared to last year.
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Most formal learning is first order, content focused, and designed to transfer information.
Academic text (2013) -
Which of these strategies is selected in which order depends on how much it costs.
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Much more than understanding texts, middle and high school students must use higher-order thinking skills to navigate them.
Academic text (2013) -
We use a decimal base of 1,000 in order to illustrate the procedure.
Academic text (1999) -
The earthquake was measured as having a magnitude on the order of 7 on the Richter scale.
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The temperature changes in the region are often on the order of several degrees Celsius.
Synonyms
Idioms
- Formal
Arrange your personal, money, and legal matters before illness or death
Compounds
- Formal
An official instruction from a court telling someone to do or stop doing something
- Specialized
A way to compare how big things are by ten times bigger or smaller
- US
A paper you buy at a bank or post office that pays a named person a set amount
- Formal
A question raised in a formal meeting to show someone may have broken the rules
A group of people who live together, follow special rules, and focus on prayer or service
- Formal
A written document from a buyer to a seller that lists items, how many of each, and the agreed prices
- Archaic
A paper note bought at a post office that lets a named person collect money
A Protestant group in Northern Ireland that holds yearly parades celebrating union with Britain
- Specialized
A request to buy or sell shares immediately at the current price through a broker
A British military medal given to officers for brave service in battle
A group of Catholic monks and priests who follow Saint Augustine's teachings
Religious people in the Catholic Church who live simply and help the poor, following Saint Francis
A group of Roman Catholic priests and brothers who work in education and missions
- Formal
A book of rules for running meetings and making group decisions
- Jargon
A command ordering soldiers to hold a rifle vertically at their right side with the end touching the ground
- Specialized
A large group of insects that are beetles with hard front wings covering their flying wings
- Specialized
A group of mammals that includes all bats, like fruit bats and insect-eating bats
- Formal
A United States military medal that is given to service members wounded or killed in combat
- Specialized
An instruction to sell or buy shares at a set price to limit losses and protect gains
- Specialized
An instruction to automatically sell shares when their price falls to a set level to limit loss
A Roman Catholic group of religious people who live in monasteries and pray and study
- Specialized
Soldiers march shoulder to shoulder in a set formation for parades
- Specialized
An ancient Roman column style combining Ionic scrolls and Corinthian leaves
- Specialized
A style of ancient Greek columns that have decorated leaf-shaped tops
- Formal
An instruction that a military leader gives every day to people under their command
A group of Catholic priests and brothers who follow Saint Dominic and are known for teaching and missionary work
- Specialized
A simple ancient Greek style of building with thick columns that have no bases and plain tops
- Specialized
A group of related animals larger than a family and smaller than a class
- Specialized
Soldiers spread far apart to avoid enemy fire and move across rough ground
- Specialized
The relationship between two things measured after keeping one other thing the same
Surface Forms
Etymology
The noun order meaning a level or degree comes from Latin ordo 'rank', so different 'orders' are steps or ranks of size or importance.