to order
- verb
- /ˈɔrdər/
- I'm going to be putting them in order from best to worst.
- an ordered list
- rank-ordered items
- randomly ordered
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Watch on YouTubeNow, we often, nearly always order information as linear scripts.
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Examples
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The teacher asked the students to order their essays by the due date.
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Now, we often, nearly always order information as linear scripts.
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We first of all order the cells.
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It's the ideal way to order the world.
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At this restaurant you can eat well or poorly, depending on how you order your meal.
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First, individuals are asked to rank order the languages they use in terms of dominance.
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The word pairs within each block were randomly ordered for each participant.
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Audience awareness consists of selecting and ordering language to develop texts that are recognizable to readers.
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Burk takes charge, and simple things are ordered: omelets, salads, and a different wine.
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All words from the DORF passages were randomly ordered and presented to students in two columns per page.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
To assemble and prepare equipment or objects so they are ready to use
Arrange people, things, and activities so they work well
To put things or information in a clear, neat order
To arrange parts or ideas in a clear order
To arrange things in a certain order
To gather and arrange pages or papers in the correct order
To put things into groups and into the right order
To put things in order so they are easy to find
To put things in a line or in order
To put things next to each other in a certain order
Antonyms
Idioms
- Formal
Arrange your personal, money, and legal matters before illness or death
Phrasal Verbs
Arrange your personal, legal and money matters before a serious 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
- Formal
A written document from a buyer to a seller that lists items, how many of each, and the agreed prices
A group of people who live together, follow special rules, and focus on prayer or service
- 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 group of Roman Catholic priests and brothers who work in education and missions
Religious people in the Catholic Church who live simply and help the poor, following Saint Francis
- Formal
A book of rules for running meetings and making group decisions
- 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
- Jargon
A command ordering soldiers to hold a rifle vertically at their right side with the end touching the ground
A group of Catholic priests and brothers who follow Saint Dominic and are known for teaching and missionary work
- Formal
A United States military medal that is given to service members wounded or killed in combat
- Specialized
Soldiers standing with wide spaces between ranks so an officer can walk between them for inspection
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
- 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
- Specialized
Soldiers march shoulder to shoulder in a set formation for parades
A Roman Catholic group of religious people who live in monasteries and pray and study
- Specialized
A group of related animals larger than a family and smaller than a class
- Formal
An instruction that a military leader gives every day to people under their command
- Specialized
A group of insects that spin silk with their front legs to make small tunnels
- Specialized
A group of insects like mayflies with thin transparent wings and young that live in water
How Organized
- US
- US
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb order meaning to arrange comes from Latin ordinare 'to put in order', so to order your files or ideas is to put them into the right sequence or neat form.