in order
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1.6
- idiom
:
en orden
- I have all the paperwork in order if that's what you're worried about.
- items in order
- a house in order
- ranked in order
But if your priorities are not in order, you won't achieve anything.
- But if your priorities are not in order, you won't achieve anything.
- And then you have to put in order, right, the priorities.
Examples
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A good night's sleep was now in order because there was plenty to do on the morrow.
Fiction book (1993) -
Well, congratulations are in order then.
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Everything is back in order, like the way it needs to be.
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Well, this all seems to be in order.
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Everything seems to be in order.
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Keep them in order, and everything else follows.
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I think a little celebration drink with your father is in order.
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The jury in the form of time will tell; vigilance and patience are in order.
Academic text (2017) -
Everything is in order.
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The documents are all in order and ready for submission.
Synonyms
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2.3
Located in a particular place or position
332
3.2
Arranged correctly and ready to use
103
1.3
Ready to use or do something when needed
20
3.5
Prepared and available to use immediately
19
2.0
Having things in order so they are easy to find
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4.3
Organized neatly so things are easy to find
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7.7
Neat and well organized like a tidy room
Placed in a planned order
Organized neatly so things are easy to find
Antonyms
How Orderly
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'arranged or prepared correctly' is directly derivable from combining 'in' (inside/within) and 'order' (sequence/arrangement); the phrase simply indicates something is within a state of order. This is a common, compositionally transparent preposition + noun construction found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
In order comes from a simple picture of things put in a neat order, like books lined up on a shelf or tools laid out on a table. So, it means 'arranged correctly' or 'ready for use'.