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order

[ awr-der ]
/ ˈɔr dər /
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noun
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
to give an order or issue orders: I wish to order, but the waiter is busy.
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Origin of order

First recorded in 1175–1225; noun Middle English ordre, order(e), from Old French ordre, from Latin ordin- (stem of ordō ) “row, rank, regular arrangement”; the verb is derivative of the noun

synonym study for order

37. See direct.

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British Dictionary definitions for order

order
/ (ˈɔːdə) /

noun
verb
interjection
an exclamation of protest against an infringement of established procedure
an exclamation demanding that orderly behaviour be restored
See also orders

Derived forms of order

orderer, nounorderless, adjective

Word Origin for order

C13: from Old French ordre, from Latin ordō
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for order

order
[ ôrdər ]

A group of organisms ranking above a family and below a class. See Table at taxonomy.
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Cultural definitions for order

order

In biology, the classification lower than a class and higher than a family. Dogs and cats belong to the order of carnivores; human beings, monkeys, and apes belong to the order of primates. Flies and mosquitoes belong to the same order; so do birch trees and oak trees. (See Linnean classification.)

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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