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1. order -- ((often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed; "the British ships dropped anchor and waited for orders from London").
2. order, order of magnitude -- (a degree in a continuum of size or quantity; "it was on the order of a mile"; "an explosion of a low order of magnitude").
3. order -- (established customary state (especially of society); "order ruled in the streets"; "law and order").
4. ordering, order, ordination -- (logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements; "we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation").
5. orderliness, order -- (a condition of regular or proper arrangement; "he put his desk in order"; "the machine is now in working order").
6. decree, edict, fiat, order, rescript -- (a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge); "a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there").
7. order, purchase order -- (a commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities; "IBM received an order for a hundred computers").
8. club, society, guild, gild, lodge, order -- (a formal association of people with similar interests; "he joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society"; "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today").
9. order, rules of order, parliamentary law, parliamentary procedure -- (a body of rules followed by an assembly).
10. holy order, order -- ((usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy; "theologians still disagree over whether `bishop' should or should not be a separate order").
11. order, monastic order -- (a group of person living under a religious rule; "the order of Saint Benedict").
12. order -- ((biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families).
13. order -- (a request for food or refreshment (as served in a restaurant or bar etc.); "I gave the waiter my order").
14. order -- ((architecture) one of original three styles of Greek architecture distinguished by the type of column and entablature used or a style developed from the original three by the Romans).
15. order, ordering -- (putting in order; "there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list").

1. order, tell, enjoin, say -- (give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority; "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed").
2. order -- (make a request for something; "Order me some flowers"; "order a work stoppage").
3. order, prescribe, dictate -- (issue commands or orders for).
4. regulate, regularize, regularise, order, govern -- (bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate").
5. order -- (bring order to or into; "Order these files").
6. order -- (place in a certain order; "order these files").
7. ordain, consecrate, ordinate, order -- (appoint to a clerical posts; "he was ordained in the Church").
8. arrange, set up, put, order -- (arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events, etc.; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times").
9. rate, rank, range, order, grade, place -- (assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide").

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