Collins English-English Dictionary

order ['ɔːdə]

1. 1. n [usually capital] religious order a group of persons who bind themselves by vows in order to devote themselves to the pursuit of religious aims

2. 2. n a state in which all components or elements are arranged logically, comprehensibly, or naturally

3. 3. n an arrangement or disposition of things in succession; sequence

   alphabetical order

4. 4. n an established or customary method or state, esp of society

5. 5. n a peaceful or harmonious condition of society

   order reigned in the streets

6. 6. n [often plural] a class, rank, or hierarchy

   the lower orders

7. 7. n [Biology] any of the taxonomic groups into which a class is divided and which contains one or more families. Carnivora, Primates, and Rodentia are three orders of the class Mammalia

8. 8. n an instruction that must be obeyed; command

9. 9. n a decision or direction of a court or judge entered on the court record but not included in the final judgment

10. 10. n a commission or instruction to produce or supply something in return for payment

11. 11. n the commodity produced or supplied

12. 12. n (as modifier)

    order form

13. 13. n a procedure followed by an assembly, meeting, etc

14. 14. n [capital when part of a name] a body of people united in a particular aim or purpose

15. 15. n [History] a society of knights constituted as a fraternity, such as the Knights Templars

16. 16. n a group of people holding a specific honour for service or merit, conferred on them by a sovereign or state

17. 17. n the insignia of such a group

18. 18. n any of the five major classical styles of architecture classified by the style of columns and entablatures used - See also Doric Ionic Corinthian Tuscan Composite

19. 19. n any style of architecture

20. 20. n [Christianity] the sacrament by which bishops, priests, etc, have their offices conferred upon them

21. 21. n any of the degrees into which the ministry is divided

22. 22. n the office of an ordained Christian minister

23. 23. n a form of Christian Church service prescribed to be used on specific occasions

24. 24. n [Judaism] one of the six sections of the Mishna or the corresponding tractates of the Talmud

25. 25. n [maths] the number of times a function must be differentiated to obtain a given derivative

26. 26. n the order of the highest derivative in a differential equation

27. 27. n the number of rows or columns in a determinant or square matrix

28. 28. n the number of members of a finite group

29. 29. n short for order of magnitude

30. 30. vt. [tr] to give a command to (a person or animal to do or be something)

31. 31. vt. to request (something) to be supplied or made, esp in return for payment

    he ordered a hamburger

32. 32. vt. [tr] to instruct or command to move, go, etc (to a specified place)

    they ordered her into the house

33. 33. vt. [tr; may take a clause as object] to authorize; prescribe

    the doctor ordered a strict diet

34. 34. vt. [tr] to arrange, regulate, or dispose (articles) in their proper places

35. 35. vt. (of fate or the gods) to will; ordain

36. 36. vt. [tr] [rare] to ordain

37. 37. interj an exclamation of protest against an infringement of established procedure

38. 38. interj an exclamation demanding that orderly behaviour be restored

39. 39. interj See also orders

40. 40. interj [Etymology] C13: from Old French ordre, from Latin ordo