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Meaning of "order" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ORDER

From Old French ordre, from Latin ordō.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ORDER

order  [ˈɔːdə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ORDER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Order is a verb and can also act as a noun and an exclamation.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb order in English.



Exclamation is an expression or voice that reflects an emotion or exaltation.

WHAT DOES ORDER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of order in the English dictionary

The first definition of order in the dictionary is a state in which all components or elements are arranged logically, comprehensibly, or naturally. Other definition of order is an arrangement or disposition of things in succession; sequence. Order is also an established or customary method or state, esp of society.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ORDER

PRESENT

Present
I order
you order
he/she/it orders
we order
you order
they order
Present continuous
I am ordering
you are ordering
he/she/it is ordering
we are ordering
you are ordering
they are ordering
Present perfect
I have ordered
you have ordered
he/she/it has ordered
we have ordered
you have ordered
they have ordered
Present perfect continuous
I have been ordering
you have been ordering
he/she/it has been ordering
we have been ordering
you have been ordering
they have been ordering
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I ordered
you ordered
he/she/it ordered
we ordered
you ordered
they ordered
Past continuous
I was ordering
you were ordering
he/she/it was ordering
we were ordering
you were ordering
they were ordering
Past perfect
I had ordered
you had ordered
he/she/it had ordered
we had ordered
you had ordered
they had ordered
Past perfect continuous
I had been ordering
you had been ordering
he/she/it had been ordering
we had been ordering
you had been ordering
they had been ordering
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will order
you will order
he/she/it will order
we will order
you will order
they will order
Future continuous
I will be ordering
you will be ordering
he/she/it will be ordering
we will be ordering
you will be ordering
they will be ordering
Future perfect
I will have ordered
you will have ordered
he/she/it will have ordered
we will have ordered
you will have ordered
they will have ordered
Future perfect continuous
I will have been ordering
you will have been ordering
he/she/it will have been ordering
we will have been ordering
you will have been ordering
they will have been ordering
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would order
you would order
he/she/it would order
we would order
you would order
they would order
Conditional continuous
I would be ordering
you would be ordering
he/she/it would be ordering
we would be ordering
you would be ordering
they would be ordering
Conditional perfect
I would have order
you would have order
he/she/it would have order
we would have order
you would have order
they would have order
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been ordering
you would have been ordering
he/she/it would have been ordering
we would have been ordering
you would have been ordering
they would have been ordering
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you order
we let´s order
you order
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to order
Past participle
ordered
Present Participle
ordering
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ORDER


accorder
əˈkɔːdə
boarder
ˈbɔːdə
bordar
ˈbɔːdə
border
ˈbɔːdə
camcorder
ˈkæmˌkɔːdə
cauda
ˈkɔːdə
cross-border
ˌkrɒsˈbɔːdə
disorder
dɪsˈɔːdə
hoarder
ˈhɔːdə
Korda
ˈkɔːdə
Lauder
ˈlɔːdə
made-to-order
ˈmeɪdtʊˈɔːdə
mail-order
ˌmeɪlˈɔːdə
marauder
məˈrɔːdə
preorder
priːˈɔːdə
recorder
rɪˈkɔːdə
reorder
riːˈɔːdə
skateboarder
ˈskeɪtˌbɔːdə
snowboarder
ˈsnəʊbɔːdə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ORDER

ordeal
order about
order arms
order book
order form
order in council
order mark
order number
Order of Australia
Order of Canada
order of magnitude
Order of Merit
Order of Military Merit
Order of Service
Order of the Bath
order of the day
Order of the Garter
Order of the Thistle
Order of the Visitation
order paper

WORDS THAT END LIKE ORDER

a tall order
bipolar disorder
court order
executive order
first-order
get away with murder
herder
in order
law and order
mail order
money order
murder
on order
out of order
regarder
the Border
the order
to be in running order
to order
video recorder

Synonyms and antonyms of order in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ORDER»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «order» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of order
adjure · application · arrange · arrangement · array · association · behest · bid · book · booking · breed · brotherhood · calm · cast · caste · catalogue · categorization · category · chain · charge · circle · class · classification · classify · club · codification · command · commission · community · company · compel · control · corporation · decree · degree · demand · dictate · direct · direction · directive · discipline · disposal · dispose · disposition · engage · enjoin · establish · family · fellowship · file · form · fraternity · genre · genus · grade · group · grouping · guild · harmony · ilk · injunction · institute · instruct · instruction · kind · law · law and order · lawfulness · lay out · layout · league · line · line-up · lodge · mandate · marshal · method · neaten · neatness · ordain · ordering · orderliness · organization · organize · pattern · peace · peacefulness · placement · plan · position · prescribe · progression · pronounce · propriety · quiet · range · rank · regularity · request · require · requisition · reservation · reserve · rule · ruling · say-so · sect · seek · sequence · series · set · set out · setup · sisterhood · society · sodality · solicit · sort · sort out · species · sphere · stipulation · strain · structure · subclass · subdivision · succession · symmetry · system · systematize · tabulate · tidiness · tidy · tranquillity · tribe · type · union · variety

Translation of «order» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ORDER

Find out the translation of order to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of order from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «order» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

定单
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

orden
570 millions of speakers

English

order
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आदेश
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أمْرٌ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

приказ
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ordem
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ক্রম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ordre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Perintah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Befehl
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

命令
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

명령
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Urutan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mệnh lệnh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆர்டர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ऑर्डर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sipariş
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ordine
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rozkaz
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

наказ
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ordin
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διαταγή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

om
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ordning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ordre
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of order

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ORDER»

The term «order» is very widely used and occupies the 673 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «order» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of order
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «order».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ORDER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «order» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «order» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about order

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10 QUOTES WITH «ORDER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word order.
1
Javier Bardem
The award is important in order to bring people to the movie theater. That's the only principle meaning of any award.
2
David Ben-Gurion
In Israel, in order to be a realist you must believe in miracles.
3
Mike Bidlo
In order to become a master, you need to emulate. If you're going to be as big as Warhol has become in art, then you have to have younger generations who are exploring your work and trying to understand it like a language.
4
Stephen Breyer
I mean those people who are interested in good government will certainly contribute in order to make certain there's some counter-balance to those whose interests in good government is less.
5
John Calvin
You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy.
6
William Ellery Channing
We smile at the ignorance of the savage who cuts down the tree in order to reach its fruit; but the same blunder is made by every person who is over eager and impatient in the pursuit of pleasure.
7
Coolio
I'm a winner; I win most of the time. But in order to be a winner, you have to lose some of the time. I'm a terrible loser.
8
Caleb Cushing
It is impossible, in my mind, to distinguish between the refusal to receive a petition, or its summary rejection by some general order, and the denial of the right of petition.
9
Charles Dickens
I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time.
10
Emma Donoghue
I'm really not one of these procrastinators who cleans the house in order to put off writing, but life gets in the way.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ORDER»

Discover the use of order in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to order and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Birth Order Book: Why You Are the Way You Are
And Dr. Kevin Leman's The Birth Order Book will help you understand yourself, get along better with others, overcome ingrained tendencies you never thought you could get rid of, and be more successful in the workplace.
Kevin Leman, 2009
2
The Sensory Order: An Inquiry into the Foundations of ...
Hayek's substantial contribution to theoretical psychology has been addressed in the work of Thomas Szasz, Gerald Edelman, and Joaquin Fuster.
F. A. Hayek, 2012
3
A New World Order
This book presents the far-reaching argument that not only should we have a new world order but that we already do. Anne-Marie Slaughter asks us to completely rethink how we view the political world.
Anne-Marie Slaughter, 2009
4
ORDER WITHOUT LAW
In Order without Law Robert C. Ellickson shows that law is far less important than is generally thought.
Robert C. ELLICKSON, 1991
5
Profit Over People: Neoliberalism and Global Order
Now more than ever, Profit Over People is one of the key texts explaining how the crisis facing us operates—and how, through Chomsky’s analysis of resistance, we may find an escape from the closing net.
Noam Chomsky, 1999
6
Fractional-order Systems and Controls: Fundamentals and ...
Fractional-order Systems and Controls details the use of fractional calculus in the description and modeling of systems, and in a range of control design and practical applications.
Concepción A. Monje, YangQuan Chen, Blas M. Vinagre, 2010
7
An Unnatural Order: The Roots of Our Destruction of Nature
Now in a new Lantern edition, the book explores, from an anthropological, sociocultural, and holistic perspective, how and why we have cut ourselves off from other animals and the natural world, and the toll this has taken on our ...
Jim Mason, 2005
8
Order Statistics
A completely revised and expanded edition of a classic resource In the over twenty years since the publication of the Second Edition of Order Statistics, the theories and applications of this dynamic field have changed markedly.
Herbert A. David, H. N. Nagaraja, 2004
9
The Order of Books: Readers, Authors, and Libraries in ...
In The Order of Books, Chartier examines the different systems required to regulate the world of writing through the centuries, from the registration of titles to the classification of works.
Roger Chartier, 1994
10
The Order of Things
Possibly one of the most significant, yet most overlooked, works of the twentieth century, it was The Order of Things that established Foucault's reputation as an intellectual giant.
Michel Foucault, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ORDER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term order is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Backpage.com wins restraining order against sheriff in 'escort' ad …
CHICAGO—A federal judge on Friday issued a temporary restraining order against the sheriff of the nation's second biggest county, putting the ... «USA TODAY, Jul 15»
2
16 Media Groups Fight Gag Order in Waco Biker Shooting
A gag order in a criminal case arising from a shootout at a biker gathering in Waco is unconstitutional, overly broad and should be lifted, ... «ABC News, Jul 15»
3
Researchers discover birth order has little impact on intelligence …
A study published in the October 2015 issue of the Journal of Research in Personality shows that the order in which a family's children are born ... «Daily Illini, Jul 15»
4
IPL spot-fixing case: Court order on charges against Sreesanth …
A Delhi court is set to pronounce its order on framing of charges in the Indian Premier League (IPL) spot-fixing case today. The case involves ... «Firstpost, Jul 15»
5
Boil water order leaves few options for east bank residents
The boil order was issued at 10 a.m. due to pressure levels that dipped to dangerous lows - a condition that could allow contaminated ... «FOX 8 News WVUE-TV, Jul 15»
6
You can now order ice cream from Uber again
#UberIceCream is back. That is, if you're hankering for some ice cream on this hot summer day and you want it delivered Uber-style, you're in ... «Fortune, Jul 15»
7
'Destiny: The Taken King' Suros Arsenal Pre-order Bonus Clarified …
A Suros Arsenal Pack showed up at GameStop Thursday evening as a pre-order bonus for Destiny: The Taken King. A sharp-eyed fan of the ... «The Inquisitr, Jul 15»
8
Delhi High Court to pass order on Red FM case tomorrow
The court decided to deliver the order tomorrow and give reasons later as the auction was scheduled for 9.30 am on July 27 and the officials of ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»
9
DEP asks court for permission to enforce order on Coxton bridge …
WILKES-BARRE — When its own order from nearly a year ago failed to spur action from LAG Wrecking Inc., the state Department of ... «Wilkes Barre Times-Leader, Jul 15»
10
Maya Shrine Reveals Arrival of 'New World Order'
... of Tikal and establishing a new political order across the Maya empire whose legacy remains a topic of debate among modern scholars. «National Geographic, Jul 15»

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