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1. Logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements
   - order, ordination
    
2. The act of putting things in a sequential arrangement
   "there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list"
   - order

1. Give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
   "She ordered him to do the shopping"
   - tell, enjoin, say
    
2. Make a request for something
   "Order me some flowers"; "order a work stoppage"
    
3. Issue commands or orders for
   - prescribe, dictate
    
4. Bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations
   - regulate, regularize, regularise [Brit], govern
    
5. Bring order to or into
   "Order these files"
    
6. Place in a certain order
   "order the photos chronologically"
    
7. Appoint to a clerical posts
   - ordain, consecrate, ordinate
    
8. Arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events
   - arrange, set up, put
    
9. Assign a rank or rating to
   - rate, rank, range, grade, place

Derived forms: orderings

See also: orderer

Type of: arrange, arrangement, bespeak, bring down, call for, decide, determine, enthrone, evaluate, impose, inflict, invest, judge, make up one's mind, obtrude, organisation [Brit], organise [Brit], organization, organize, pass judgment, quest, request, set up, vest, visit

Antonym: disorder

Encyclopedia: Order