Definition of order

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • order is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 6
  • order is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 6
  • order is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 6

Definition of order


  • (usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. holy order
  • assign a rank or rating to (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. grade
    2. place
    3. range
    4. rank
    5. rate
  • a commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities (noun)

    Examples

    1. IBM received an order for a hundred computers

    Synonyms

    1. purchase order
  • a group of person living under a religious rule (noun)

    Examples

    1. the order of Saint Benedict

    Synonyms

    1. monastic order
  • give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority (verb)

    Examples

    1. She ordered him to do the shopping

    Synonyms

    1. enjoin
    2. say
    3. tell
  • appoint to a clerical posts (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. consecrate
    2. ordain
    3. ordinate
  • issue commands or orders for (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. dictate
    2. prescribe
  • a degree in a continuum of size or quantity (noun)

    Examples

    1. it was on the order of a mile
    2. an explosion of a low order of magnitude

    Synonyms

    1. order of magnitude
  • a condition of regular or proper arrangement (noun)

    Examples

    1. he put his desk in order
    2. the machine is now in working order

    Synonyms

    1. orderliness
  • a body of rules followed by an assembly (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. parliamentary law
    2. parliamentary procedure
    3. rules of order
  • a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge) (noun)

    Examples

    1. a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there

    Synonyms

    1. decree
    2. edict
    3. fiat
    4. rescript
  • arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. arrange
    2. put
    3. set up
  • the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement (noun)

    Examples

    1. there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list

    Synonyms

    1. ordering
  • a formal association of people with similar interests (noun)

    Examples

    1. men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today

    Synonyms

    1. club
    2. gild
    3. guild
    4. lodge
    5. social club
    6. society
  • logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements (noun)

    Examples

    1. we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation

    Synonyms

    1. ordering
    2. ordination
  • bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. govern
    2. regularise
    3. regularize
    4. regulate
  • (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 (noun)
  • a request for something to be made, supplied, or served (noun)

    Examples

    1. I gave the waiter my order
    2. the company's products were in such demand that they got more orders than their call center could handle
  • (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families (noun)
  • bring order to or into (verb)
  • established customary state (especially of society) (noun)

    Examples

    1. order ruled in the streets
    2. law and order
  • make a request for something (verb)

    Examples

    1. order a work stoppage
  • (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed (noun)

    Examples

    1. the British ships dropped anchor and waited for orders from London
  • place in a certain order (verb)

    Examples

    1. order the photos chronologically

See definition of order in Merriam Webster