order

/ˈɔr·dər/ n [C] (INSTRUCTION)

Definition

› something you are told to do by someone else and which you must do: [+ to infinitive] The company has received an order to stop releasing pollution into the air. His defense was that he was only obeying orders.

(Definition of order n (INSTRUCTION) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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