order
noun [C] (SYSTEM) /ˈɔː.dər/
/ˈɔːr.dɚ/ Definition
C2 a social or political system: The collapse of Communism at the end of the 1980s encouraged hopes of a new world order.Systems of government
(Definition of order noun (SYSTEM) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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