order
noun
uk
order noun (REQUEST)
be on order
do/make something to order
- billing
- bond
- chit
- claim form
- counterfoil
- credit note
- mischarge
- passbook
- payslip
- pro forma
- receipt
- sales slip
- savings bond
- tab
- ticket
- till roll
- toll
- tolled
- unbilled
- water bill
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order noun (ARRANGEMENT)
B1 [ U ]
the way in which people or things are arranged, either in relation to one another or according to a particular characteristic:
I can't find the file I need because they're all out of order (= they are no longer arranged in the correct way).
Put the files in alphabetical/chronological order.
- Give me the dates in chronological order.
- The names are published in alphabetical order.
- I shall list my objections to the plan in ascending order of importance.
- Keep your files in numerical order.
- She ranked the bottles in order of size along the shelf.
order noun (INSTRUCTION)
B2 [ C often plural ]
something that someone tells you you must do:
be under orders
[ C ]
an official instruction telling someone what they can or cannot do, or a written instruction to a bank to pay money to a particular person
- I think it galls him to take orders from a younger and less experienced colleague.
- The soldiers listened in silence as their captain gave the orders.
- Don't blame me, I'm only carrying out my orders.
- The judge issued a gagging order to prevent the witnesses from speaking to the press.
- We were sinking fast, and the captain gave the order to abandon ship.
- as per instructions idiom
- brief
- briefing
- charge
- clarion call
- commandment
- counter-order
- dictate
- diktat
- doctor's orders
- fiat
- imperatively
- interdict
- marching orders
- orders are orders idiom
- unbriefed
- walkthrough
- with
- word
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order noun (PURPOSE)
in order (for someone/something) to do something (also in order that something)
- They've introduced all sorts of new elements to that programme in order to broaden its appeal.
- In order to make the company viable, it will unfortunately be necessary to reduce staffing levels.
- The president took the unusual step of altering his prepared speech in order to condemn the terrorist attack.
- Children need to feel secure in order to do well at school.
- He assumed a false identity in order to escape from the police.
- as
- at
- case
- courtesy
- cuz
- dint
- due
- except
- except that idiom
- herein
- inasmuch as
- insofar as
- light
- necessarily
- now
- since
- that
- thing
- view
- with a view to doing something idiom
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order noun (TIDY)
leave/put something in order
order noun (STATE)
Are your immigration papers in order (= legally correct)?
- brokenThe microwave's broken.
- deadThe phone's dead; there must be a problem with the line.
- defunctThe TV's defunct!
- bustUK You won't be able to watch the game, the TV's bust.
- bustedUS Oh no, my laptop's busted.
- out of orderThe coffee machine was out of order.
order noun (CORRECT BEHAVIOUR)
After some heated discussion, the chairperson called the meeting to order (= told everyone to stop talking so that the meeting could continue).
order! formal
an expression used in a parliament or a formal meeting to get people's attention and make them stop talking, so that the meeting or discussion can start or continue
- There has been a complete breakdown in law and order.
- The army has been brought in to maintain order in the region.
- Would you say the government's stance on law and order has softened?
- The self-declared guardians of law and order held a press conference.
- Without realistic sanctions, some teachers have difficulty keeping order in the classroom.
- anarchic
- anarchism
- anarchist
- anarchistic
- anarchy
- bedlam
- disorganization
- disorganized
- ferment
- free-for-all
- havoc
- instability
- maelstrom
- riot
- rioting
- riotousness
- social exclusion
- strife
- turbulence
- turbulent
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order noun (SYSTEM)
order noun (RELIGION)
monks of the Cistercian/Franciscan Order
order noun (HONOUR)
order noun (TYPE)
These were problems of a completely different order from anything we had faced before.
of the order of (UK also in the order of)
order noun (BIOLOGY)
Gramática
order
verb
uk
order verb (REQUEST)
A2 [ I or T ]
order verb (INSTRUCT)
B2 [ T ]
The management has ordered a cutback in spending.
[ + speech ] "Wait over there," she ordered.
[ + to infinitive ] They ordered him to leave the room.
- I order you to put down your weapon.
- The police have been ordered to pay substantial damages to the families of the two dead boys.
- An inquiry was ordered into the recent rail disaster.
- In a level voice, he ordered the soldiers to aim and fire.
- You can't just come in here and start ordering people around.
order verb (ARRANGE)
The documents have been ordered alphabetically.
I've ordered the application forms into three groups.
- arrangeThe books are arranged in alphabetical order.
- orderThe names are ordered alphabetically.
- sortTen million pieces of mail are sorted every day.
- organizeHe liked to organize his herbs and spices alphabetically in the cabinet.
- lay outHe laid the playing cards out in a precise circle.
- set outShe was setting out the usual platter of cheese sandwiches.
