Order Meaning
/ˈɔː.də/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounArrangement, disposition, or sequence.
nounA position in an arrangement, disposition, or sequence.
Sentence Examples
In order to do that, you have to take risks.
In order to keep his original idea from being copied, Henry resorted to reticence.
The names are listed in alphabetical order.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The general gave a direct ____ for the soldiers to advance at dawn.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The judge issued an ____ requiring the company to halt all construction on the protected land.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English ordre, from Old French ordre, ordne, ordene (“order, rank”), from Latin ōrdinem, accusative of ōrdō (“row, rank, regular arrangement”, literally “row of threads in a loom”), from Proto-Italic *ordō (“to arrange”), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂or-d-, from *h₂er-. Related to Latin ōrdior (“begin”, literally “begin to weave”). In sense “request for purchase”, compare bespoke. Doublet of ordo. Compare typologically Russian поря́док (porjádok) (akin to ряд (rjad)).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"In these situations we find the Genesee slate, the Tully limestone and the upper part of the Hamilton group, each one in its order disappearing beneath the lake level as we proceed southward."
— 1843, New York (State). Natural History Survey, Geology of New-York: Comprising the survey of the fourth geological ...:
"In the latter portion of this period, the country was assailed by famine and pestilence - — a fearful visitation which will be noticed hereafter in its order of date, and of which it would be out of place to say more at present."
— 1856, George Nicholls, A History of the Irish Poor Law: In Connexion with the Condition of the People:
"This narrative must be discussed later on, in its order."
— 1915, Edwin Abbott Abbott, the fourfold gospel the proclamation of the new kingdom, page 298:
"The latter comes into play only as we examine each word in its order in the line."
— 1996, John Clare, Eric Robinson, David Powell, John Clare: Poems of the Middle Period, 1822-1837, page xxxi:
"Hasn't it been shown that the Hebrew letter “w” is equivalent to the number 6, due to its order in the alphabet, he asked?"
— 2013, Leah Sarat, Fire in the Canyon: Religion, Migration, and the Mexican Dream:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The general gave a direct ____ for the soldiers to advance at dawn.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The judge issued an ____ requiring the company to halt all construction on the protected land.