order

(often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed; "the British ships dropped anchor and waited for orders from London"

a degree in a continuum of size or quantity; "it was on the order of a mile"; "an explosion of a low order of magnitude"

logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements; "we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation"

a condition of regular or proper arrangement; "he put his desk in order"; "the machine is now in working order"

a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge); "a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there"

a commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities; "IBM received an order for a hundred computers"

a formal association of people with similar interests; "he joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society"; "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today"

a body of rules followed by an assembly

(biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families

a request for something to be made, supplied, or served; "I gave the waiter my order"; "the company's products were in such demand that they got more orders than their call center could handle"

the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement; "there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list"

give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority; "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed"

make a request for something; "Order me some flowers"; "order a work stoppage"

issue commands or orders for

bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate"

bring order to or into; "Order these files"

place in a certain order; "order the photos chronologically"

arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times"

assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"