order - noun

(often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed

a degree in a continuum of size or quantity

established customary state (especially of society)

logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements

a condition of regular or proper arrangement

a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)

a commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities

a formal association of people with similar interests

a body of rules followed by an assembly

(usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy

a group of person living under a religious rule

(biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families

a request for something to be made, supplied, or served

(architecture) one of original three styles of Greek architecture distinguished by the type of column and entablature used or a style developed from the original three by the Romans

the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement

order - verb

• give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
• make a request for something
• issue commands or orders for
• bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations
• bring order to or into
• place in a certain order
• appoint to a clerical posts
• arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events
• assign a rank or rating to

order - thesaurus

arrange   club   consecrate   decree   dictate   edict   enjoin   fiat   gild   govern   grade   guild   lodge   ordain   ordering   orderliness   ordinate   ordination   place   prescribe   put   range   rank   rate   regularise   regularize   regulate   rescript   say   society   tell