adj
Meaning 1
In a sequence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Place the cards in order by color, then by number.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: out of order
Phrase guide
in order
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
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adj
Meaning 2
Ready, prepared; orderly; tidy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Some teachers find it hard to keep their classes in order.
- I wish I could get my desk in order.
- His material is in order for the presentation.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
In accordance with the procedural rules governing formal meetings of a deliberative body.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: formal, idiomatic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Appropriate, worthwhile.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- Now that we have finally finished, I think a celebration is in order.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Meaning 5
Emphasizes that what follows immediately is the purpose of the preceding or the beyond.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, not-comparable
Examples
- She stood in order to see over the crowd. / She stood to see over the crowd.
- She stood in order for her husband to see her. / She stood for her husband to see her.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Meaning 6
In sequence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: comparable
Examples
- They sang in order, ending with a basso profundo.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
in a state of proper readiness or preparation or arrangement
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- everything is in order for their arrival
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Danish: i rækkefølge — in sequence
- Dutch: op volgorde — in sequence
- Finnish: järjestyksessä — in sequence
- Finnish: järjestykseen — in sequence
- Italian: in serie — in sequence
- Italian: in sequenza — in sequence
- Italian: in ordine — in sequence
- Italian: con criterio — in sequence
- Portuguese: em ordem — in sequence
- Portuguese: em sequência — in sequence
- Lower Tanana: xwk'ateghw — in sequence
- Turkish: sırayla — in sequence
- Dutch: op orde — ready, prepared
- Finnish: kunnossa — ready, prepared
- Finnish: järjestyksessä — ready, prepared
- Finnish: järjestykseen — ready, prepared
- Latin: ordinātim — ready, prepared
- Portuguese: em ordem — ready, prepared
- Portuguese: preparado — ready, prepared
- Portuguese: pronto — ready, prepared
- Dutch: in orde — in accordance with the procedural rules governing formal meetings
- Finnish: paikallaan — in accordance with the procedural rules governing formal meetings
- Finnish: vuorossa — in accordance with the procedural rules governing formal meetings
- Dutch: op zijn plaats — appropriate, worthwhile
- Finnish: paikallaan — appropriate, worthwhile
- French: de circonstance — appropriate, worthwhile
- Portuguese: apropriado — appropriate, worthwhile
- Russian: целесообра́зный (celesoobráznyj) — appropriate, worthwhile
- Ancient Greek: ἑξῆς (hexês) — in sequence
- Russian: оди́н за други́м (odín za drugím) — in sequence
- Russian: по поря́дку (po porjádku) — in sequence
- Spanish: en orden — in sequence