name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
ord
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
Pronunciation
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Australia, India, UK: /ˈɔːd/
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Canada, US: /ˈɔːɹd/
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CMU ARPABET: AO1 R D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A city, the county seat of Valley County, Nebraska, United States.
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name
Meaning 3
Two townships in Nebraska, in Antelope County and Valley County.
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name
Meaning 4
A civil parish in north Northumberland, England, that includes the settlements of East Ord, Middle Ord, Ord Mains, South Ord and West Ord.
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Meaning 5
A hamlet near Tarskavaig, Isle of Skye, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NG6113). From Scottish Gaelic An t-Òrd.
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Meaning 6
A settlement next to Invergordon, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH7170).
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name
Meaning 7
A river in Western Australia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: Ord River
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noun
Meaning 8
Abbreviation of order.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
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noun
Meaning 9
Abbreviation of ordinance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
Topics: law
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noun
Meaning 10
Clipping of ordinary share.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal
Topics: business, finance, stock-market
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noun
Meaning 11
A point.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal
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noun
Meaning 12
A point of origin; a beginning.
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Usage: UK, dialectal
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noun
Meaning 13
A point of land; a promontory.
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Usage: UK, dialectal
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noun
Meaning 14
The point or edge of a weapon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal
Examples
- Saul drew his sword, And ran even upon the ord. — Cursor Mundi.
- And touched him with the spear's ord. — Romance of Sir Otuel.
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noun
Meaning 15
Abbreviation of operationally ready date, the date when a national serviceman finishes his service.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Singapore, abbreviation, alt-of
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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History
Etymology
* As an English surname, from the dialectal noun ord (“point, place”). Compare Ort. * As a Scottish Gaelic surname, habitational name from Ord in Peeblesshire or Banffshire, from òrd (“hammer”). * The city in Nebraska is named after Edward O. C. Ord. * The river in Australia is named after Harry Ord.
From Middle English ord (“point, point of a weapon, beginning”), from Old English ord (“point, spear-point, spear, source, beginning, front, vanguard”), from Proto-West Germanic *oʀd, from Proto-Germanic *uzdaz (“point”), of obscure origin (see *uzdaz). Cognate with North Frisian od (“tip, place, beginning”), Dutch oord (“place, region”), German Ort (“location, place, position”), Danish od (“a point”), Swedish udd (“a point, prick”), Icelandic oddur (“tip, point of a weapon, leader”). See also odd.