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noun
Arrangement in a sequence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The placement of an order for goods or services.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The act or ceremony of ordaining, as priests or deacons.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
present participle and gerund of order
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: order
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: organization, organisation
Narrower terms: rank order, scaling, grading, succession, sequence, layout, alphabetization, alphabetisation
noun
logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: order, ordination
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: arrangement
Narrower terms: bacteria order, word order, genetic code, genome, series
History
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
