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order
A	noun
	1	order, ordering
			putting in order; "there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚activity ╚organization; organisation ╚order, ordering ╚alphabetization; alphabetisation ╚layout ╚succession; sequence ╚scaling; grading ╚rank order
	2	order
			(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
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚attribute ╚property ╚manner; mode; style; way; fashion ╚artistic style; idiom ╚order ╚Tuscan order ╚Composite order ╚Corinthian order ╚Ionic order; Ionian order ╚Doric order; Dorian order
	3	order, order of magnitude
			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"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚attribute ╚property ╚magnitude ╚order, order of magnitude
	4	order, purchase order
			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"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚written communication; written language ╚writing; written material; piece of writing ╚document; written document; papers ╚commercial document; commercial instrument ╚order, purchase order ╚mail order ╚stop payment ╚stop order; stop-loss order ╚production order ╚market order ╚indent ╚credit order; bill-me order
	5	decree, edict, fiat, order, rescript
			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"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚written communication; written language ╚writing; written material; piece of writing ╚document; written document; papers ╚legal document; legal instrument; official document; instrument ╚act; enactment ╚decree, edict, fiat, order, rescript ╚stay ╚prohibition; ban; proscription ╚programma ╚legal separation; judicial separation ╚imperial decree ╚decree nisi ╚curfew ╚consent decree
	6	order, rules of order, parliamentary law, parliamentary procedure
			a body of rules followed by an assembly
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚message; content; subject matter; substance ╚direction; instruction ╚rule; prescript ╚order, rules of order, parliamentary law, parliamentary procedure ╚Robert's Rules of Order ╚previous question ╚point of order ╚closure; cloture; gag rule; gag law ╚standing order ╚interpellation
	7	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"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚speech act ╚command; bid; bidding; dictation ╚order ╚word ╚summons ╚marching orders
	8	order
			a request for food or refreshment (as served in a restaurant or bar etc.); "I gave the waiter my order"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚speech act ╚request; asking ╚order ╚short order
	9	order
			(biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families
		Category Tree: group; grouping ╚biological group ╚taxonomic group; taxonomic category; taxon ╚order ╚fungus order ╚plant order ╚protoctist order ╚animal order
	10	order, monastic order
			a group of person living under a religious rule; "the order of Saint Benedict"
		Category Tree: group; grouping ╚social group ╚organization; organisation ╚institution; establishment ╚religion; faith ╚sect; religious sect; religious order ╚order, monastic order ╚Jesuit order; Society of Jesus ╚Franciscan order ╚Dominican order ╚Carthusian order ╚Carmelite order; Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel ╚Benedictine order; order of Saint Benedict ╚Augustinian order
	11	club, society, guild, gild, lodge, order
			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"
		Category Tree: group; grouping ╚social group ╚organization; organisation ╚association ╚club, society, guild, gild, lodge, order ╚investors club ╚hunt; hunt club ╚golf club ╚glee club ╚fraternity; frat ╚country club ╚chess club ╚chapter ╚bookclub ╚athenaeum; atheneum
	12	ordering, order, ordination
			logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements; "we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation"
		Category Tree: group; grouping ╚arrangement ╚ordering, order, ordination ╚series ╚genome ╚genetic code ╚word order ╚bacteria order
	13	holy order, order
			(usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy; "theologians still disagree over whether `bishop' should or should not be a separate order"
		Category Tree: state ╚status; position ╚holy order, order ╚subdeacon ╚priest ╚lector; reader ╚exorcist ╚doorkeeper; ostiary; ostiarius ╚deacon ╚anagnost ╚acolyte
	14	order
			established customary state (especially of society); "order ruled in the streets"; "law and order"
		Category Tree: state ╚order ╚peace ╚stability ╚harmony; concord; concordance ╚tranquillity; quiet ╚rule of law ╚civil order; polity
	15	orderliness, order
			a condition of regular or proper arrangement; "he put his desk in order"; "the machine is now in working order"
		Category Tree: state ╚condition; status ╚orderliness, order ╚tidiness ╚kilter; kelter ╚spit and polish
B	verb
	1	order
			place in a certain order; "order these files"
		Category Tree: move; displace ╚put; set; place; pose; position; lay ╚arrange; set up ╚order
	2	order
			bring order to or into; "Order these files"
		Category Tree: move; displace ╚put; set; place; pose; position; lay ╚arrange; set up ╚order ╚disentangle; unsnarl; straighten out ╚collate ╚systematize; systematise; systemize; systemise ╚tidy; tidy up; clean up; neaten; straighten; straighten out; square away
	3	rate, rank, range, order, grade, place
			assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"
		Category Tree: think; cogitate; cerebrate ╚judge ╚rate, rank, range, order, grade, place ╚seed ╚shortlist ╚superordinate
	4	arrange, set up, put, order
			arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events, etc.; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times"
		Category Tree: control; command ╚manage; deal; care; handle ╚organize; organise ╚arrange, set up, put, order ╚synchronize; synchronise; contemporize; contemporise
	5	order
			make a request for something; "Order me some flowers"; "order a work stoppage"
		Category Tree: move; displace ╚transfer ╚convey; transmit; communicate ╚communicate; pass on; pass; put across ╚request; bespeak; call for; quest ╚order ╚commission ╚wish ╚call ╚place ╚reorder
	6	order, tell, enjoin, say
			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"
		Category Tree: move; displace ╚transfer ╚convey; transmit; communicate ╚communicate; pass on; pass; put across ╚request; bespeak; call for; quest ╚ask ╚request ╚order, tell, enjoin, say ╚warn ╚call; send for ╚command; require; compel ╚instruct ╚direct
	7	order, prescribe, dictate
			issue commands or orders for
		Category Tree: act; move ╚interact ╚communicate; intercommunicate ╚inflict; bring down; visit; impose ╚order, prescribe, dictate ╚mandate
	8	ordain, consecrate, ordinate, order
			appoint to a clerical posts; "he was ordained in the Church"
		Category Tree: install ╚invest; vest; enthrone ╚ordain, consecrate, ordinate, order
	9	regulate, regularize, regularise, order, govern
			bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate"
		Category Tree: decide; make up one's mind; determine ╚regulate, regularize, regularise, order, govern ╚zone; district ╚standardize; standardise

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