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nnoun.communication(often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyedTopic:armed forcesarmed servicesmilitarymilitary machinewar machine
Domain Usage:pluralplural form
Examples:- the British ships dropped anchor and waited for orders from London
Derivationally Related Form:order
Hypernyms:bid bidding command dictation
Inherited Hypernyms:ordercommandspeech actacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:marching orderssummonsword
Full Hyponyms:call upmarching orderssummonsword
nnoun.attributea degree in a continuum of size or quantitySynset:order of magnitude
Examples:- it was on the order of a mile
- an explosion of a low order of magnitude
Derivationally Related Form:order
Hypernyms:magnitude
Inherited Hypernyms:ordermagnitudepropertyattributeabstractionentity
nnoun.stateestablished customary state (especially of society)Examples:- order ruled in the streets
- law and order
Antonyms:disorder
Derivationally Related Form:orderorderly
Hypernyms:state
Inherited Hypernyms:orderstateattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:civil orderconcordconcordanceharmonypeacepolityquietrule of lawstabilitytranquilitytranquillity
Full Hyponyms:agreementamityarmisticecivil ordercollective securitycomitycomity of nationscommunityconciliationconcurrenceconsensusharmonymollificationpax romanapeacepeaceablenessrule of lawsense of the meetingsocial contractstabilitytranquillityunanimityunison
nnoun.grouplogical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elementsSynset:ordering ordination
Examples:- we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation
Derivationally Related Form:order
Hypernyms:arrangement
Inherited Hypernyms:orderingarrangementgroupabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:bacteria ordergenetic codegenomeseriesword order
Full Hyponyms:ablative absoluteactinide seriesadjunctallelearithmetic progressionbacteria ordercascadecatchphrasecategoremcatenacelestial hierarchychainclausecodoncombinationcomplementcomplex sentencecompound sentenceconstituentconstructioncoordinate clausecordoncoursecross-questioncyclecystic fibrosis transport regulatordaisy chaindata hierarchydeclarative sentencedirect objectdominant alleledominant geneelectromotive seriesextensionfibonacci sequencegenegenetic codegenetic markergenomegeometric progressionharmonic progressionhelium grouphierarchyhomeoboxhomeotic geneimmediate constituentindirect objectinvolutionlanthanide seriesleading questionlethal genelinkage grouploose sentencelosing streakmain clausemajor termmiddle termminor termmisconstructionmodifiermutant genenexusnonallelenonrestrictive clausenoun phraseobjectoncogeneoperator geneparadeparenthetical expressionperiodic sentencephrasepolygenepredicatepredicatorprepositional objectprepositional phraseprogressionpronominal phraseproto-oncogenequestionrashrecessive allelerecessive genereferentregulatory generelative clauserelatumrepressor generesponserestrictive clauseretained objectrun-on sentencesentencesequenceseriessimple sentencestationsstreakstreamstringstring of wordsstructural genesubjectsubordinate clausesubstringsuccessionsuppressorsyntagmataxonomytermtopic sentencetransgenetriplet codetumor suppressor genewave trainwinning streakword orderx-linked geney-linked geneyes-no question
nnoun.statea condition of regular or proper arrangementSynset:orderliness
Examples:- he put his desk in order
- the machine is now in working order
Antonyms:disorderlinessdisorder
Hypernyms:condition status
Inherited Hypernyms:orderlinessconditionstateattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:kelterkilterspit and polishtidiness
Full Hyponyms:kilterneatnessspit and polishtidinesstrim
nnoun.communicationa legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)Topic:jurisprudencelaw
Synset:decree edict fiat rescript
Examples:- a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there
Derivationally Related Form:orderdecree
Hypernyms:act enactment
Inherited Hypernyms:decreeactlegal documentdocumentwritingwritten communicationcommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:banbullconsent decreecurfewdecree nisiimperial decreejudicial separationlegal separationpapal bullprogrammaprohibitionproscriptionstay
Full Hyponyms:banning-orderbullconsent decreecurfewdecree nisiimperial decreeinjunctioninterdictlegal separationmandatory injunctionpermanent injunctionpragmatic sanctionprogrammaprohibitionstaystay of executiontemporary injunctionukase
nnoun.communicationa commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantitiesSynset:purchase order
Examples:- IBM received an order for a hundred computers
Derivationally Related Form:order
Hypernyms:commercial document commercial instrument
Inherited Hypernyms:ordercommercial documentdocumentwritingwritten communicationcommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:bill-me ordercredit orderindentmail ordermarket orderproduction orderreorderstop-loss orderstop orderstop payment
Full Hyponyms:credit orderindentmail ordermarket orderopen accountproduction orderreorderstop orderstop payment
nnoun.groupa formal association of people with similar interestsSynset:club gild guild lodge social club society
Examples:- he joined a golf club
- they formed a small lunch society
- men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today
Derivationally Related Form:clubclubbyorder
Hypernyms:association
Inherited Hypernyms:clubassociationorganizationsocial groupgroupabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:athenaeumatheneumboat clubbookclubchapterchess clubcountry clubfratfraternityglee clubgolf clubhunthunt clubinvestors clubjockey clubracket clubrowing clubservice clubslate clubsororityturnvereinyacht club
Member Meronyms:club member
Full Hyponyms:athenaeumbookclubchapterchess clubcountry clubfraternityglee clubgolf clubhuntinvestors clubjockey clublions clubracket clubrotary clubrowing clubservice clubslate clubsororitytennis clubturnvereinyacht club
nnoun.communicationa body of rules followed by an assemblySynset:parliamentary law parliamentary procedure rules of order
Hypernyms:prescript rule
Inherited Hypernyms:orderruledirectionmessagecommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:closurecloturegag lawgag ruleinterpellationpoint of orderprevious questionstanding order
Instance Hyponyms:Robert's Rules of Order
Full Hyponyms:closureclosure by compartmentinterpellationpoint of orderprevious questionstanding order
nnoun.state(usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchySynset:Holy Order Order
Examples:- theologians still disagree over whether 'bishop' should or should not be a separate Order
Hypernyms:position status
Inherited Hypernyms:holy orderstatusstateattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:acolyteanagnostdeacondoorkeeperexorcistlectorostiariusostiarypriestreadersubdeacon
Full Hyponyms:acolytealtar boyanagnostarchbishoparchpriestbishopcanoncardinalcelebrantconfessordeacondeandiocesandomestic prelatedoorkeepereparchexarchexorcistfatherlectormetropolitanmonsignorpontifexprebendarypriestpriestessprimussubdeaconsuffraganthurifervicarvicar apostolic
nnoun.groupa group of person living under a religious ruleSynset:monastic order
Examples:- the order of Saint Benedict
Hypernyms:religious order religious sect sect
Inherited Hypernyms:ordersectreligioninstitutionorganizationsocial groupgroupabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:Augustinian orderBenedictine orderCarmelite orderCarthusian orderDominican orderFranciscan orderJesuit orderOrder of Our Lady of Mount CarmelSociety of Jesusorder of Saint Benedict
Full Hyponyms:augustinian canonsaugustinian hermitsaugustinian orderaustin friarsbenedictine ordercarmelite ordercarthusian orderdominican orderfranciscan ordersociety of jesus
nnoun.group(biology) taxonomic group containing one or more familiesTopic:biological sciencebiology
Member Holonyms:class
Hypernyms:taxon taxonomic category taxonomic group
Inherited Hypernyms:ordertaxonomic groupbiological groupgroupabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:animal orderfungus orderplant orderprotoctist order
Member Meronyms:family suborder
Full Hyponyms:acanthopterygiiacarinaactiniariaactinomycetalesactinomyxidiaaepyorniformesagaricalesalcyonaceaalcyonariaamoebidaamphipodaanacanthinianaspidaandreaealesanguilliformesanimal orderanisopteraanopluraanostracaanseresanseriformesanthocerotalesanthropoideaaphyllophoralesapodiformesapterygiformesaralesaraneaearistolochialesartiodactylaauricularialesbelemnoideabennettitalesberycomorphiblastocladialesblattodeablennioideabrachyurabranchiurabryalescampanulalescaprimulgiformescarnivoracarnosauracaryophyllalescasuariiformescasuarinalesceratopsiacestidacetaceacharadriicharadriiformescharaleschelonethidacheloniachiropterachlorococcaleschytridialesciconiiformesclamatorescoccidiacoleopteracollembolacolumbiformesconiferalesconodontacoraciiformescordaitalescrocodyliacuculiformescycadalescycadofilicalescyclostomatacydippidacypriniformesdaubentoniidaedecapodadermapteradermopteradiapensialesdicranalesdictyopteradinoceratadinoflagellatadinornithiformesdipteradiscocephaliebenalesedentataembiopteraendomycetalesentomophthoralesephemeropteraequisetalesericaceaeericaleserysiphaleseubacterialeseubryaleseuphausiaceaeuronithopodaeurotialeseurylaimieurypteridaexocycloidafagalesfalconiformesfilicalesforaminiferafucalesfungus ordergadiformesgalliformesganoideigaviiformesgentianalesgeophilomorphageranialesginkgoalesgnetalesgorgonaceagraminalesgregarinidagruiformesguttiferalesgymnophionahaemosporidiahaplosporidiaheliozoahelotialeshemipteraheteropteraheterosomataheterostraciheterotrichaleshomopterahymenogastraleshymenopterahypermastiginahypocrealeshyracoideahystricomorphaichthyosauriaictodosauriainsectivorainsessoresisoetalesisopodaisopteraisospondylijuglandalesjungermannialeslabyrinthodontialagomorphalaminarialeslarilechanoraleslemuroidealepidodendraleslepidopteralichenaleslilialeslimicolaelipotyphlalobataloricatalycoperdaleslycopodialesmadreporariamalacopterygiimallophagamalvalesmaniraptoramanteodeamantophasmatodeamarattialesmarchantialesmarginocephaliamarsupialiamecopteramegachiropteramegalopteramenotyphlamenuraemicrochiropteramonilialesmonotrematamucoralesmugiloideamusalesmyaceaemycelia steriliamycoplasmatalesmycrosporidiamyomorphamyricalesmyrtalesmysidaceamysticetimyxiniformesmyxosporidianaiadalesnatantianematoceraneuropteranidularialesnothosaurianotostracanudibranchiaoctopodaodonataodontocetioedogonialesolealesophioglossalesopuntialesorchidalesorder myxobacteriaornithischiaornithomimidaorthopteraoscinesosteoglossiformesosteostraciostracodermiotidespalmalespandanalesparietalespasseriformespectinibranchiapediculatipedipalpipelecaniformespelycosauriaperciformespercoideaperissodactylaperonosporalespetromyzoniformespezizalesphalangidaphasmidapholidotapicariaepiciformespinnipediapiperalesplant orderplantaginalesplatycteneaplecopteraplectognathiplesiosauriaplumbaginalespodicipitiformespolemonialespolygonalespolymastiginaprimatesprimulalesproboscideaprocellariiformesprosauropodaprosimiiprotealesprotoctist orderproturapseudomonadalespsilophytalespsilotalespsittaciformespsocopterapterosauriapulmonatapycnogonidaradiolariarajiformesranalesraptoresratitaereptantiarhamnalesrheiformesrhoeadalesrhynchocephaliarickettsialesrodentiarosalesrubialesruminantiasalicalessalientiasantalalessapindalessaprolegnialessarcosporidiasarracenialessauriasaurischiasauropodasauropodomorphasauropterygiascandentiaschizopodasciuromorphasclerodermatalesscleropareiscombroideascorpaenoideascorpionidascrophularialessecotialesselaginellalesserpentessiluriformessiphonapterasiphonophorasireniasolenichthyessolenogastresspatangoidasphaerialessphaerocarpalessphagnalessphenisciformesspirochaetalessquamatastegocephaliastereospondylistomatopodastrepsirhinistrigiformesstruthioniformessuborder ceratosaurasuborder pachycephalosaurussynentognathitarsioideataxalestemnospondylitestaceathecodontiatherapsidatheropodathyreophorathysanopterathysanuratinamiformestorpediniformestremellalestrichopteratrogoniformestuberalestubulidentatatulostomatalestyranniulvalesumbellalesuredinalesurodellaurticalesustilaginalesvolvocalesxenarthraxiphosuraxyridaleszeomorphizygnemataleszygoptera
nnoun.communicationa request for something to be made, supplied, or servedExamples:- I gave the waiter my order
- the company's products were in such demand that they got more orders than their call center could handle
Derivationally Related Form:order
Hypernyms:asking request
Inherited Hypernyms:orderrequestspeech actacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:short order
Full Hyponyms:short order
nnoun.attribute(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 RomansTopic:architecture
Hypernyms:artistic style idiom
Inherited Hypernyms:orderartistic stylemannerpropertyattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:Composite orderCorinthian orderDorian orderDoric orderIonian orderIonic orderTuscan order
Full Hyponyms:composite ordercorinthian orderdoric orderionic ordertuscan order
nnoun.actthe act of putting things in a sequential arrangementSynset:ordering
Examples:- there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list
Derivationally Related Form:order
Hypernyms:organisation organization
Inherited Hypernyms:orderorganizationactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:alphabetisationalphabetizationgradinglayoutrank orderscalingsequencesuccession
Full Hyponyms:alphabetizationalternationlayoutopeningrank orderscalingsuccession
vverb.communicationgive instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authoritySynset:enjoin say tell
Examples:- I said to him to go home
- She ordered him to do the shopping
- The mother told the child to get dressed
Derivationally Related Form:injunctionorder
Hypernyms:request
Inherited Hypernyms:orderrequestaskrequestcommunicateconveytransfermove
Direct Hyponyms:callcommanddirectinstructprescriberequiresend forwarn
Full Troponyms:adjurebanbarbear downbeckonbeepbuzzcallcall incall upchargecommandconvokedemanddirectembargoenjoinforbidhailinstructliftmusteroutlawoverburdenoverwhelmpageprescriberecallrequisitionstetsummonvouchwarn
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody to INFINITIVE | Somebody ---s that CLAUSE | They --- him to write the letter (apply to: order, enjoin, tell)
vverb.communicationmake a request for somethingExamples:- Order me some flowers
- order a work stoppage
Derivationally Related Form:orderorderer
Hypernyms:ask for bespeak call for quest request
Inherited Hypernyms:orderrequestcommunicateconveytransfermove
Direct Hyponyms:callcommissionplacereorderwish
Full Troponyms:callcommissionplacereorderwish
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s something from somebody
vverb.communicationissue commands or orders forSynset:dictate prescribe
Derivationally Related Form:dictateprescriptionorderdictatorprescriptivedictation
Hypernyms:bring down impose inflict visit
Inherited Hypernyms:orderinflictcommunicateinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:mandate
Full Troponyms:mandate
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s to somebody (apply to: dictate)
vverb.socialbring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulationsSynset:govern regularise regularize regulate
Examples:- We cannot regulate the way people dress
- This town likes to regulate
Antonyms:deregulate
Derivationally Related Form:orderregulatorgovernorregulationregulatinggovernment
Hypernyms:decide determine make up one's mind
Inherited Hypernyms:regulatedecide
Direct Hyponyms:districtstandardisestandardizezone
Full Troponyms:gaugestandardizezone
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s | Something ---s something
vverb.changebring order to or intoAntonyms:disorder
Derivationally Related Form:orderordererordering
Hypernyms:arrange set up
Inherited Hypernyms:orderarrangeputmove
Direct Hyponyms:clean upcollatedisentangleneatensquare awaystraightenstraighten outsystematisesystematizesystemisesystemizetidytidy upunsnarl
Full Troponyms:codifycollatedigestdisentangleghousecleanmakeravelspring-cleansystematizeteasetidy
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.changeplace in a certain orderExamples:- order the photos chronologically
Derivationally Related Form:orderordererordering
Hypernyms:arrange set up
Inherited Hypernyms:orderarrangeputmove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody
vverb.socialappoint to a clerical postsSynset:consecrate ordain ordinate
Examples:- he was ordained in the Church
Derivationally Related Form:ordainerordinanceconsecrationorder
Hypernyms:enthrone invest vest
Inherited Hypernyms:ordaininvestinstall
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s somebody PP
vverb.cognitionarrange thoughts, ideas, temporal eventsSynset:arrange put set up
Examples:- arrange my schedule
- set up one's life
- I put these memories with those of bygone times
Derivationally Related Form:orderordering
Hypernyms:organise organize
Inherited Hypernyms:arrangeorganizemanagecontrol
Direct Hyponyms:contemporisecontemporizephrasesynchronisesynchronize
Full Troponyms:phrasesynchronize
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.cognitionassign a rank or rating toSynset:grade place range rank rate
Examples:- how would you rank these students?
- The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide
Derivationally Related Form:orderingorderrankplacegradergradationgradegrading
Hypernyms:evaluate judge pass judgment
Inherited Hypernyms:rateevaluatethink
Direct Hyponyms:downgradeprioritiseprioritizereorderseedsequenceshortlistsubordinatesuperordinateupgrade
Full Troponyms:countermarchdowngradeinvertoutclassprioritizereorderseedsequenceshortlistsubordinatesuperordinateupgrade
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Sam and Sue --- the movie (apply to: rate)