order

order is on the Basic English 850 List.

orange - order - organization

order is one of the 1000 most common headwords.

or - order - organize

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈɔːdə/, SAMPA: /"O:d@/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈɔrdɚ/, SAMPA: /"Ord@`/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

Singular order

Plural orders

1. (uncountable) Order is when things are where they should be.

   I need to take some time to put my things in order.

2. (countable) The order of some things means which thing is first, which one is second, which one is last, etc.

   The children will take turns in order of age.

3. (countable) An order is a group of religious people, such as monks or nuns, who follow certain rules.

   St. Ignatius Loyola founded the Jesuit order in 1537.

Verb

Plain form order

Third-person singular orders

Past tense ordered

Past participle ordered

Present participle ordering

1. (transitive) To order something is to ask someone to sell it to you.

   At the restaurant, she ordered chicken and potatoes.

2. (transitive) To order someone to do something is to tell the person that they must do it.

   The father ordered his children to be quiet.

3. (transitive) To order things is to put them in a certain order.

   We need to order them alphabetically.