Wondering how to hyphenate the English word Orders? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.
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(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 |
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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 |
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Established customary state (especially of society) Order ruled in the streets Law and order |
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Logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements We shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation |
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A condition of regular or proper arrangement He put his desk in order The machine is now in working order |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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A body of rules followed by an assembly |
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(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 |
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A group of person living under a religious rule The order of Saint Benedict |
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(biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families |
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A request for something to be made, supplied, or served 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 |
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(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 |
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The act of putting things in a sequential arrangement There were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list |
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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 |
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Make a request for something Order me some flowers Order a work stoppage |
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Issue commands or orders for |
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Bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage Impose regulations We cannot regulate the way people dress This town likes to regulate |
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Bring order to or into Order these files |
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Place in a certain order Order the photos chronologically |
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Appoint to a clerical posts He was ordained in the Church |
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Arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events Arrange my schedule Set up one's life I put these memories with those of bygone times |
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Assign a rank or rating to How would you rank these students? The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide |