(n): an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
(n): a degree in a continuum of size or quantity
(n): the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small)
(n): established customary state (especially of society)
(n): the way something is with respect to its main attributes
(n): logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements
(n): an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging
(n): a condition of regular or proper arrangement
(n): a state at a particular time
(n): a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
(n): a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
(n): a commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities
(n): a document of or relating to commerce
(n): a formal association of people with similar interests
(n): a formal organization of people or groups of people
(n): a body of rules followed by an assembly
(n): prescribed guide for conduct or action
(n): (usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy
(n): the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society
(n): a group of person living under a religious rule
(n): a subdivision of a larger religious group
(n): (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families
(n): animal or plant group having natural relations
(n): a request for something to be made, supplied, or served
(n): the verbal act of requesting
(n): (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
(n): the style of a particular artist or school or movement
(n): the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement
(n): the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically
(v): give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
(v): ask (a person) to do something
(v): make a request for something
(v): express the need or desire for; ask for
(v): issue commands or orders for
(v): impose something unpleasant
(v): bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations
(v): reach, make, or come to a decision about something
(v): bring order to or into
(v): put into a proper or systematic order
(v): place in a certain order
(v): put into a proper or systematic order
(v): appoint to a clerical posts
(v): provide with power and authority
(v): arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events
(v): cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea
(v): assign a rank or rating to
(v): form a critical opinion of
Cricket jargon - the sequence in which members of the batting team take their turn at bat. Often used in compounds such as top order, down the order and so on.
To try, in retrospect, to impose some appearance of order in his life, every January this one guy would compile a list of his One Hundred Favorite Illnesses And Accidents of the previous year.
--Jan Cox