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Engelsk navneord: order

1. order (om kommunikation) (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningThe British ships dropped anchor and waited for orders from London.


Mindre specifikke termerbid, bidding, command, dictation


Mere specifikke termermarching orders, summons, word


Overordnet emneområdearmed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine


Overordnet anvendelseplural, plural form

2. order (om egenskab) a degree in a continuum of size or quantity


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningIt was on the order of a mile.
An explosion of a low order of magnitude.


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)order of magnitude


Mindre specifikke termermagnitude

3. order (om tilstand) established customary state (especially of society)


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningOrder ruled in the streets.
Law and order.


Mindre specifikke termerstate


Mere specifikke termercivil order, concord, concordance, harmony, peace, polity, quiet, rule of law, stability, tranquility, tranquillity


Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer)disorder

4. order (om gruppe) logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningWe shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation.


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)ordering, ordination


Mindre specifikke termerarrangement


Mere specifikke termerbacteria order, genetic code, genome, series, word order

5. order (om tilstand) a condition of regular or proper arrangement


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningHe put his desk in order.
The machine is now in working order.


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)orderliness


Mindre specifikke termercondition, status


Mere specifikke termerkelter, kilter, spit and polish, tidiness


Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer)disorderliness, disorder

6. order (om kommunikation) a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningA friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there.


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)decree, edict, fiat, rescript


Mindre specifikke termeract, enactment


Mere specifikke termerban, bull, consent decree, curfew, decree nisi, imperial decree, judicial separation, legal separation, papal bull, programma, prohibition, proscription, stay


Overordnet emneområdejurisprudence, law

7. order (om kommunikation) a commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningIBM received an order for a hundred computers.


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)purchase order


Mindre specifikke termercommercial document, commercial instrument


Mere specifikke termerbill-me order, credit order, indent, mail order, market order, production order, reorder, stop order, stop payment, stop-loss order

8. order (om gruppe) a formal association of people with similar interests


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningHe joined a golf club.
They formed a small lunch society.
Men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today.


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)club, gild, guild, lodge, social club, society


Mindre specifikke termerassociation


Mere specifikke termerathenaeum, atheneum, boat club, bookclub, chapter, chess club, country club, frat, fraternity, glee club, golf club, hunt, hunt club, investors club, jockey club, racket club, rowing club, service club, slate club, sorority, turnverein, yacht club


Tilhører disse specifikke termerclub member

9. order (om kommunikation) a body of rules followed by an assembly


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)parliamentary law, parliamentary procedure, rules of order


Mindre specifikke termerprescript, rule


Mere specifikke termerclosure, cloture, gag law, gag rule, interpellation, point of order, previous question, standing order


Eksempler på forekomster af mere specifikke termerRobert's Rules of Order


Indenfor samme emneområdemover, proposer

10. Order (om tilstand) (usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningTheologians still disagree over whether `bishop' should or should not be a separate Order.


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)Holy Order


Mindre specifikke termerposition, status


Mere specifikke termeracolyte, anagnost, deacon, doorkeeper, exorcist, lector, ostiarius, ostiary, priest, reader, subdeacon

11. order (om gruppe) a group of person living under a religious rule


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningThe order of Saint Benedict.


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)monastic order


Mindre specifikke termerreligious order, religious sect, sect


Mere specifikke termerAugustinian order, Benedictine order, Carmelite order, Carthusian order, Dominican order, Franciscan order, Jesuit order, Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, order of Saint Benedict, Society of Jesus

12. order (om gruppe) (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families


Mindre specifikke termertaxon, taxonomic category, taxonomic group


Mere specifikke termeranimal order, fungus order, plant order, protoctist order


Tilhører disse specifikke termerfamily, suborder


Tilhører disse overordnede termerclass


Overordnet emneområdebiological science, biology

13. order (om kommunikation) a request for something to be made, supplied, or served


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningI gave the waiter my order.
The company's products were in such demand that they got more orders than their call center could handle.


Mindre specifikke termerasking, request


Mere specifikke termershort order

14. order (om egenskab) (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


Mindre specifikke termerartistic style, idiom


Mere specifikke termerComposite order, Corinthian order, Dorian order, Doric order, Ionian order, Ionic order, Tuscan order


Overordnet emneområdearchitecture

15. order (om handling) the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningThere were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list.


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)ordering


Mindre specifikke termerorganisation, organization


Mere specifikke termeralphabetisation, alphabetization, grading, layout, rank order, scaling, sequence, succession


Engelsk udsagnsord: order

1. order (om kommunikation) give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningI said to him to go home.
She ordered him to do the shopping.
The mother told the child to get dressed.


Eksempler på anvendelseThey order him to write the letter


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)enjoin, say, tell


AnvendelsesmønsterSomebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE.
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE


Mindre specifikke termerrequest


Mere specifikke termercall, command, direct, instruct, require, send for, warn

2. order (om kommunikation) make a request for something


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningOrder me some flowers.
Order a work stoppage.


AnvendelsesmønsterSomebody ----s something.
Somebody ----s something from somebody


Mindre specifikke termerbespeak, call for, quest, request


Mere specifikke termercall, commission, place, reorder, wish

3. order (om kommunikation) issue commands or orders for


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)dictate, prescribe


AnvendelsesmønsterSomebody ----s something


Mindre specifikke termerbring down, impose, inflict, visit


Mere specifikke termermandate

4. order (om adfærd) bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningWe cannot regulate the way people dress.
This town likes to regulate.


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)govern, regularise, regularize, regulate


AnvendelsesmønsterSomebody ----s.
Somebody ----s something.
Something ----s something


Mindre specifikke termerdecide, determine, make up one's mind


Mere specifikke termerdistrict, standardise, standardize, zone


Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer)deregulate

5. order (om ændring) bring order to or into


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningOrder these files.


AnvendelsesmønsterSomebody ----s something.
Something ----s something


Mindre specifikke termerarrange, set up


Mere specifikke termerclean up, collate, disentangle, neaten, square away, straighten, straighten out, straighten out, systematise, systematize, systemise, systemize, tidy, tidy up, unsnarl


Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer)disarray, disorder

6. order (om ændring) place in a certain order


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningOrder the photos chronologically.


AnvendelsesmønsterSomebody ----s something.
Somebody ----s somebody


Mindre specifikke termerarrange, set up

7. order (om adfærd) appoint to a clerical posts


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningHe was ordained in the Church.


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)consecrate, ordain, ordinate


AnvendelsesmønsterSomebody ----s somebody.
Somebody ----s somebody PP


Mindre specifikke termerenthrone, invest, vest

8. order (om erkendelse) arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningArrange my schedule.
Set up one's life.
I put these memories with those of bygone times.


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)arrange, put, set up


AnvendelsesmønsterSomebody ----s something


Mindre specifikke termerorganise, organize


Mere specifikke termercontemporise, contemporize, phrase, synchronise, synchronize

9. order (om erkendelse) assign a rank or rating to


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningHow would you rank these students?.
The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide.


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)grade, place, range, rank, rate


AnvendelsesmønsterSomebody ----s something.
Somebody ----s somebody


Mindre specifikke termerevaluate, judge, pass judgment


Mere specifikke termerdowngrade, prioritise, prioritize, reorder, seed, sequence, shortlist, subordinate, superordinate, upgrade









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