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order
noun as in arrangement, organization
Strong matches
adjustment, aligning, array, assortment, cast, categorization, classification, codification, composition, computation, disposal, disposition, distribution, establishment, grouping, harmony, layout, lineup, management, method, neatness, ordering, orderliness, pattern, placement, procession, progression, propriety, regularity, scale, scheme, sequence, series, setup, standardization, succession, symmetry, tidiness, uniformity
noun as in lawfulness
Strong matches
calm, decorousness, decorum, discipline, goodness, integrity, niceness, orderliness, peacefulness, probity, properness, propriety, quiet, rectitude, rightness, seemliness, suitability, tranquility, uprightness
Weak match
noun as in class, status
noun as in command
Strongest matches
authorization, charge, decree, direction, directive, injunction, instruction, law, mandate, permission, regulation, rule
Strong matches
behest, bidding, commandment, dictate, ordinance, precept, say-so, stipulation, ukase, word
noun as in request; purchase agreement
Strongest matches
Strong matches
amount, booking, bulk, commission, engagement, goods, materials, quantity, requisition, reservation, reserve, stipulation
noun as in organization
Strong matches
association, brotherhood, club, community, company, fraternity, guild, league, lodge, sect, sisterhood, society, sodality, sorority, union
Strongest matches
buy, call for, charge, direct, hire, instruct, obtain, request, require, tell, warn
Strong matches
adjure, bid, book, decree, dictate, enact, engage, enjoin, ordain, prescribe, reserve, secure
Weak matches
apply for, call the shots, call the signals, contract for, pull strings, rule the roost, send away for
verb as in arrange, organize
Strong matches
adapt, adjust, align, alphabetize, array, catalogue, class, classify, codify, control, dispose, fix, formalize, furnish, group, index, line, locate, manage, marshal, neaten, normalize, pattern, range, regiment, regularize, regulate, right, routine, settle, space, standardize, streamline, systematize, tabulate, tidy
Weak matches
lay out, line up, methodize, put away, put to rights, set guidelines, set in order, sort out
Example Sentences
“During their relationship, Schmidt confided that when he worked at Google, he built an insider “backdoor” to Google servers with a team of Google engineers in order to spy on Google employees.
Zhao describes her approach to directing as finding “a balance between chaos and order.”
“You must refuse illegal orders. No one has to carry out orders that violate the law or our Constitution.”
Chile's National Forestry Corporation had said it had ordered an internal investigation "to determine any potential liability".
The chip maker’s order pipeline indicates demand will continue to exceed supply in the near term, with revenue growth over coming quarters largely dependent on how quickly capacity can expand, they say.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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