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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
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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
Washington, D.C., resident David Herr, who restores classic cars, recently ordered an auto part from Belgium for about $200.
“Whether it be a preliminary injunction or a temporary restraining order, and more and more now permanent final injunctions after the whole trial court case is done.”
The county struggled to monitor rapidly unfolding events without streamlined coordination tools and operated with “unclear” and “outdated” policies and protocols when deciding when to send evacuation warnings and orders.
So-called Tier 1 suppliers, with which the company has a direct relationship, will be able to get paid for new orders shortly after they have been placed, rather than up to two months after delivery.
A business has been allowed to keep its front door pink days after it was ordered to repaint it to blend in with the rest of the street.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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