ORDER
What does "ORDER" mean?
An arrangement of things in a sequence, or a command to do something.
Meanings
- The arrangement of things according to a sequence, pattern, or rank. List the names in alphabetical order.
- An authoritative command or instruction. The captain gave the order to abandon ship.
- A request for goods, food, or services to be supplied. Your order will ship within two business days.
- A state of tidiness, control, or proper functioning. She kept her workshop in perfect order.
- A religious, military, or honorific society bound by rules. He took vows and joined a monastic order.
- To command, request, or arrange something. I ordered the soup and a coffee.
Did you know?
- In the Linnaean ranking of life, 'order' is a precise taxonomic rung between class and family - humans, for instance, belong to the order Primates.
Word origin
From Latin 'ordo' (a row, rank, arrangement), via Old French 'ordre'; originally referring to rows of threads in weaving.
Remember it
ORDER contains 'OR' twice over in spirit: you put things in order OR you give an order.
A little poem
He stacked the world in rows to keep it sane,
then dusk arrived and shuffled it again.
couplet
Wordplay
- The judge banged the gavel for order, so the defendant asked for fries with that.
What it teaches
Order is not the absence of chaos but the daily choice to face it again.
Quick facts
What does ORDER mean?
An arrangement of things in a sequence, or a command to do something.
Is ORDER a valid word?
Yes — ORDER is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is ORDER?
ORDER has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does ORDER come from?
From Latin 'ordo' (a row, rank, arrangement), via Old French 'ordre'; originally referring to rows of threads in weaving.
What can ORDER teach us?
Order is not the absence of chaos but the daily choice to face it again.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.