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The way that something is ordered is the way that it is organized and structured. a society which is ordered by hierarchy We know the French order things differently. a carefully ordered system in which everyone has his place
Order is the situation that exists when people obey the law and do not fight or riot. Troops were sent to the islands to restore order last November He has the power to use force to maintain public order
Order is the situation that exists when everything is in the correct or expected place, or happens at the correct or expected time. The wish to impose order upon confusion is a kind of intellectual instinct Making lists can create order and control. confusion, chaos
You use in the order of or of the order of when mentioning an approximate figure. They borrowed something in the order of £10 million
A machine or device that is in working order is functioning properly and is not broken. Only half of the spacecraft's six science instruments are still in working order
When people talk about a particular order, they mean the way society is organized at a particular time. The end of the Cold War has produced the prospect of a new world order based on international co-operation
to put your house in order: see house order of magnitude: see magnitude
If you refer to something of a particular order, you mean something of a particular kind. Another unexpected event, though of quite a different order, occurred one evening in 1973
A machine or device that is out of order is broken and does not work. Their phone's out of order
If a particular way of behaving or doing something is the order of the day, it is very common. These are strange times in which we live, and strange arrangements appear to be the order of the day
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If a set of things are arranged or done in a particular order, they are arranged or done so one thing follows another, often according to a particular factor such as importance. Write down the qualities you'd like to have Music shops should arrange their recordings in simple alphabetical order, rather than by category
If you say that someone or their behaviour is out of order, you mean that their behaviour is unacceptable or unfair. You don't think the paper's a bit out of order in publishing it?
If something is in good order, it is in good condition. The vessel's safety equipment was not in good order
A religious order is a group of monks or nuns who live according to a particular set of rules. the Benedictine order of monks. see also ordered, law and order, pecking order, point of order
If you think something is in order, you think it should happen or be provided. Reforms are clearly in order
If you put or keep something in order, you make sure that it is tidy or properly organized. Now he has a chance to put his life back in order Someone comes in every day to check all is in order
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