order
/ˈoɹ.dɚ/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.49 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Conformity with law or decorum; freedom from disturbance; general tranquillity; public quiet.
Countable
noun
A request for some product or service; a commission to purchase, sell, or supply goods.
Countable
noun
A group of religious adherents, especially monks or nuns, set apart within their religion by adherence to a particular rule or set of principles.
Countable
Example Sentences
- "put the children in age order"
- "It's arranged in order of frequency"
- "In these situations we find the Genesee slate, the Tully limestone and the upper part of the Hamilton group, each one in its order disappearing beneath the lake level as we proceed southward."
- "In the latter portion of this period, the country was assailed by famine and pestilence - — a fearful visitation which will be noticed hereafter in its order of date, and of which it would be out of place to say more at present."
- "1897, T. L. Heath (translator), Eutocius of Ascalon, Extract from a commentary by Eutocius, quoted in 1897 [CUP], T. L. Heath (editor), The Works of Archimedes, 2002, Dover, unnumbered page, His attempt I shall also give in its order."
- "This narrative must be discussed later on, in its order."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der. Proto-Italic *ordōder. Latin ōrdinem Old French ordneder. Middle English ordre English order From Middle English ordre, from Old French ordre, ordne, ordene (“order, rank”), from Latin ōrdinem, accusative of ōrdō (“row, rank, regular arrangement”, literally “row of threads in a loom”), from Proto-Italic *ordō (“to arrange”), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂or-d-, from *h₂er-. Related to Latin ōrdior (“begin”, literally “begin to weave”). In sense “request for purchase”, compare bespoke. Doublet of ordo. Compare typologically Russian поря́док (porjádok) (akin to ряд (rjad)).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈoɹ.dɚ/
- British English: /ˈɔː.də/
Usage
Inflected Forms
orders (plural)
ordre (alternative, obsolete)
orders (present, singular)
ordering (participle, present)
ordered (participle, past)
ordered (past)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
ordered (first person, past)
orderest (archaic, present)
ordered (past, second person)
orderedst (archaic, past)