in order
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.48 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
In a sequence.
adj
In accordance with the procedural rules governing formal meetings of a deliberative body.
Formal
adj
adv
Emphasizes that what follows immediately is the purpose of the preceding or the beyond.
adv
Emphasizes that what follows immediately is the purpose of the preceding or the beyond.
American usage
adv
Example Sentences
- "Place the cards in order by color, then by number."
- "Some teachers find it hard to keep their classes in order."
- "I wish I could get my desk in order."
- "His material is in order for the presentation."
- "Now that we have finally finished, I think a celebration is in order."
- "In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. The welfare state is dismantled. […]"
Usage
Inflected Forms
more in order (comparative)
most in order (superlative)