Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

on the order of

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.47 in modern English

Syllables: on the order of
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

prep

In the manner of; along the lines of; like; of a similar kind to; more-or-less equivalent to.

Example Sentences

"[T]he rough number of mobile phones is on the order of 3 billion."
"Still another former NSA whistleblower, the mathematician William Binney, has said that the NSA has "assembled on the order of 20 trillion transactions about US citizens with other US citizens"."
"[H]is philanthropy was more on the order of that of Jack Cade than it was Christian."
"The earth's interior is somewhat on the order of an elaborate amusement-park tunnel of love."
"Calling Ford's muscle car an iconic, era-defining product on the order of Sony's Walkman or Apple's iPhone isn't a stretch."

Phrases

on the lines of

Frequently Paired Words

on the lines of

Synonyms

OTOO

Questions

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