orders
English meaning: Orders
Definition
Arrangement, disposition, or sequence.
Example
“The soldiers were trained to follow orders without hesitation.”
Another example: “The restaurant struggled to keep up with the lunchtime orders.”
Usage — When, Where & How
Plural of 'order', a high-frequency noun spanning commands, commercial requests, arrangement, and religious or biological groupings. Context disambiguates ('took our orders', 'follow orders', 'orders of magnitude').
Etymology & Origin
English — Origin & History
From Old French 'ordre', from Latin 'ordo, ordin-' ('row, series, arrangement'), in English from the 13th century.
Synonyms
- commands
- instructions
- directives
- requests
- arrangements
Related Words
- delimitation
- magnitude
- proceed
- kill
- honours
- destroy
- ordained
- shoot
- retreat
- arrest
Common Collocations
- follow orders
- take orders
- place orders
- orders of magnitude
- standing orders
Word Forms
order (sing); orders (pl); order (v); ordered; ordering
Word Tools
Literary Heritage
“To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.”
/To thine own self be true/
“Be honest with yourself — and as naturally as night follows day, you will be unable to be false to others.”
“I'm nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody, too?”
/I'm nobody! Who are you?/
“I am nobody — and that quiet anonymity is more honest than the noise of public fame.”
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- English
- English
- Script
- Latin
- Family
- Indo-European
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