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Noun ordering has 2 senses
- ordering, order, ordination - logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements; "we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation"
--1 is a kind of arrangement
--1 has particulars:
- order, ordering - putting in order; "there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list"
--2 is a kind of organization, organisation
--2 has particulars:
Verb order has 9 senses
- order, tell, enjoin, say - give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority; "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed"
--1 is one way to request
Sample sentence:
They order him to write the letter
- order - make a request for something; "Order me some flowers"; "order a work stoppage"
--2 is one way to request, bespeak, call for, quest
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody
- order, prescribe, dictate - issue commands or orders for
--3 is one way to inflict, bring down, visit, impose
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- regulate, regularize, regularise, order, govern - bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate"
--4 is one way to decide, make up one's mind, determine
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- order - bring order to or into; "Order these files"
--5 is one way to arrange, set up
Antonyms: disorder, disarray
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- order - place in a certain order; "order these files"
--6 is one way to arrange, set up
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- ordain, consecrate, ordinate, order - appoint to a clerical posts; "he was ordained in the Church"
--7 is one way to invest, vest, enthrone
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
- arrange, set up, put, order - arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events, etc.; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times"
--8 is one way to organize, organise
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- rate, rank, range, order, grade, place - assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"
--9 is one way to judge
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
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