on the order of
In the neighborhood
On the order of means approximately or roughly, used when giving estimates of quantity or magnitude: The project will cost on the order of fifty million dollars.
The phrase suggests the figure is in the right range or neighborhood without claiming precision.
In scientific contexts, it often indicates a power of ten: The distance is on the order of a hundred light-years.
- aboutConcerning or approximately
- approximatelyClose but not exact
- somewhere aroundNear a vague location
- ballparkSports venue or estimate
- aroundIn the vicinity
close to · thereabouts · comparable · estimate · range · more or less · something like · roughly · scale · give or take · circa · magnitude · nearly · as much as · to the tune of · size · upwards of · equivalent
- approximationsabout, approximately, around, roughly, almost
on the order ofexactly
With total accuracy
precisely · on the dot · on the nose · no more no less · specifically
order, ordinary, ordered, disorder, orders, orderly, ordering, disordered, disordering