orders

What sergeants bark

Orders are commands or instructions from someone with authority: The sergeant gave orders to advance.

In restaurants, an order is what you've requested: Your order is ready.

To place an order is to request goods or services.

Religious orders are communities bound by vows.

The order of things is their arrangement or sequence.

Something out of order is broken or improper.

To order is to command, arrange, or request.

directive

decree

Authoritative legal command

mandate · regulation · statute · executive · court · restraining · gag · protective · judicial · governmental

arrangement

sequence

Ordered succession of elements

alphabetical · chronological · numerical · ascending · descending · ranking · priority · sorted · classified · categorized

command

authority

Power to enforce obedience

superior · subordinate · compliance · instructions · barked · issued · followed · disobeyed · executed · standing

honor

knighthood

Honorary title of nobility

decoration · bestowed · inducted · honorary · Bath · Legion · distinguished · ceremonial · insignia · ribbon

purchase

invoice

Itemized billing statement

placed · fulfilled · canceled · backordered · pending · processing · shipped · delivered · returned · online

request

requisition

Formal order for supplies

tall · work · standing · advance · takeout · placed · taken · ready · waiting · filled

religious

monastic

Of religious community life

Franciscan · Dominican · Jesuit · Carmelite · Teutonic · holy · vows · convent · monastery · brotherhood

Categories
Opposites
command/authority

ordersrequests

Formal expressions of want

suggestions · pleas · entreaties · appeals · recommendations

arrangement/organization

orderschaos

Complete disorder and confusion

disorder · disarray · confusion · mess · messes

commercial transactions

orderscancellations

Official voidings of arrangements

returns · refunds · rejections · refusals · withdrawals

Phrases
Family

order, ordered, disorder, orderly, ordering, disordered, reorder, reordered, unordered

Familiarity
Top 5,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G