n. Function: noun
1
Synonyms: ASSOCIATION 2, brotherhood, club, fellowship, fraternity, guild, league, society, sodality, union
2
Synonyms: TYPE , breed, description, feather, ilk, kidney, kind, nature, sort, stripe
Related Words: bracket, branch, pigeonhole, set; estate, grade, rank, status
3 sequential occurrence in space or time FF1C; changed the order of the books on the shelf FF1E;
Synonyms: arrangement, disposal, disposition, distribution, ordering, sequence
Related Words: array, arrayal, collocation; allocation, allotment, apportionment, arrayment, proration
Contrasted Words: disarrangement, disordering; chaos, confusion, disorder, mix-up, muddle
4 general or approximate size or amount FF1C; a loss on the order of seven million dollars FF1E;
Synonyms: extent, magnitude, matter, neighborhood, range, tune, vicinity
Related Words: approach, approximation, closeness, nearness, proximity
5 manner of being arranged in space or of occurring in time FF1C; tell everything in the order in which it happened FF1E;
Synonyms: consecution, procession, sequence, succession
Related Words: consecutiveness, following, successiveness; chain, progression, series, train
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Synonyms: SUCCESSION 2, alternation, chain, consecution, progression, row, sequel, sequence, series, train
7 orderly conduct FF1C; about to call the meeting to order when the interruption occurred FF1E;
Synonyms: correctitude, correctness, decorousness, decorum, orderliness, properness, propriety, seemliness
Related Words: goodness, niceness, rightness; fitness, suitability; integrity, probity, rectitude, uprightness
Contrasted Words: impropriety, indecorousness, indecorum, unseemliness
Antonyms: disorder
8 orderly arrangement or disposition FF1C; troubled by the lack of order in their daily lives FF1E;
Synonyms: method, orderliness, pattern, plan, system
Contrasted Words: anarchy, chaos, confusion, muddle, ||snafu
Antonyms: disorder
9 state with respect to quality, functioning, or status FF1C; the equipment was in very poor order FF1E;
Synonyms: case, condition, estate, repair, shape
Related Words: fettle, fitness, kilter, trim
10 a state of soundness FF1C; had her car put in order for spring FF1E;
Synonyms: condition, fettle, fitness, kilter, repair, shape, trim
Related Words: adjustment, amendment, correction, gear, rectification
Idioms: working order
Contrasted Words: disrepair
11 the state of being appropriate to or required by the circumstances FF1C; that remark is definitely out of order FF1E;
Synonyms: appositeness, appropriateness, aptness, expediency, fitness, meetness, propriety, rightness, suitability, suitableness
Related Words: opportuneness, seasonableness, timeliness; auspiciousness, favorableness; felicity, grace
Contrasted Words: inappropriateness, unfitness, unsuitability, unsuitableness
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Synonyms: COMMAND 1, behest, bidding, charge, dictate, injunction, mandate, word
Related Words: authorization, permission