order
noun (order, orders); verb (order, orders, ordered, ordering)
Everyday
- Order is the way things follow one after another: in alphabetical order, in order of size. tree →
- To order is to ask to buy something, or the thing you ask for: order a pizza, your order is ready. tree →
- To order also means to put things in order. tree →
- An order is a command, and to order someone is to tell them what to do. tree →
- In order means tidy, or working well; out of order means broken. tree →
In the lessons
In maths: putting numbers in order from least to greatest; ordering food or things to buy; «order of operations». In everyday life: ordering at a café, ordering online, lining up in order. In science: ordering steps of an experiment, ordering animals by size. In stories: a king's orders; «out of order» on a broken machine.
Examples
- Put the numbers in order from least to greatest. tree →
- She ordered 3 pizzas. tree →
- Each order has 6 boxes. tree →
- The orders came in this order: Tom, Sam, Ann. tree →
- Line up in alphabetical order. tree →
- The lift is out of order. tree →
- The captain gave the order to sail. tree →
- Your order will arrive in three days. tree →
- Write the steps of the experiment in the right order. tree →
- Servants came, and he ordered supper. tree →
Note
Ordering things to buy: cost = price × number. «In order» asks you to sort, not to calculate. Trap: «order of operations» means do × and ÷ before + and −. «In order to» means «so that»: «I ran in order to catch the bus». Least to greatest = ascending; greatest to least = descending.
In Jewish tradition
In the Torah it often means to arrange things in their right place for worship, like lamps, bread and wood. In Job and Chronicles it means to set out or arrange, as in "order my cause before Him," and to arrange one's life, as in "ordered his ways."
Interpretation. The exact order of the lamps, the showbread and the altar wood shows how carefully the Tabernacle service was arranged, as the commentators note. Job lays out his case before God like a lawyer, and Jotham is praised for ordering his ways before God, which tradition reads as living with care and purpose.
Examples
- He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the LORD continually. (Torah LEV.24.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- And he set a row of bread in order upon it before the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses. (Torah EXO.40.23, JPS 1917) tree →
- And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, and lay wood in order upon the fire. (Torah LEV.1.7, JPS 1917) tree →
- I would order my cause before Him, and fill my mouth with arguments. (Writings JOB.23.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- So Jotham became mighty, because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God. (Writings 2CH.27.6, JPS 1917) tree →
- Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified. (Writings JOB.13.18, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
Ordering things to buy: cost = price × number. «In order» asks you to sort, not to calculate. Trap: «order of operations» means do × and ÷ before + and −. «In order to» means «so that»: «I ran in order to catch the bus». Least to greatest = ascending; greatest to least = descending.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «order» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «order» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
- Trees and pragmatics of «order» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «order» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
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