n. (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed; "the British ships dropped anchor and waited for orders from London"

n. (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families

n. established customary state (especially of society); "order ruled in the streets"; "law and order"

n. a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot

n. the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement; "there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list"

n. a degree in a continuum of size or quantity; "it was on the order of a mile"; "an explosion of a low order of magnitude"

n. a commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities; "IBM received an order for a hundred computers"

n. a body of rules followed by an assembly

n. a verbal command for action; "when I give the word, charge!"

n. logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements; "we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation"

n. a condition of regular or proper arrangement; "he put his desk in order"; "the machine is now in working order"

n. a rare soft silvery metallic element; occurs in small quantities in sphalerite

n. a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge); "a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there"

n. a formal association of people with similar interests; "he joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society"; "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today"

n. federate state in the United States of America

v. arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times"

v. plan, organize, and carry out (an event); "the neighboring tribe staged an invasion"

v. place in a certain order; "order these files"

v. make a request for something; "Order me some flowers"; "order a work stoppage"

v. put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"

v. adapt for performance in a different way; "set this poem to music"

v. set (printed matter) into a specific format; "Format this letter so it can be printed out"

v. make arrangements for; "Can you arrange a meeting with the President?"

v. plan, organize, and carry out (an event); "the neighboring tribe staged an invasion"

v. bring order to or into; "Order these files"

v. 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"

v. issue commands or orders for

v. appoint to a clerical posts; "he was ordained in the Church"

v. bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate"

v. arrange attractively; "dress my hair for the wedding"

v. bring order and organization to; "Can you help me organize my files?"

v. assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"

adv. to or toward the inside of; "come in"; "smash in the door"

adv. to or toward the inside of; "come in"; "smash in the door"

adj. capable of or reflecting the capability for correct and valid reasoning; "a logical mind"

adj. based on known statements or events or conditions; "rain was a logical expectation, given the time of year"

adj. referring to a higher level view of an object (logical vs physicals)

adj. holding office; "the in party"

adj. currently fashionable; "the in thing to do"; "large shoulder pads are in"

adj. directed or bound inward; "took the in bus"; "the in basket"

adj. currently fashionable; "the in thing to do"; "large shoulder pads are in"

adj. based on known statements or events or conditions; "rain was a logical expectation, given the time of year"

adj. marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts; "a coherent argument"

n. a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge); "a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there"

n. the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself)

n. a document giving an official instruction or command

n. a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith

n. an organization to gain political power; "in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level"

n. a group of people gathered together for pleasure; "she joined the party after dinner"

n. anything indispensable; "food and shelter are necessities of life"; "the essentials of the good life"; "allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions"; "a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained"

n. the condition of being essential or indispensable

n. something that is required in advance; "Latin was a prerequisite for admission"

n. the skillful and effective interaction of movements

n. harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters; "the two parties were in agreement"

n. a state of equilibrium

n. a stable situation in which forces cancel one another

n. a state of being balanced in a stable equilibrium

n. a small quantity of anything; "a bit of paper was all he needed"

n. distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer"

n. (physics and chemistry) the simplest structural unit of an element or compound

n. (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything

n. a customary way of operation or behavior; "it is their practice to give annual raises"; "they changed their dietary pattern"

n. an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"; "the ambit of municipal legislation"; "within the compass of this article"; "within the scope of an investigation"; "outside the reach of the law"; "in the political orbit of a world power"

n. any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline); "he could barely make out their shapes"

n. (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane

n. an agreeable sound property

n. harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design); "in all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance"- John Ruskin

n. an urgent or peremptory request; "his demands for attention were unceasing"

n. an authoritative direction or instruction to do something

n. a system of rules of conduct or method of practice; "he quickly learned the discipline of prison routine"; "for such a plan to work requires discipline";

n. an established custom; "it was their habit to dine at 7 every evening"

n. (medicine) a systematic plan for therapy (often including diet)

n. the act of requiring; an authoritative request or demand, especially by a military or public authority that takes something over (usually temporarily) for military or public use

n. a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something; "the judge's charge to the jury"

n. an authoritative direction or instruction to do something

n. a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people; "the divorce caused much gossip"

n. gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth

n. the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation; "processions were forbidden"

n. a collection of objects threaded on a single strand

n. a collection of things sharing a common attribute; "there are two classes of detergents"

n. a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole; "a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going"

n. (law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity; "injunction were formerly obtained by writ but now by a judicial order"

n. an opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding

n. an authoritative rule

n. an authoritative declaration

n. a pronouncement encouraging or banning some activity; "the boss loves to send us directives"

n. (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed; "the British ships dropped anchor and waited for orders from London"

n. the decision of a court on issues of fact or law

n. an authoritative rule

n. legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity; "there is a law against kidnapping"

n. rule of personal conduct

n. a rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field or art or philosophy; "the neoclassical canon"; "canons of polite society"

n. a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits

n. prescribed guide for conduct or action

n. a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones)

n. a document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights; includes the articles of incorporation and the certificate of incorporation

n. a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote

n. a formal public statement

n. an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer; "you have to join the union in order to get a job"

n. any number of entities (members) considered as a unit

n. people in general considered as a whole; "he is a hero in the eyes of the public"

n. the kinship relation between a male offspring and the siblings

n. the body of members of an organization or group; "they polled their membership"; "they found dissension in their own ranks"; "he joined the ranks of the unemployed"

n. (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience"

n. the common people generally; "separate the warriors from the mass"; "power to the people"

n. a body of people sharing some common interest; "the reading public"

v. bring order and organization to; "Can you help me organize my files?"

v. arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"

v. arrange according to a system or reduce to a system; "systematize our scientific knowledge"

v. make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill"

v. build or establish something abstract; "build a reputation"

v. make a schedule; plan the time and place for events; "I scheduled an exam for this afternoon"

v. construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn"

v. arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"

v. contrive (a plan) by mutual agreement

v. plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery"

v. cover the interior of; "line the gloves"; "line a chimney"

v. make or work out a plan for; devise; "They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack"

v. make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form; "design a better mousetrap"; "plan the new wing of the museum"

v. arrange a program of or for; "program the 80th birthday party"

v. form a queue, form a line, stand in line; "Customers lined up in front of the store"

v. plan for an activity or event; "I've scheduled a concert next week"

v. become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of; "unravel the thread"

v. set (printed matter) into a specific format; "Format this letter so it can be printed out"

v. make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating; "clarify the butter"; "clarify beer"

v. free (the throat) by making a rasping sound; "Clear the throat"

v. straighten by unrolling; "roll out the big map"

v. make plans for something; "He is planning a trip with his family"

v. make arrangements for; "Can you arrange a meeting with the President?"

v. plan, organize, and carry out (an event); "the neighboring tribe staged an invasion"

v. adapt for performance in a different way; "set this poem to music"

v. design something for a specific role or purpose or effect; "This room is not designed for work"

v. plan in detail; "Bush is charting a course to destroy Saddam Hussein"

v. to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery; "prepare a report"; "prepare a speech"

v. treat differently on the basis of sex or race

v. force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"

v. write an orchestra score for

v. contrive (a plan) by mutual agreement

v. record in a public office or in a court of law; "file for divorce"; "file a complaint"

v. make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form; "design a better mousetrap"; "plan the new wing of the museum"

v. make plans for something; "He is planning a trip with his family"

v. put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"

v. make arrangements for; "Can you arrange a meeting with the President?"

v. plan, organize, and carry out (an event); "the neighboring tribe staged an invasion"

v. design something for a specific role or purpose or effect; "This room is not designed for work"

v. plan in detail; "Bush is charting a course to destroy Saddam Hussein"

v. to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery; "prepare a report"; "prepare a speech"

v. alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels"

v. set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight"

v. place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight; "align the car with the curb"; "align the sheets of paper on the table"

v. straighten up or out; make straight

v. make straight

v. distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose; "I am allocating a loaf of bread to everyone on a daily basis"; "I'm allocating the rations for the camping trip"

v. make fit or prepared; "Your education qualifies you for this job"

v. bring order to or into; "Order these files"

v. make a mark or lines on a surface; "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand"

v. mark or draw with a ruler; "rule the margins"

v. mark with lines; "sorrow had lined his face"

v. fill plentifully; "line one's pockets"

v. make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill"

v. become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of; "unravel the thread"

v. put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"

v. make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating; "clarify the butter"; "clarify beer"

v. free (the throat) by making a rasping sound; "Clear the throat"

v. straighten by unrolling; "roll out the big map"

v. make plans for something; "He is planning a trip with his family"

v. put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"

v. plan, organize, and carry out (an event); "the neighboring tribe staged an invasion"

v. adapt for performance in a different way; "set this poem to music"

v. design something for a specific role or purpose or effect; "This room is not designed for work"

v. plan in detail; "Bush is charting a course to destroy Saddam Hussein"

v. to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery; "prepare a report"; "prepare a speech"

v. create and charge with a task or function; "nominate a committee"

v. shape or influence; give direction to; "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion"

v. devise or invent; "He thought up a plan to get rich quickly"; "no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software"

v. make or work out a plan for; devise; "They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack"

v. invent; "trump up charges"

v. come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"

v. make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows how things work or how they are constructed

v. make plans for something; "He is planning a trip with his family"

v. put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"

v. make arrangements for; "Can you arrange a meeting with the President?"

v. adapt for performance in a different way; "set this poem to music"

v. design something for a specific role or purpose or effect; "This room is not designed for work"

v. plan in detail; "Bush is charting a course to destroy Saddam Hussein"

v. to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery; "prepare a report"; "prepare a speech"

v. clean and tidy up the house; "She housecleans every week"

v. put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive; "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party"

v. decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods

v. make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day"

v. place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight; "align the car with the curb"; "align the sheets of paper on the table"

v. make fit or prepared; "Your education qualifies you for this job"

v. set (printed matter) into a specific format; "Format this letter so it can be printed out"

v. make a mark or lines on a surface; "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand"

v. mark or draw with a ruler; "rule the margins"

v. mark with lines; "sorrow had lined his face"

v. fill plentifully; "line one's pockets"

v. impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to; "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend"

v. command solemnly

v. inform (somebody) of something; "I advised him that the rent was due"

v. give advice to; "The teacher counsels troubled students"; "The lawyer counselled me when I was accused of tax fraud"

v. notify of danger, potential harm, or risk; "The director warned him that he might be fired"; "The doctor warned me about the dangers of smoking"

v. force or impel in an indicated direction; "I urged him to finish his studies"

v. obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; "She buys for the big department store"

v. make a formal request for official services

v. make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation; "They passed the amendment"; "We cannot legislate how people's spend their free time"

v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; "The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house"

v. state or announce; "`I am not a Communist,' he exclaimed"; "The King will proclaim an amnesty"

v. talk in a dogmatic and pompous manner; "The new professor always pontificates"

v. put into an office or a position; "the new president was installed immediately after the election"

v. pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her"

v. put a frock on

v. keep in check; "rule one's temper"

v. watch and direct; "Who is overseeing this project?"

v. exercise authority over; as of nations; "Who is governing the country now?"

v. put a bridle on; "bridle horses"

v. place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"

v. arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"

v. arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times"

v. to bear a reciprocal or mutual relation; "Do these facts correlate?"

v. hit or play a ball successfully; "The batter connected for a home run"

v. make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching; "let's equalize the duties among all employees in this office"; "The company matched the discount policy of its competitors"

v. make ready for action or use; "marshal resources"

v. plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery"

v. place at intervals; "Space the interviews so that you have some time between the different candidates"

v. treat differently on the basis of sex or race

v. force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"

v. arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"

v. organize into a code or system, such as a body of law; "Hammurabi codified the laws"

v. deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do"

v. feel admiration for

v. bestow honor or rewards upon; "Today we honor our soldiers"; "The scout was rewarded for courageous action"

v. regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of; "Fear God as your father"; "We venerate genius"

v. issue a decree; "The King only can decree"

v. announce publicly or officially; "The President declared war"

v. pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here"

adj. free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; or conforming with established standards or rules; "a fair referee"; "fair deal"; "on a fair footing"; "a fair fight"; "by fair means or foul"

adj. involving inferences from general principles

adj. of reasoning; proceeding from particular facts to a general conclusion; "inductive reasoning"

adj. free from cloudiness; allowing light to pass through; "clear water"; "clear plastic bags"; "clear glass"; "the air is clear and clean"

adj. marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts; "a coherent argument"

adj. apparently reasonable and valid, and truthful; "a plausible excuse"

adj. free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; or conforming with established standards or rules; "a fair referee"; "fair deal"; "on a fair footing"; "a fair fight"; "by fair means or foul"

adj. showing reason or sound judgment; "a sensible choice"; "a sensible person"

adj. financially secure and safe; "sound investments"; "a sound economy"

adj. based on sound reasoning or evidence; "well-founded suspicions"

adj. free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; or conforming with established standards or rules; "a fair referee"; "fair deal"; "on a fair footing"; "a fair fight"; "by fair means or foul"

adj. having a legally established claim; "the legitimate heir"; "the true and lawful king"

adj. of marriages and offspring; recognized as lawful

adj. exercising or showing good judgment; "healthy scepticism"; "a healthy fear of rattlesnakes"; "the healthy attitude of French laws"; "healthy relations between labor and management"; "an intelligent solution"; "a sound approach to the problem"; "sound advice"; "no sound explanation for his decision"

adj. capable of or reflecting the capability for correct and valid reasoning; "a logical mind"

adj. free from cloudiness; allowing light to pass through; "clear water"; "clear plastic bags"; "clear glass"; "the air is clear and clean"

v. cause to happen or to occur as a consequence; "I cannot work a miracle"; "wreak havoc"; "bring comments"; "play a joke"; "The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area"

v. group with

adj. of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience; "`all spinsters are unmarried' is an analytic proposition"

adj. marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts; "a coherent argument"

adj. of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts; "`all men are arrogant' is a synthetic proposition"

adj. consistent with or based on or using reason; "rational behavior"; "a process of rational inference"; "rational thought"

adj. showing reason or sound judgment; "a sensible choice"; "a sensible person"

adj. exhibiting native good judgment; "arrive home at a reasonable hour"; "commonsense scholarship on the foibles of a genius"; "unlearned and commonsensical countryfolk were capable of solving problems that beset the more sophisticated"

adj. exercising or showing good judgment; "healthy scepticism"; "a healthy fear of rattlesnakes"; "the healthy attitude of French laws"; "healthy relations between labor and management"; "an intelligent solution"; "a sound approach to the problem"; "sound advice"; "no sound explanation for his decision"

adj. based on sound reasoning or evidence; "well-founded suspicions"

adj. in the current fashion or style

adj. affectedly trendy and fashionable

adj. marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat"

adj. intensely fashionable for a short time

adj. relating to a recently developed fashion or style; "their offices are in a modern skyscraper"; "tables in modernistic designs";

adj. of or associated with people of fashion; "the fashionable side of town"; "the smart set"

adj. initiating or popularizing a trend

adj. in accord with the latest fad; "trendy ideas"; "trendy clothes"; "voguish terminology"

adj. directed or moving inward or toward a center; "the inbound train"; "inward flood of capital"

adj. "incoming class"; "the ingoing administration"; "ingoing data"

adj. appointed but not yet installed in office

adj. elected but not yet installed in office; "the president elect"

adj. (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving; "our next president"

adj. flowing inward

adj. pouring inward; "inpouring throngs of immigrants"

adj. very lively and profitable; "flourishing businesses"; "a palmy time for stockbrokers"; "a prosperous new business"; "doing a roaring trade"; "a thriving tourist center"; "did a thriving business in orchids"

adj. unofficial championship title for player who heads the league in batting average and home runs and runs batted in

adj. having achieved eminence; "an eminent physician"

adj. of a game (or the pitching) in which a pitcher allows the opponent no hits; "a no-hit pitcher"; "a no-hit game"

adj. successful or assured of success; "now I am a made man forever"- Christopher Marlowe

adj. yielding positive results

adj. having achieved success or recognition by your own efforts; "a self-made millionaire"

adj. having won; "the victorious entry"; "the winning team"

adj. bringing success; "the winning run"

adj. executed with proper legal authority; "a binding contract"

adj. having legal efficacy or force; "a sound title to the property"

adj. logically valid; "a sound argument"

adj. declared or made legally valid; "a validated claim"

adj. perfectly consistent and coherent; "the novel's seamless plot"

n. a disturbance of the peace or of public order

n. a state of disorder involving group violence

n. a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused"

n. a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government)

n. a state of extreme confusion and disorder

n. a confused multitude of things

n. a state of confusion and disorderliness; "the house was a mess"; "she smoothed the mussiness of the bed"

v. destroy the arrangement or order of; "My son disarranged the papers on my desk"

v. make messy or untidy; "the child mussed up my hair"

v. disarrange or rumple; dishevel; "The strong wind tousled my hair"

v. make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions"

v. bring into random order

v. bring disorder to

v. make a mess of or create disorder in; "He messed up his room"

v. lift the regulations on

v. grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; "She exempted me from the exam"

v. be obedient to

adj. lacking in correct logical relation

adj. not consistent with or using reason; "irrational fears"; "irrational animals"

adj. not worth considering as a possibility; "a picnic is out because of the weather"

adv. outside of an enclosed space: "She is out"