ordered Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
    say; enjoin; order; tell.
    • I said to him to go home
    • She ordered him to do the shopping
    • The mother told the child to get dressed
  2. verb make a request for something
    order.
    • Order me some flowers
    • order a work stoppage
  3. verb issue commands or orders for
    prescribe; order; dictate.
  4. verb bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations
    regularize; regularise; regulate; order; govern.
    • We cannot regulate the way people dress
    • This town likes to regulate
  5. verb bring order to or into
    order.
    • Order these files
  6. verb place in a certain order
    order.
    • order the photos chronologically
  7. verb appoint to a clerical posts
    ordinate; consecrate; ordain; order.
    • he was ordained in the Church
  8. verb arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events
    put; order; set up; arrange.
    • arrange my schedule
    • set up one's life
    • I put these memories with those of bygone times
  9. verb assign a rank or rating to
    grade; range; rank; rate; place; order.
    • how would you rank these students?
    • The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide
  10. adjective having a systematic arrangement; especially having elements succeeding in order according to rule
    • an ordered sequence
  11. adjective disposed or placed in a particular kind of order
    arranged.
    • the carefully arranged chessmen
    • haphazardly arranged interlobular septa
    • comfortable chairs arranged around the fireplace
  12. adjective marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts
    coherent; consistent; logical.
    • a coherent argument

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