Search Result:ordering
Overview of noun ordering
The noun ordering has 2 senses
- ordering, order, ordination -- (logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements; "we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation")
- order, ordering -- (the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement; "there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list")
Overview of verb order
The verb order has 9 senses
- order, tell, enjoin, say -- (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")
- order -- (make a request for something; "Order me some flowers"; "order a work stoppage")
- order, prescribe, dictate -- (issue commands or orders for)
- regulate, regularize, regularise, order, govern -- (bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate")
- order -- (bring order to or into; "Order these files")
- order -- (place in a certain order; "order the photos chronologically")
- ordain, consecrate, ordinate, order -- (appoint to a clerical posts; "he was ordained in the Church")
- arrange, set up, put, order -- (arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times")
- rate, rank, range, order, grade, place -- (assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide")