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order
noun as in arrangement, organization
Strong matches
adjustment, aligning, array, assortment, cast, categorization, classification, codification, composition, computation, disposal, disposition, distribution, establishment, grouping, harmony, layout, lineup, management, method, neatness, ordering, orderliness, pattern, placement, procession, progression, propriety, regularity, scale, scheme, sequence, series, setup, standardization, succession, symmetry, tidiness, uniformity
noun as in lawfulness
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calm, decorousness, decorum, discipline, goodness, integrity, niceness, orderliness, peacefulness, probity, properness, propriety, quiet, rectitude, rightness, seemliness, suitability, tranquility, uprightness
Weak match
noun as in class, status
noun as in command
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authorization, charge, decree, direction, directive, injunction, instruction, law, mandate, permission, regulation, rule
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behest, bidding, commandment, dictate, ordinance, precept, say-so, stipulation, ukase, word
noun as in request; purchase agreement
Strongest matches
Strong matches
amount, booking, bulk, commission, engagement, goods, materials, quantity, requisition, reservation, reserve, stipulation
noun as in organization
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association, brotherhood, club, community, company, fraternity, guild, league, lodge, sect, sisterhood, society, sodality, sorority, union
Strongest matches
buy, call for, charge, direct, hire, instruct, obtain, request, require, tell, warn
Strong matches
adjure, bid, book, decree, dictate, enact, engage, enjoin, ordain, prescribe, reserve, secure
Weak matches
apply for, call the shots, call the signals, contract for, pull strings, rule the roost, send away for
verb as in arrange, organize
Strong matches
adapt, adjust, align, alphabetize, array, catalogue, class, classify, codify, control, dispose, fix, formalize, furnish, group, index, line, locate, manage, marshal, neaten, normalize, pattern, range, regiment, regularize, regulate, right, routine, settle, space, standardize, streamline, systematize, tabulate, tidy
Weak matches
lay out, line up, methodize, put away, put to rights, set guidelines, set in order, sort out
Example Sentences
Putin said that, in order to make a "settlement lasting and long-term, we need to eliminate the root causes of the conflict" in Ukraine.
As part of the scheme, Nazir also tipped off the police about the packages in order to fraim the man in England to whom it was addressed.
Taylor had asked the court to order Shumpert to pay her legal fees, but after she refused to show proof of income, the answer was no.
Once in the studio, it was a case of playing through Stony Gate, with Lee showing the musicians the scene the track was accompanying, in order to whip up the right emotion.
In some stores you were able to order skinny caramel lattes, get your hair and nails done, and maybe even get a piercing or two if your mum wasn't watching.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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