to order

Verb · English

Meaning 1

to request goods or services to be supplied

(requesting goods or services)

Example

Are you ready to order your meal?

Meaning 2

to give an authoritative instruction or command

(giving a command or instruction)

Example

The general decided to order his troops to advance at dawn.

Meaning 3

to arrange items in a particular sequence or pattern

(arranging things in a sequence)

Example

Please order these files alphabetically by the author's last name.

Synonyms

request, command, arrange, organize, instruct, direct

Grammar

present simple
i
order
you
order
he she it
orders
we
order
they
order
past simple
ordered
past participle
ordered
present participle
ordering
auxiliary verb
to have

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