Order vs. Rank
Ordernoun
(countable) Arrangement, disposition, or sequence.
Ordernoun
(countable) A position in an arrangement, disposition, or sequence.
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(uncountable) The state of being well arranged.
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(countable) Conformity with law or decorum; freedom from disturbance; general tranquillity; public quiet.
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(countable) A command.
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(countable) A request for some product or service; a commission to purchase, sell, or supply goods.
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(countable) A group of religious adherents, especially monks or nuns, set apart within their religion by adherence to a particular rule or set of principles
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(countable) An association of knights
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any group of people with common interests.
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(countable) A decoration, awarded by a government, a dynastic house, or a religious body to an individual, usually for distinguished service to a nation or to humanity.
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A rank in the classification of organisms, below class and above family; a taxon at that rank.
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A number of things or persons arranged in a fixed or suitable place, or relative position; a rank; a row; a grade; especially, a rank or class in society; a distinct character, kind, or sort.
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An ecclesiastical grade or rank, as of deacon, priest, or bishop; the office of the Christian ministry; often used in the plural.
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(architecture) The disposition of a column and its component parts, and of the entablature resting upon it, in classical architecture; hence (as the column and entablature are the characteristic features of classical architecture) a style or manner of architectural designing.
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(cricket) The sequence in which a side’s batsmen bat; the batting order.
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(electronics) a power of polynomial function in an electronic circuit’s block, such as a filter, an amplifier, etc.
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(chemistry) The overall power of the rate law of a chemical reaction, expressed as a polynomial function of concentrations of reactants and products.
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(set theory) The cardinality, or number of elements in a set, group, or other structure regardable as a set.
Ordernoun
For given group G and element g ∈ G, the smallest positive natural number n, if it exists, such that (using multiplicative notation), gn = e, where e is the identity element of G; if no such number exists, the element is said to be of infinite order (or sometimes zero order).
Ordernoun
(graph theory) The number of vertices in a graph.
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(order theory) A partially ordered set.
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(order theory) The relation on a partially ordered set that determines that it is, in fact, a partially ordered set.
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(algebra) The sum of the exponents on the variables in a monomial, or the highest such among all monomials in a polynomial.
Orderverb
(transitive) To set in some sort of order.
Orderverb
(transitive) To arrange, set in proper order.
Orderverb
(transitive) To issue a command to.
Orderverb
(transitive) To request some product or service; to secure by placing an order.
Orderverb
To admit to holy orders; to ordain; to receive into the ranks of the ministry.
Ordernoun
Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system
Ordernoun
Right arrangement; a normal, correct, or fit condition; as, the house is in order; the machinery is out of order.
Ordernoun
The customary mode of procedure; established system, as in the conduct of debates or the transaction of business; usage; custom; fashion.
Ordernoun
Conformity with law or decorum; freedom from disturbance; general tranquillity; public quiet; as, to preserve order in a community or an assembly.
Ordernoun
That which prescribes a method of procedure; a rule or regulation made by competent authority; as, the rules and orders of the senate.
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A command; a mandate; a precept; a direction.
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Hence: A commission to purchase, sell, or supply goods; a direction, in writing, to pay money, to furnish supplies, to admit to a building, a place of entertainment, or the like; as, orders for blankets are large.
Ordernoun
A number of things or persons arranged in a fixed or suitable place, or relative position; a rank; a row; a grade; especially, a rank or class in society; a group or division of men in the same social or other position; also, a distinct character, kind, or sort; as, the higher or lower orders of society; talent of a high order.
Ordernoun
A body of persons having some common honorary distinction or rule of obligation; esp., a body of religious persons or aggregate of convents living under a common rule; as, the Order of the Bath; the Franciscan order.
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An ecclesiastical grade or rank, as of deacon, priest, or bishop; the office of the Christian ministry; - often used in the plural; as, to take orders, or to take holy orders, that is, to enter some grade of the ministry.
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The disposition of a column and its component parts, and of the entablature resting upon it, in classical architecture; hence (as the column and entablature are the characteristic features of classical architecture) a style or manner of architectural designing.
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An assemblage of genera having certain important characters in common; as, the Carnivora and Insectivora are orders of Mammalia.
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The placing of words and members in a sentence in such a manner as to contribute to force and beauty or clearness of expression.
Ordernoun
Rank; degree; thus, the order of a curve or surface is the same as the degree of its equation.
Orderverb
To put in order; to reduce to a methodical arrangement; to arrange in a series, or with reference to an end. Hence, to regulate; to dispose; to direct; to rule.
Orderverb
To give an order to; to command; as, to order troops to advance.
Orderverb
To give an order for; to secure by an order; as, to order a carriage; to order groceries.
Orderverb
To admit to holy orders; to ordain; to receive into the ranks of the ministry.
Orderverb
To give orders; to issue commands.
Ordernoun
(often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed;
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a degree in a continuum of size or quantity;
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established customary state (especially of society);
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logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements;
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a condition of regular or proper arrangement;
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a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge);
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a commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities;
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a formal association of people with similar interests;
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a body of rules followed by an assembly
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(usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy;
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a group of person living under a religious rule;
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(biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families
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a request for food or refreshment (as served in a restaurant or bar etc.);
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(architecture) one of original three styles of Greek architecture distinguished by the type of column and entablature used or a style developed from the original three by the Romans
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putting in order;
Orderverb
give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority;
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make a request for something;
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issue commands or orders for
Orderverb
bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations;
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bring order to or into;
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place in a certain order;
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appoint to a clerical posts;
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arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events, etc.;
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assign a rank or rating to;
Ordernoun
the arrangement or disposition of people or things in relation to each other according to a particular sequence, pattern, or method
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a state in which everything is in its correct or appropriate place
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a state in which the laws and rules regulating public behaviour are observed and authority is obeyed
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the prescribed or established procedure followed by a meeting, legislative assembly, debate, or court of law
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a stated form of liturgical service, or of administration of a rite, prescribed by ecclesiastical authority.
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an authoritative command or instruction
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a verbal or written request for something to be made, supplied, or served
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a thing made, supplied, or served as a result of an order
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a written direction of a court or judge
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a written direction to pay money or deliver property.
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a particular social, political, or economic system
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a social class
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a rank in the Christian ministry, especially that of bishop, priest, or deacon.
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the rank of a member of the clergy or an ordained minister of the Church
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any of the nine grades of angelic beings in the celestial hierarchy as formulated by Pseudo-Dionysius.
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a society of monks, nuns, or friars living under the same religious, moral, and social regulations and discipline
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a society of knights bound by a common rule of life and having a combined military and monastic character
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an institution founded by a monarch along the lines of a medieval crusading monastic order for the purpose of honouring meritorious conduct.
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the insignia worn by members of an order of honour or merit.
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a Masonic or similar fraternity.
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the quality or nature of something
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the overall state or condition of something
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a principal taxonomic category that ranks below class and above family
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any of the five classical styles of architecture (Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, Tuscan, and Composite) based on the proportions of columns and the style of their decoration.
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any style of architecture subject to uniform established proportions.
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equipment or uniform for a specified purpose or of a specified type
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the position in which a rifle is held after ordering arms.
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the degree of complexity of an equation, expression, etc., as denoted by an ordinal number.
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the number of differentiations required to reach the highest derivative in a differential equation.
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the number of elements in a finite group.
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the number of rows or columns in a square matrix.
Orderverb
give an authoritative instruction to do something
Orderverb
continually tell someone to do things in an overbearing way
Orderverb
command (something) to be done or (someone) to be treated in a particular way
Orderverb
request (something) to be made, supplied, or served
Orderverb
arrange (something) in a methodical way
Rankadjective
Strong of its kind or in character; unmitigated; virulent; thorough; utter (used of negative things).
Rankadjective
Strong in growth; growing with vigour or rapidity, hence, coarse or gross.
Rankadjective
Suffering from overgrowth or hypertrophy; plethoric.
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Causing strong growth; producing luxuriantly; rich and fertile.
Rankadjective
Strong to the senses; offensive; noisome.
Rankadjective
Having a very strong and bad taste or odor.
Rankadjective
Complete, used as an intensifier (usually negative, referring to incompetence).
Rankadjective
(informal) Gross, disgusting.
Rankadjective
(obsolete) Strong; powerful; capable of acting or being used with great effect; energetic; vigorous; headstrong.
Rankadjective
(obsolete) Inflamed with venereal appetite; ruttish.
Rankadverb
(obsolete) Quickly, eagerly, impetuously.
Ranknoun
A row of people or things organized in a grid pattern, often soldiers [the corresponding term for the perpendicular columns in such a pattern is "file"].
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(music) In a pipe organ, a set of pipes of a certain quality for which each pipe corresponds to one key or pedal.
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One's position in a list sorted by a shared property such as physical location, population, or quality
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The level of one's position in a class-based society
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a hierarchical level in an organization such as the military
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(taxonomy) a level in a scientific taxonomy system
Ranknoun
(linear algebra) Maximal number of linearly independent columns (or rows) of a matrix.
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(mathematics) The dimensionality of an array (computing) or tensor.
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(algebra) The maximum quantity of D-linearly independent elements of a module (over an integral domain D).
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(mathematics) The size of any basis of a given matroid.
Ranknoun
(chess) one of the eight horizontal lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a number). The analog vertical lines are the files.
Ranknoun
(typically in the plural) A category of people, such as those who share an occupation.
Rankverb
To place abreast, or in a line.
Rankverb
To have a ranking.
Rankverb
To assign a suitable place in a class or order; to classify.
Rankverb
(US) To take rank of; to outrank.
Rankadjective
Luxuriant in growth; of vigorous growth; exuberant; grown to immoderate height; as, rank grass; rank weeds.
Rankadjective
Raised to a high degree; violent; extreme; gross; utter; as, rank heresy.
Rankadjective
Causing vigorous growth; producing luxuriantly; very rich and fertile; as, rank land.
Rankadjective
Strong-scented; rancid; musty; as, oil of a rank smell; rank-smelling rue.
Rankadjective
Strong to the taste.
Rankadjective
Inflamed with venereal appetite.
Rankadverb
Rankly; stoutly; violently.
Ranknoun
A row or line; a range; an order; a tier; as, a rank of osiers.
Ranknoun
A line of soldiers ranged side by side; - opposed to file. See 1st File, 1 (a).
Ranknoun
Grade of official standing, as in the army, navy, or nobility; as, the rank of general; the rank of admiral.
Ranknoun
An aggregate of individuals classed together; a permanent social class; an order; a division; as, ranks and orders of men; the highest and the lowest ranks of men, or of other intelligent beings.
Ranknoun
Degree of dignity, eminence, or excellence; position in civil or social life; station; degree; grade; as, a writer of the first rank; a lawyer of high rank.
Ranknoun
Elevated grade or standing; high degree; high social position; distinction; eminence; as, a man of rank.
Rankverb
To place abreast, or in a line.
Rankverb
To range in a particular class, order, or division; to class; also, to dispose methodically; to place in suitable classes or order; to classify.
Rankverb
To take rank of; to outrank.
Rankverb
To be ranged; to be set or disposed, as in a particular degree, class, order, or division.
Rankverb
To have a certain grade or degree of elevation in the orders of civil or military life; to have a certain degree of esteem or consideration; as, he ranks with the first class of poets; he ranks high in public estimation.
Ranknoun
a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another;
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relative status;
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the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army);
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position in a social hierarchy;
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the body of members of an organization or group;
Rankverb
take or have a position relative to others;
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assign a rank or rating to;
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take precedence or surpass others in rank
Rankadjective
very fertile; producing profuse growth;
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very offensive in smell or taste;
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conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible;
Rankadjective
complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers;
Rankadjective
growing profusely;
