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How to use order in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Order means arrangement, disposition, or sequence. Example: “The house is in order; the machinery is out of order.”

Examples of order by meaning

nounArrangement, disposition, or sequence.

  • put the children in age order
  • It's arranged in order of frequency

nounA position in an arrangement, disposition, or sequence.

  • This narrative must be discussed later on, in its order.1915, Edwin Abbott Abbott, the fourfold gospel the proclamation of the new kingdom, page 298
  • The latter comes into play only as we examine each word in its order in the line.1996, John Clare, Eric Robinson, David Powell, John Clare: Poems of the Middle Period, 1822-1837, page xxxi
  • Hasn't it been shown that the Hebrew letter “w” is equivalent to the number 6, due to its order in the alphabet, he asked?2013, Leah Sarat, Fire in the Canyon: Religion, Migration, and the Mexican Dream

nounThe state of being well arranged.

  • The house is in order; the machinery is out of order.

nounConformity with law or decorum; freedom from disturbance; general tranquillity; public quiet.

  • to preserve order in a community or an assembly
  • Order in the court!
  • After all, politicians have been promising to return us to the glory, wealth, and order of the twentieth century ever since I can remember.1993, Octavia Butler, chapter 3, in The Parable of the Sower

nounA command.

  • give an order
  • his inability to follow orders
  • It was by his order the shattered leading company flung itself into the houses when the Sin Verguenza were met by an enfilading volley as they reeled into the calle.1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 30, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC

nounA request for some product or service; a commission to purchase, sell, or supply goods.

  • make an order
  • place an online order for the new range of sunglasses
  • A farmer could place an order for a new tractor part by text message and pay for it by mobile money-transfer.2012 December 1, “An internet of airborne things”, in The Economist, volume 405, number 8813, page 3 (Technology Quarterly)

nounThe goods requested.

  • Your order should arrive within two days.
  • The waiter brought our orders to the table, but forgot the cutlery.

nounA group of religious adherents, especially monks or nuns, set apart within their religion by adherence to a particular...

  • St. Ignatius Loyola founded the Jesuit order in 1537.

More sentences with order

  • In order to improve his health, Rob decided to abstain from smoking.From the entry abstain
  • I've got open orders for as many containers of red durum as you can get me.From the entry open
  • I love the one where he orders a cup of tea but then chaos ensues! LOL!From the entry lol
  • The company hopes to win an order from the government worth over 5 million dollars.From the entry win
  • I’ve been studying Japanese for three years, and I still can’t order pizza in Tokyo!From the entry Japanese
  • In order to destroy evil, we must first acknowledge its existence.From the entry existence
  • The word facetiously is spelled with all six vowels in alphabetical order.From the entry vowel
  • We got into a silly quarrel about what food to order.From the entry quarrel
  • The sergeant sent out an order to arm the team for the next mission.From the entry arm
  • A nearby to-infinitive may be a factor for choosing 'in order to', as will emphasis.From the entry as
  • An advice of an incoming settlement payment order may be given to an off-line receiving bank.From the entry advice
  • Under the rules of order adopted by the board, the chair may neither make nor second motions.From the entry chair
  • The general refused to order his soldiers to retreat, despite being vastly outnumbered.From the entry retreat
  • Interpreters need a good amount of cultural capital in order to function efficiently in the profession.From the entry capital
  • Orders were reported to have increased 2% monthly, ahead of the 1.2% expected by the street.From the entry street
  • The court ruled that the executive order was not law and nullified it.From the entry law
  • In order to tend to the accident victim, he will break the window of the car.From the entry break
  • The office fell into chaos when you left, but now order is back.From the entry back
  • The factors of the Klein four-group are both cyclic of order 2.From the entry factor
  • In English, word order often does the work that inflection did in Latin.From the entry inflection
  • It is no defence to plead that you were only obeying orders.From the entry plead
  • The product is undergoing a change in order to improve it.From the entry change

Meaning of order

  1. noun Arrangement, disposition, or sequence.
  2. noun A position in an arrangement, disposition, or sequence.
  3. noun The state of being well arranged.

Full definition of order

Questions about order in a sentence

How do you use order in a sentence?
Order is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The house is in order; the machinery is out of order.”
What is a short sentence with order?
“give an order”
What does order mean?
Order means arrangement, disposition, or sequence.

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