[ˈɔːdə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the arrangement or disposition of people or things in relation to each other according to a particular sequence, pattern, or method
(e.g: I filed the cards in alphabetical order)

- an authoritative command or instruction
(e.g: he was not going to take orders from a mere administrator)

- a particular social, political, or economic system
(e.g: they were dedicated to overthrowing the established order)

- a society of monks, nuns, or friars living under the same religious, moral, and social regulations and discipline
(e.g: the Franciscan Order)

- the quality or nature of something
(e.g: poetry of the highest order)

- a principal taxonomic category that ranks below class and above family
(e.g: the higher orders of insects)

- 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

- equipment or uniform for a specified purpose or of a specified type
(e.g: the platoon changed from drill order into PT kit)

- the degree of complexity of an equation, expression, etc., as denoted by an ordinal number


Phrases:
- by order
- in order
- in order for
- in order to do something
- of the order of
- on order
- on the order of
- order arms
- order of battle
- order to view
- orders are orders
- out of order
- the order of the day
- to order

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French ordre, from Latin ordo, ordin- ‘row, series, rank’

[ˈɔːdə], (Verb)

Definitions:
- give an authoritative instruction to do something
(e.g: she ordered me to leave)

- request (something) to be made, supplied, or served
(e.g: my mate ordered the tickets last week)

- arrange (something) in a methodical way
(e.g: all entries are ordered by date)


Phrases:
- by order
- in order
- in order for
- in order to do something
- of the order of
- on order
- on the order of
- order arms
- order of battle
- order to view
- orders are orders
- out of order
- the order of the day
- to order

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French ordre, from Latin ordo, ordin- ‘row, series, rank’