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Added 9 October 2026

order

/ˈɔː.də/ noun

In Latin: ōrdō Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about order at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Arrangement, disposition, or sequence.
put the children in age order
A position in an arrangement, disposition, or sequence.
The state of being well arranged.
The house is in order; the machinery is out of order.

verb

To set in some sort of order.
We need to order them alphabetically.
To arrange, set in proper order.
The books in the shelf need ordering.
To issue a command to; to charge.
to order troops to advance

Origin

From Middle English ordre, from Old French ordre, ordne, ordene (“order, rank”), from Latin ōrdinem, accusative of ōrdō (“row, rank, regular arrangement”, literally “row of threads in a loom”), from Proto-Italic *ordō (“to arrange”), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂or-d-, from *h₂er-. Related to Latin ōrdior (“begin”, literally “begin to weave”). In sense “request for purchase”, compare bespoke. Doublet of ordo. Compare typologically Russian поря́док (porjádok) (akin to ряд (rjad)).

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