"ordered" in the verb sense
1. order, tell, enjoin, say
give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
"I said to him to go home"
"She ordered him to do the shopping"
"The mother told the child to get dressed"
2. order
make a request for something
"Order me some flowers"
"order a work stoppage"
3. order, prescribe, dictate
issue commands or orders for
4. regulate, regularize, regularise, order, govern
bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage impose regulations
"We cannot regulate the way people dress"
"This town likes to regulate"
5. order
bring order to or into
"Order these files"
6. order
place in a certain order
"order the photos chronologically"
7. ordain, consecrate, ordinate, order
appoint to a clerical posts
"he was ordained in the Church"
8. arrange, set up, put, order
arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events
"arrange my schedule"
"set up one's life"
"I put these memories with those of bygone times"
9. rate, rank, range, order, grade, place
assign a rank or rating to
"how would you rank these students?"
"The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"
"ordered" in the adjective sense
1. ordered
having a systematic arrangement especially having elements succeeding in order according to rule
"an ordered sequence"
2. arranged, ordered
disposed or placed in a particular kind of order
"the carefully arranged chessmen"
"haphazardly arranged interlobular septa"
"comfortable chairs arranged around the fireplace"
3. coherent, consistent, logical, ordered
marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts
"a coherent argument"
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