order

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1. command, commandment, mandate, dictate, dictum, direction, directive, instruction, behest, Archaic. hest, imperative, ultimatum; prescript, prescription, enjoinment; rule, regulation, act, law, ordinance, statute, edict, decree, fiat, ukase, proclamation, pronunciamento, "manifesto; exaction, imposition, requirement, demand, assignment; admonition, charge, injunction, exhortation; bidding, summons, call, request, notification; All Law. writ, subpoena, mandamus, mittimus, habeas corpus.

2. arrangement, grouping, dispersement, disposition; organization, systemization, systematization, method; classification, codification, categorization; structure, framework, form.

3. uniformity, regularity, symmetry, system; harmony, accord, apple-pie order; tidiness, neatness, trimness, orderliness, fitness.

4. condition, shape, state, health; status, situation.

5. class, sort, ilk, genre, type, kind; nature, kidney, temper, humor, disposition, spirit, constitution, character; manner, style; mold, grain, cast, stamp, brand, cut; species, breed, genus, category, variety.

6. rank, degree, grade, estate, caste, station, position; stock, stirps, lineage, descent, ancestry.

7. lodge, knighthood, Knights of Columbus, Masons, guild; club, society, sodality, secret society, Skull and Bones; fraternity, brotherhood, fellowship; sorority, sisterhood; commune, community, coterie, clique, cabal, circle, school; party, organization, machine, company, band, team, body; confederacy, alliance, junta, council.

8. denomination, sect, faction, cult; church, parishioners; persuasion, belief, ism, religion, affiliation.

9. lawfulness, law and order, quiet, peace, peace and quiet; calm, silence, serenity, tranquillity, concord.

10. regime, regimen, government, reign, management, control.

11. usage, mores, customs, manners, the way it is.

12. out of order

a. inappropriate, unsuitable, out of place; unseemly, indecorous, unfit, Sl. not kosher, improper.b. inoperative, nonfunctioning, broken, out of commission, in disrepair, Sl. busted; gone haywire, Sl. out of whack, Inf. out of kilter, Sl. on the fritz, Inf. on the blink, Sl. kaput, Sl. shot, Sl. gone kerflooie.

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13. command, direct, adjure, charge, instruct; bid, tell, require, stipulate, demand, exact; compel, force, coerce, make; prescribe, enjoin, lay down the law, give the word, determine; decree, ordain, assign.

14. regulate, conduct, manage, run, operate; supervise, oversee, administer, steer; maintain, handle, discharge, discipline; fix, plan, plot, adjust.

15. organize, marshal, put to rights, set to rights; systemize, systematize, methodize, classify, codify, categorize, catalogue; assort, arrange, lay out, sort out, tidy, neaten, line up, line, align