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in order en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • ĭn ôr'dər

Meanings

  1. In a sequence.
    • Place the cards in order by color, then by number.
  2. Ready, prepared; orderly; tidy.
    • Some teachers find it hard to keep their classes in order.
    • His material is in order for the presentation.
    • I wish I could get my desk in order.
  3. (formal, idiomatic) In accordance with the procedural rules governing formal meetings of a deliberative body.
  4. (idiomatic) Appropriate, worthwhile.
    • Now that we have finally finished, I think a celebration is in order.

Forms

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more in order Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most in order Degree=Sup lexicographic

Antonyms

out of order

Deriveds

put one's affairs in order · get one's affairs in order

Translations (37)

taa xwk'ateghw (in sequence) · pt preparado (ready, prepared) · pt em sequência (in sequence) · pl w gotowości (ready, prepared) · nl op orde (ready, prepared) · pl w porządku (ready, prepared) · la ordinātim (ready, prepared) · pl odpowiedni (in accordance with the procedural rules governing formal meetings) · pl odpowiedni (appropriate, worthwhile) · nl in orde (in accordance with the procedural rules governing formal meetings) · fi järjestyksessä (in sequence) · pl właściwy (appropriate, worthwhile) · nl op volgorde (in sequence) · pt em ordem (ready, prepared) · pt apropriado (appropriate, worthwhile) · fi järjestykseen (ready, prepared) · fi vuorossa (in accordance with the procedural rules governing formal meetings) · it in serie (in sequence) · fi järjestykseen (in sequence) · ru целесообра́зный (appropriate, worthwhile) · fr de circonstance (appropriate, worthwhile) · it in sequenza (in sequence) · pl właściwy (in accordance with the procedural rules governing formal meetings) · pl w kolejności (in sequence) · pl jak należy (appropriate, worthwhile) · fi paikallaan (appropriate, worthwhile) · fi järjestyksessä (ready, prepared) · da i rækkefølge (in sequence) · nl op zijn plaats (appropriate, worthwhile) · tr sırayla (in sequence) · pt em ordem (in sequence) · pt pronto (ready, prepared) · fi kunnossa (ready, prepared) · it con criterio (in sequence) · it in ordine (in sequence) · fi paikallaan (in accordance with the procedural rules governing formal meetings) · pl w porządku (appropriate, worthwhile)

in order en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • ĭn ôr'dər

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, not-comparable, with to) Emphasizes that what follows immediately is the purpose of the preceding or the beyond.
    • She stood in order to see over the crowd. / She stood to see over the crowd.
    • In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. The welfare state is dismantled. […] 2013 May 17, George Monbiot, “Money just makes the rich suffer”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 23, page 19:
    • She stood in order for her husband to see her. / She stood for her husband to see her.
  2. (comparable) In sequence.
    • They sang in order, ending with a basso profundo.

Forms

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most in order Degree=Sup lexicographic
more in order Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Relateds

to · for · in order that

Synonyms

step by step

Translations (18)

grc ἑξῆς (in sequence) · pt em sequência (in sequence) · es en orden (in sequence) · pl aby (for the purpose of) · fi järjestyksessä (in sequence) · pl ażeby (for the purpose of) · pl żeby (for the purpose of) · pl kolejno (in sequence) · pl gęsiego (in sequence) · ru оди́н за други́м (in sequence) · pl by (for the purpose of) · pl w celu (for the purpose of) · pt em ordem (in sequence) · pl jednym ciągiem (in sequence) · pl po kolei (in sequence) · ru по поря́дку (in sequence) · pl jeden za drugim (in sequence) · pl coby (for the purpose of)