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order of the day en · NOUN

Meanings

1. The business to be done by a body (such as a legislature) on a particular day; an agenda.
   • 1808, From the Journals of the House of Assembly of Lower Canada, during the Hart affair; Proceedings Relating to the Expulsion of Ezekiel Hart from the House of Assembly of Lower Canada The order of the day for the House to resolve into a Committee of the whole, to take into further consideration, the petition of Ezekiel Hart, Esquire, being read.
2. (figuratively) The most significant aspect of something; what is necessary or appropriate.
   • I'm not in the mood for whisky, nor beer. Something soft would be sensible, but I decide that wine is the order of the day - a sauvignon blanc, which I take with a few olives. 2023 February 8, Greg Morse, “Crossing the border... by Sleeper”, in RAIL, number 976, page 42:
   • The ranks of political prisoners swelled into the thousands, and beatings, torture, and official murder became the order of the day. 1987 July 18, Ronald Reagan, Presidential Radio Address:
   • Standard-issue liberal guilt and hand-wringingly uninteresting dilemmas are the order of the day, with no real surprises or challenges. 2016 January 7, Peter Bradshaw, “A War review – standard issue Afghan war drama”, in the Guardian, →ISSN:
   • Throughout the world, change is the order of the day. 1935 January 4, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Second State of the Union Address:
   • White tie and tails are the order of the day.
3. The general directive of a commander-in-chief or the specific instructions of a commanding officer.

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order of business

Translations (18)

nl orde van de dag (business to be done by a body on a particular day — see also agenda) · fi päiväjärjestys (business to be done by a body on a particular day — see also agenda) · ro ordine de zi (business to be done by a body on a particular day — see also agenda) · uk поря́док де́нний (business to be done by a body on a particular day — see also agenda) · it ordine del giorno (business to be done by a body on a particular day — see also agenda) · pl porządek dzienny (business to be done by a body on a particular day — see also agenda) · de Tagesordnung (business to be done by a body on a particular day — see also agenda) · az gündəm (business to be done by a body on a particular day — see also agenda) · ru пове́стка дня (business to be done by a body on a particular day — see also agenda) · da dagsorden (business to be done by a body on a particular day — see also agenda) · nb dagsorden (business to be done by a body on a particular day — see also agenda) · ca ordre del dia (business to be done by a body on a particular day — see also agenda) · mi rārangi take (business to be done by a body on a particular day — see also agenda) · pt ordem do dia (business to be done by a body on a particular day — see also agenda) · sv dagordning (business to be done by a body on a particular day — see also agenda) · es orden del día (business to be done by a body on a particular day — see also agenda) · be пара́дак дня (business to be done by a body on a particular day — see also agenda) · fr ordre du jour (business to be done by a body on a particular day — see also agenda)