order

['o:də] 1. noun

1) (a statement (by a person in authority) of what someone must do; a command: He gave me my orders.) skipun

2) (an instruction to supply something: orders from Germany for special gates.) pöntun

3) (something supplied: Your order is nearly ready.) pöntun

4) (a tidy state: The house is in (good) order.) röð og regla

5) (a system or method: I must have order in my life.) röð og regla, skipulag

6) (an arrangement (of people, things etc) in space, time etc: in alphabetical order; in order of importance.) röð

7) (a peaceful condition: law and order.) lög og regla

8) (a written instruction to pay money: a banker's order.) ávísun

9) (a group, class, rank or position: This is a list of the various orders of plants; the social order.) skipan, skipulag

10) (a religious society, especially of monks: the Benedictine order.) trúarregla; bræðralag

2. verb

1) (to tell (someone) to do something (from a position of authority): He ordered me to stand up.) skipa

2) (to give an instruction to supply: I have ordered some new furniture from the shop; He ordered a steak.) panta

3) (to put in order: Should we order these alphabetically?) koma lagi á, raða

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- orderly

3. noun

1) (a hospital attendant who does routine jobs.) hjúkrunarmaður

2) (a soldier who carries an officer's orders and messages.) óbreyttur hermaður

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- orderliness

- order-form
- in order
- in order that
- in order
- in order to
- made to order
- on order
- order about
- out of order
- a tall order