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1 the way objects in space or events in time are arranged or follow one another - you always keep your books in perfect alphabetical order
- we haven't found out the order of the speeches yet
- chain,
- procession,
- progression,
- succession
- aligning
- (also alining),
- alignment
- (also alinement),
- lining up
- design,
- layout,
- pattern,
- structure,
- system
2 a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest - association,
- board,
- brotherhood,
- chamber,
- club,
- college,
- congress,
- consortium,
- council,
- fellowship,
- fraternity,
- guild
- (also gild),
- institute,
- institution,
- league,
- organization,
- society,
- sodality
- collective,
- commune,
- community,
- cooperative
- alliance,
- bloc,
- camp,
- coalition,
- partnership
- circle,
- clan,
- clique,
- coterie,
- junta,
- junto,
- klatch
- (also
klatsch),
- lot,
- set
- crew,
- outfit,
- party,
- squad,
- team
- faithful,
- fold,
- membership
- cabal,
- camarilla,
- camorra,
- confederacy,
- conspiracy
- cartel,
- combine,
- syndicate
3 a number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common - collects
movie posters, photographs and autographs of the stars, and other memorabilia of that order
- breed,
- class,
- description,
- feather,
- genre,
- ilk,
- kidney,
- kind,
- like,
- manner,
- nature,
- sort,
- species,
- strain,
- stripe,
- type,
- variety
- bracket,
- bunch,
- category,
- division,
- family,
- grade,
- group,
- grouping,
- lot,
- persuasion,
- rank(s),
- set,
- suite
4 a piece of metal given in honor of a special event, a person, or an achievement - a book with full-color illustrations of British orders and decorations
- crown,
- insignia,
- laurel,
- ribbon,
- title
- badge,
- button,
- chevron,
- clasp,
- cockade,
- color,
- ensign,
- rosette,
- star
5 a state of being or fitness - finally got the car back in working
order
- condition,
- estate,
- fettle,
- form,
- health,
- keeping,
- kilter,
- nick
- [British],
- repair,
- shape,
- trim
6 a statement of what to do that must be obeyed by those concerned - the commander issued an order that the number of guards for the prisoner be doubled
- behest,
- charge,
- command,
- commandment,
- decree,
- dictate,
- direction,
- directive,
- do,
- edict,
- imperative,
- injunction,
- instruction,
- word
7 one of the segments of society into which people are grouped - the lower orders were once expected to be content living out their lives as servants to the upper classes
- bracket,
- echelon,
- grade,
- layer,
- level,
- tier
- place,
- position,
- rank,
- standing,
- status
- food chain,
- grouping,
- hierarchy,
- stratification
- clan,
- family,
- fraternity,
- people,
- race,
- tribe
8 one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic - regards draftees as an entirely different order of soldier and less desirable than
volunteers
- bracket,
- category,
- class,
- classification,
- division,
- family,
- genus,
- grade,
- group,
- kind,
- league,
- rank(s),
- rubric,
- set,
- species,
- tier,
- type
- description,
- feather,
- ilk,
- kidney,
- like,
- manner,
- nature,
- sort
- branch,
- section,
- speciality,
- specialty,
- subclass,
- subdivision,
- subgroup,
- subspecies,
- variety
1 to put into a particular arrangement - I've ordered all of my
CDs according to type of music
- he likes to order his life so that there are few surprises
- arrange,
- array,
- classify,
- codify,
- dispose,
- draw up,
- lay out,
- marshal
-
(also marshall),
- organize,
- range,
- systematize
- groom,
- make up,
- spruce (up),
- straighten (up),
- tidy (up)
- align
- (also aline),
- cue,
- line,
- line up,
- queue
- alphabetize,
- file,
- hierarchize,
- prioritize,
- sequence
- display,
- map (out),
- set out
2 to give a request or demand for - the players ordered hamburgers for lunch
3 to request the doing of by virtue of one's authority - the teacher ordered that everyone sit down immediately and be
quiet
4 to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority - the police officer ordered the crowd to back away from the suspect
- appoint,
- assign,
- authorize,
- commission
- oversee,
- superintend,
- supervise
- conduct,
- control,
- lead,
- manage
- coerce,
- compel,
- constrain,
- force,
- oblige,
- require
See the Dictionary Definition
How many ways can 6 different books be placed on a shelf if the only dictionary must be on the left end?
How many ways can six different books be arranged on a shelf if one of the books is a dictionary and it must be on an end? There are 240 ways the books can be arranged on a shelf.
How many different ways can 6 different books be arranged on a shelf?
Hence we have 720 ways to arrange the books on shelf.
How many ways can 7 books be arranged on a shelf in groups of 5?
Summary: 7 books can be arranged on a shelf 5 at a time in 2520 ways.
How many ways can 6 numbers be arranged?
Asked by a Friend playing trivia. Hi Bryan, If you are just using the digits from 1 to 6, the answer would be 6*5*4*3*2*1 = 720, because you have 6 choices for the units digit, and then 5 choices left for the tens, and then 4 choices left for the hundreds and so on.
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