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in order

adj, adv — 7 senses

in order

adj
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.
  • I wish I could get my desk in order.
1 more example
  • His material is in order for the presentation.
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.
Derived terms
get one's affairs in order, put one's affairs in order

in order

adv
1

Idiomatic, With to Emphasizes that what follows immediately is the purpose of the preceding or the beyond.

  • 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 to see over the crowd. / She stood to see over the crowd.
2

US, Idiomatic, With "for" Emphasizes that what follows immediately is the purpose of the preceding or the beyond.

  • She stood in order for her husband to see her. / She stood for her husband to see her.
3

In sequence.

  • They sang in order, ending with a basso profundo.
Synonyms
step by step
Related terms
in order that, to, for

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