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Ordered has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Verb
1

simple past tense and past participle of order

"The manager ordered everyone to leave the building immediately after hearing the fire alarm."

In plain English: To order something is to tell someone else to do it or give them instructions.

"The manager ordered the team to finish the report by noon."

Usage: Use "ordered" to indicate that someone gave a command or placed a request for goods in the past. It correctly describes situations where an instruction was issued or a purchase was made previously.

Adjective
1

having a systematic arrangement; especially having elements succeeding in order according to rule

"an ordered sequence"

2

disposed or placed in a particular kind of order

"the carefully arranged chessmen"

"haphazardly arranged interlobular septa"

"comfortable chairs arranged around the fireplace"

3

marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts

"a coherent argument"

4

In order, not messy, tidy.

"After rearranging her scattered books by genre, she finally had an ordered shelf that looked peaceful to anyone walking past."

In plain English: Ordered means arranged in a specific way so that things are neat and follow a pattern.

"The ordered room looked neat and tidy."

Usage: Use "ordered" as an adjective to describe something arranged neatly or systematically rather than chaotic. It implies that items have been placed in a deliberate sequence or state of tidiness.

Example Sentences
"The ordered room looked neat and tidy." adj
"The manager ordered the team to finish the report by noon." verb
"She ordered two large coffees for her morning shift." verb
"The manager ordered us to finish the report by noon." verb
"He ordered a new sofa when his old one broke down." verb
Related Terms
Antonyms
unordered disarranged incoherent

Origin

Derived from Old French ordeiner, which comes from Latin ordinare meaning "to arrange" or "put in order." The term originally referred to arranging things systematically before evolving to mean giving formal commands.

Rhyming Words
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