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adjective

ordered adj.

Having or evincing a systematic arrangement; especially, having elements succeeding in order according to rule; as, an ordered sequence; an ordered pair. Opposite of disordered or unordered. (Narrower terms: abecedarian, alphabetical; consecutive, sequent, sequential, serial, successive)

Arranged in order.

Synonyms: orderly, regulated.

In good order.

Synonyms: so(predicate).

Disposed or placed in a particular kind of order. OPposite of disarranged.

Synonyms: arranged.

Arranged according to a quantitative criterion.

Synonyms: graded, ranked.

Marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts.

Synonyms: consistent, logical, orderly.

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Etymology of 'Ordered'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Ordered" Quotes from Famous Books

... ordered the burning of Moscow in 1812, said in 1825 he could not understand that attempt at a revolution. He "could understand the French Revolution, because there the ordinary citizen wished to become an aristocrat, but he ...

— The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 • Various

... master of the house. At his desire, she went hunting, which was his symbol of happiness, and she ordered porridge for breakfast, which was his symbol of morality. But when he came home on the afternoon before the housewarming he found himself a slave, an intruder, a blunderer. Carol wailed, "Fix the furnace so you won't have to touch it after supper. And ...

— Main Street • Sinclair Lewis

... quickly. "Hold these men," he ordered, pointing to Capps and Shelton, "until we come back. Orton, while we are gone, go over the entire day's record on the telegraphone. I suspect you and Miss Taylor will find something there that ...

— The Poisoned Pen • Arthur B. Reeve

... Thorold again; and, with his pistol pressed close against the man, felt deftly and swiftly over the other in search of weapons. He laughed tersely, finding none. "Empty your pockets out on the table!" he ordered curtly. ...

— The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale • Frank L. Packard

... have been. But with those who took a comfort in sacred things, who liked to go to early masses in cold weather, to be punctual at ceremonies, to say the rosary as surely as the evening came, who knew and performed all the intricacies of fasting as ordered by the bishop, down to the refinement of an egg more or less, in the whole Lent, or the absence of butter from the day's cookery,—with these he had all that enthusiasm which such people like to encounter ...

— The Golden Lion of Granpere • Anthony Trollope

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