Antonyms for orders


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : awr-der
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɔr dər


Definition of orders

Origin :
  • c.1200, "give order to, to arrange in order," from order (n.). Meaning "to give orders for or to" is from 1540s. Related: Ordered; ordering.
  • noun arrangement, organization
  • noun lawfulness
  • noun class, status
  • noun command
  • noun request; purchase agreement
  • noun organization
  • verb command, authorize
  • verb arrange, organize
Example sentences :
  • The captain moved among them, and his orders were obeyed, but not with alacrity.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • They called him a King or a prince and obeyed his orders for their own common benefit.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • In severe obedience to orders, therefore, he did not even now call.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • And a good many of the orders given to it are not obeyed after all.
  • Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw
  • Hotspur interrupts her by calling the servant and giving him orders.
  • Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
  • When, at last, he took the horse and buggy and drove about the country for orders, he was too late.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • Such had been the orders of Demosthenes, which were now carried into effect.
  • Extract from : « Stories from Thucydides » by H. L. Havell
  • I am under the sheriff's orders, and not under the orders of that officer.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • Remember my orders: stones in your pockets, the stick in your hand.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa
  • He did not intend to be cheated out of his fun by any orders that "Straw-nose" should give him.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa

Synonyms for orders

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