order-n; 9 Senses

Sense Number 1: command

Commentary: a command given by a superior that must be obeyed (often plural)(often from a military superior or law enforcement officer)

Examples:
The British ships dropped anchor and waited for orders form London.
A friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there.
Allowing cats into George and Fido's new club is a violation of club orders.

Mappings:
PropBank: order.01
WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 1 6 9

Sense Number 2: order of magnitude

Commentary: "order of" a degree in a continuum of size or quantity

Examples:
It was on the order of a mile.
An explosion of low order of magnitude

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 3: lawfulness

Commentary: established customary state (especially of society)

Examples:
Order ruled in the streets after the new mayor got to work.
Law and order...
The judge shouted "order in the court".

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 3

Sense Number 4: arrangement

Commentary: ORDER[+event] ordering, ordination - logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements

Examples:
We shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation.
There were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 4 15

Sense Number 5: neatness

Commentary: a condition of regular or proper arrangement

Examples:
He put his desk in order.
The machine is now in working order.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 5

Sense Number 6: purchase

Commentary: a request for some supply for payment

Examples:
IBM received an order for a hundred computers.
The food arrived quickly once we gave the waiter our order.

Mappings:
PropBank: order.02
WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 7 13

Sense Number 7: club

Commentary: a formal association of people

Examples:
Men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today.
The order of Saint Benedict...
Theologians still disagree over whether 'bishop' should or should not be a separate order.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 8 10 11

Sense Number 8: taxonomic group

Commentary: taxonomic group containing one or more families

Examples:
Cetacea is a scientific order which includes whales.
All dolphins, porpoises, and whales are grouped together in the same scientific order.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 12

Sense Number 9: greek style

Commentary: one of original three styles of Greek architecture distinguished by the type of column and entablature used or a style developed from the original three by the Romans

Examples:
The Ionic order of architecture is very similar to the Doric order.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 14