| verb | give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority “I said to him to go home” |
| verb | make a request for something “Order me some flowers” |
| verb | issue commands or orders for |
| verb | bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations “We cannot regulate the way people dress” |
| verb | bring order to or into “Order these files” |
| verb | place in a certain order “order the photos chronologically” |
| verb | appoint to a clerical posts “he was ordained in the Church” |
| verb | arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events “arrange my schedule” |
| verb | assign a rank or rating to “how would you rank these students?” |
| adjective | having a systematic arrangement; especially having elements succeeding in order according to rule “an ordered sequence” |
| adjective | disposed or placed in a particular kind of order “the carefully arranged chessmen” |
| adjective | marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts “a coherent argument” |
| order | noun | a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge) |
| injunction | noun | a formal command or admonition |
| orderer | noun | someone who places an order to buy |
| prescriptive | adjective | pertaining to giving directives or rules |
| prescription | noun | directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions |
| dictator | noun | a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner |
| dictate | noun | a guiding principle |
| dictation | noun | an authoritative direction or instruction to do something |
| regulation | noun | a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior |
| regulator | noun | an official responsible for control and supervision of a particular activity or area of public interest |
| regulating | noun | the act of controlling or directing according to rule |
| government | noun | (government) the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed |
| governor | noun | a control that maintains a steady speed in a machine (as by controlling the supply of fuel) |
| ordering | noun | the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement |
| ordainer | noun | a cleric who ordains; a cleric who admits someone to holy orders |
| ordinance | noun | the act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders |
| consecration | noun | a solemn commitment of your life or your time to some cherished purpose (to a service or a goal) |
| rank | noun | relative status |
| grade | noun | a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance) |
| gradation | noun | relative position in a graded series |
| grader | noun | a judge who assigns grades to something |
| grading | noun | the act of arranging in a graduated series |
| place | noun | an item on a list or in a sequence |
| coherency | noun | logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts |
| coherence | noun | logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts |
| cohere | verb | cause to form a united, orderly, and aesthetically consistent whole |
| consistence | noun | a harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts |