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ORDERED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts
Example:
a coherent argument
Synonyms:
coherent; consistent; logical; ordered
Classified under:
Similar:
seamless (perfectly consistent and coherent)
Also:
logical (capable of or reflecting the capability for correct and valid reasoning)
rational (consistent with or based on or using reason)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having a systematic arrangement; especially having elements succeeding in order according to rule
Example:
an ordered sequence
Classified under:
Similar:
consecutive; sequent; sequential; serial; successive (in regular succession without gaps)
progressive ((of a card game or a dance) involving a series of sections for which the participants successively change place or relative position)
Antonym:
disordered (not arranged in order)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Disposed or placed in a particular kind of order
Example:
comfortable chairs arranged around the fireplace
Synonyms:
arranged; ordered
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
laid; set (set down according to a plan)
placed (put in position in relation to other things)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb order
Context examples:
One of a set of ordered partitions of an experimental unit's participation in a study.
(Clinical Trial Epoch, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)
He came in here, said the waiter, looking at the light through the tumbler, ordered a glass of this ale—WOULD order it—I told him not—drank it, and fell dead.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
A data type comprised of a set of consecutive low valued integers of an ordered base data type.
(Low Interval Integer Data Type, NCI Thesaurus)
Two other men he ordered to the side of Negore. They placed their guns against his breast and waited. All waited.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
“Now, get that sail down and come alongside!” Wolf Larsen ordered.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
We ordered three busts of that sort from Gelder & Co., of Stepney.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I read for about ten minutes, beginning in the heart of a chapter, and then suddenly, in the middle of a sentence, he ordered me to cease and to change my dress.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The cell cycle is an ordered set of events.
(Cell Cycle Progression, NCI Thesaurus)
A data type comprised of a set of consecutive high values of an ordered base data type.
(High Interval Data Type, NCI Thesaurus)
A data type comprised of a set of consecutive low values of an ordered base data type.
(Low Interval Data Type, NCI Thesaurus)
