order

Pronunciation: ['ɒ:dә]

Average Rank: 359

Source: ECDICT

n. 次序, 规则, 命令 vi. 命令, 定货 vt. 整理, 命令, 定购 n. 顺序, 阶数 [计] 顺序, 阶数

n. (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed
n. a degree in a continuum of size or quantity
n. established customary state (especially of society)
n. a commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities

Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Oxford 3000

Difficulty: BASIC

Exam Tags: zk gk ielts

Plural: orders

Past Participle: ordered

Past: ordered

Present Participle: ordering

3rd Person: orders

Word Frequency Rankings

#169

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 98.3% (Top 98.3% most frequent)

98.3%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

#619

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 93.8% (Top 93.8% most frequent)

93.8%

Out of 10,000 words in the TV & Movie Scripts corpus

#290

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 97.1% (Top 97.1% most frequent)

97.1%

Out of 10,000 words in the Project Gutenberg corpus

This word appears in 3 corpus/corpora, showing its usage across academic, conversational, and literary contexts.

Usage pattern: Most frequent in Wikipedia, making it particularly important for that context.