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ordered

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verb

past tense of order
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as in requested
to give a request or demand for the players ordered hamburgers for lunch

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as in asked
to request the doing of by virtue of one's authority the teacher ordered that everyone sit down immediately and be quiet

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Where neoclassical poets like Alexander Pope appealed to an ordered world, with clear meanings and a hierarchy of kinds, the Romantics recognized that this was no longer credible. Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024 The academic quadrangle must forever be a free and ordered space that values scholarship. Dr. Edward C. Halperin, New York Daily News, 4 May 2024 These defects give hydrogen atoms more wiggle room to rearrange into ordered structures. Elise Cutts, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2024 The women often bought groceries and ordered takeout. Kenny Jacoby, USA TODAY, 7 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for ordered 

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“Ordered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ordered. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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