: characterized by order: such as
a
: marked by regularity or discipline
led an ordered life
b
: marked by regular or harmonious arrangement or disposition
an ordered landscape
the ordered crystal structure
c
: having elements arranged or identified according to a rule: such as
(1)
: having the property that every pair of different elements is related by a transitive relationship that is not symmetric
(2)
: having elements labeled by ordinal numbers
an ordered triple has a first, second, and third element
Examples of ordered in a Sentence
an ordered sequence of events
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Even before the ordered flight reductions, the group told T+L that more than 3 million airline passengers had experienced a delay due to the shutdown.
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Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Nov. 2025
Open for pre-ordered and pick-up only holiday meals.
—Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 14 Nov. 2025
Even before the ordered flight reductions, the group told T+L that more than 3 million airline passengers had experienced a delay due to the shutdown.
—Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 6 Nov. 2025
Its goal was a re-ordered world, a decoupling between key US and Chinese spheres, and what its members saw as clear-eyed engagement in a new Cold War that had already begun.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for ordered
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“Ordered.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ordered. Accessed 7 Dec. 2025.
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ordered
adjective
or·dered
ˈȯrd-ərd 
1
: carefully regulated or managed
led an ordered life
an ordered landscape
2
a
: having the property that for any two different elements a and b either a is greater than b or a is less than b
the set of real numbers is ordered
b
: having elements labeled by ordinal numbers
an ordered pair has a first and a second element
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