ORDERINGS Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

orderings

noun

plural of ordering

as in hierarchies

a scheme of rank or order in the ordering of crimes, ripping the tags off upholstered furniture should rank fairly low

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as in sequences

the way objects in space or events in time are arranged or follow one another the ordering of the children in the procession was according to height

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Noun

Depending on the club, the hierarchies are still clear, and there might be little overlap between those positions.

— Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
While mapping these structural hierarchies is a foundational data modeling challenge, the piece that most organizations completely underestimate is the dynamic signal layer.

— Filip Popovic, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of hierarchies

Noun

The action sequences, meanwhile, are bloody but sterile and neat in a way that undermines the film’s wannabe grindhouse efforts.

— Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
The film, which will include stop-motion animation and live-action sequences, is an adaptation of Shane Jones’ cult novel exploring the tension between escaping war through imagination and confronting its reality.

— Alexandra Patterson, Variety, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of sequences

Noun

Fortum has previously said that new nuclear projects would require strong customer demand secured through long-term power purchase agreements, strategic partners, appropriate financing and risk-sharing arrangements.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2026
Meanwhile, Op de Beeck slips everyday Belgian objects and historical motifs — Duvel beer bottles, supermarket glassware, waffles and typical Flemish still-life arrangements — into his immersive installations, sculptures and films.

— Miles Socha, Footwear News, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of arrangements

Noun

But because a film shoot is kind of boring, most of us abandoned the ladders after an hour, leaving my brother to watch the rest of the filming alone.

— Sarah Shanfield, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026
To find their bodies, that afternoon Comella and other firemen traversed the steep, smoldering steel mountain using a series of ladders, a process not unlike the way trekkers negotiate the treacherous Khumbu ice fall at the base of Mount Everest.

— Peter Wilkinson, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of ladders

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