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

Companies are flattening hierarchies, as AI can automate coordination, reporting, and information relay—tasks consuming much of a manager's week.

— Mark Murphy, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
But this divine similarity evidently did nothing to preclude slavery, patriarchy, and the many other social hierarchies depicted elsewhere in the Bible.

— Teresa M. Bejan, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026

Definition of hierarchies

Noun

Robbyant said the model also provides stable object boundary detection, enabling robots to continuously track object edges and structures across video sequences.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 11 July 2026
There are a lot of action sequences where Moana and Maui have to get themselves out of harrowing situations, including a fairly sizable lava monster that might freak out really little children.

— Brian Truitt, USA Today, 9 July 2026

Definition of sequences

Noun

Victims of this manipulation scheme, Nathan and Aesha conspire to impose on the dinner’s seating arrangements in such a way that Luke is sitting next to Joy, and Gen is isolated at the end of the table.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 14 July 2026
This means that the details of local subsidy design matter, including tax incentives, electricity tariff arrangements, grid and water upgrades, and whether any new resulting tax revenue will boost public services.

— Daniel Yue, Fortune, 14 July 2026

Definition of arrangements

Noun

Kids hoist ladders, haul gear, and do their best to get a handle on a hose.

— Noel Brennan, CBS News, 13 July 2026
The trailer had piles of debris stacked all around it, including three ladders, four bike frames, eight tires, plywood, 5 gallons of motor oil and five black 55-gallon drums.

— Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 7 July 2026

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