1. commands or instructions given by someone in authority
2. requests for goods or services to be supplied
3. the arrangement or sequence in which things are placed

1. gives commands or instructions to someone
2. requests goods or services to be supplied

Examples

• The general gave orders to advance at dawn.
• We placed orders for new office supplies yesterday.
• Please arrange the files in alphabetical orders.
• The restaurant orders fresh ingredients daily.
• She orders her team to work overtime.
• Different social orders existed in medieval times.
• The monk belonged to one of the oldest religious orders.
• He always orders the same coffee every morning.