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in order

adjective

  1. In a sequence.

    "Place the cards in order by color, then by number."

  2. Ready, prepared; orderly; tidy.

    "His material is in order for the presentation."

  3. In accordance with the procedural rules governing formal meetings of a deliberative body.

Antonymsout of order
adverb

  1. (with to) Emphasizes that what follows immediately is the purpose of the preceding or the beyond.

    "She stood in order to see over the crowd. / She stood to see over the crowd."

  2. (with "for") Emphasizes that what follows immediately is the purpose of the preceding or the beyond.

    "She stood in order for her husband to see her. / She stood for her husband to see her."

  3. In sequence.

    "They sang in order, ending with a basso profundo."

Synonymsin order, step by step

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