ordering

5 definitions found

ordering - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Order \Or"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ordered; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Ordering.] [From Order, n.]
     1. To put in order; to reduce to a methodical arrangement; to
        arrange in a series, or with reference to an end. Hence,
        to regulate; to dispose; to direct; to rule.
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              To him that ordereth his conversation aright. --Ps.
                                                    1. 23.
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              Warriors old with ordered spear and shield.
                                                    --Milton.
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     2. To give an order to; to command; as, to order troops to
        advance.
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     3. To give an order for; to secure by an order; as, to order
        a carriage; to order groceries.
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     4. (Eccl.) To admit to holy orders; to ordain; to receive
        into the ranks of the ministry.
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              These ordered folk be especially titled to God.
                                                    --Chaucer.
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              Persons presented to be ordered deacons. --Bk. of
                                                    Com. Prayer.
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     Order arms (Mil.), the command at which a rifle is brought
        to a position with its butt resting on the ground; also,
        the position taken at such a command.
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  Ordering \Or"der*ing\, n.
     Disposition; distribution; management. --South.
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ordering - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  ordering
      n 1: logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements;
           "we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of
           their presentation" [syn: ordering, order,
           ordination]
      2: the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement; "there
         were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list" [syn:
         order, ordering]

ordering - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  ordering
  
     A relation.
  
     See partial ordering, pre-order, total ordering.
  

ordering - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  47 Moby Thesaurus words for "ordering":
     allocation, allotment, apportionment, arrangement, array, arraying,
     authority, collation, collocation, command, conduct, constitution,
     control, deployment, direction, disposal, disposition,
     distribution, form, formation, formulation, governance, government,
     guidance, handling, husbandry, lead, leading, management, managery,
     managing, manipulation, marshaling, order, pilotage, placement,
     regimentation, regulation, running, sequence, steerage, steering,
     structuring, syntax, the conn, the helm, the wheel