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In order

adj, adv

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Adjective
  1. 1
    In a sequence.

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

  2. 2
    Ready, prepared; orderly; tidy.

    "Some teachers find it hard to keep their classes in order."

  3. 3
    In accordance with the procedural rules governing formal meetings of a deliberative body. formal, idiomatic
  4. 4
    Appropriate, worthwhile. idiomatic

    "Now that we have finally finished, I think a celebration is in order."

Adjective
  1. 1
    in a state of proper readiness or preparation or arrangement wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    Emphasizes that what follows immediately is the purpose of the preceding or the beyond. idiomatic, not-comparable

    "In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. The welfare state is dismantled. […]"

  2. 2
    Emphasizes that what follows immediately is the purpose of the preceding or the beyond. US, idiomatic, not-comparable

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

  3. 3
    In sequence. comparable

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

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