order definícia v slovenčine

• 0 a request to make, supply, or deliver food or goods: --

  • We make wedding cakes to order.

  • The new drilling equipment has been on order for several weeks.

  • I got an email saying that the order has been shipped.

  • I would like to place (= make) an order for a large pine table.

  • "Can I take your order now?" said the waiter.

• 1 the way in which people or things are arranged, either in relation to one another or according to a particular characteristic: --

  • mainly UK Here's the running order for the concert (= the order in which each item will happen).

  • Put the files in alphabetical/chronological order.

  • I can't find the file I need because they're all out of order (= they are no longer arranged in the correct way).

  • The children lined up in order of age/height.

• 2 something that someone tells you you must do: --

  • We are under orders not to allow anyone into the building.

  • Clean up this room immediately - and that's an order!

  • The road was closed all day by order of the police.

  • My orders are to search everyone's bag as they come in.

  • What are your orders?

  • Soldiers must obey orders.

  • The soldiers fired as soon as their commander gave the order.

• 3 with the aim of achieving something: --

  • I agreed to her suggestion in order not to upset her.

  • He came home early in order to see the kids before they went to bed.

• 4 a situation in which everything is arranged in its correct place: --

  • He put his affairs in order (= made arrangements for his personal and business matters) before he went into the hospital.

  • I try to leave my desk in order when I go home.

  • The house was such a mess that she spent the whole day trying to establish some kind of order.

• 5 the state of working correctly or of being suitable for use: --

  • The coffee machine is out of order (= not working).

  • Are your immigration papers in order (= legally correct)?

  • TV for sale in (good) working order.