Translation
order (arrangement, tidiness)
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Word origin
From Latin ordo, ordinem (a row, a rank, an arrangement), the source of order across the European languages.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- ordo
- English cognates
- order, ordinary
Examples
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She put the books in good order.
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There is perfect order in his room.
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English "order" does two unrelated jobs and Esperanto refuses to share: is arrangement, sequence and tidiness, while a command is an , from . Mixing them up is the reliable slip, so file it early: a general gives , a librarian keeps . The everyday phrase means "in order, fine, all sorted", and the opposite state of a teenager's bedroom is o.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 12, lesson 3: ordo, japana, polico and 6 more words.