Definition of "in order" in İngilizce

Adjective

1. In a sequence.

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

2. Ready, prepared; orderly; tidy.

   • Some teachers find it hard to keep their classes in order.
   • I wish I could get my desk in order.
   • His material is in order for the presentation.

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

4. Appropriate, worthwhile.

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

Adverb

1. 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. 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.