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IN ORDER
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a state of proper readiness or preparation or arrangement
Example:
everything is in order for their arrival
Classified under:
Similar:
ready (completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress)
Context examples:
He rubbed his nose, not reflectively, but savagely, in order to drive the blood into it, and urged the dogs to their work again.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
I have just been looking through all the recent papers in order to master the particulars.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The twelve o’clock dinner was over, one day, and I had just finished putting the cabin in order, when Wolf Larsen and Thomas Mugridge descended the companion stairs.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Now let us to-day put all our affairs in order.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
In one experiment, the researchers asked study participants to sit at a computer and take a series of tests that required full concentration in order to score well.
(Presence of Smartphone Reduces Brain Power, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Drs. Erkan Karakas and Hiro Furukawa at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory set out to determine the structure of the assembled NMDA receptor ion channel in order to better understand how the receptor functions.
(Structure of receptor involved in brain disorders, NIH)
A device, with a light source, which allows the clear visualization of the structure of the eye at any depth, in order to detect abnormalities within the eye.
(Ophthalmoscope, NCI Thesaurus)
Compounds, usually hormonal, taken orally in order to block ovulation and prevent the occurrence of pregnancy.
(Oral Contraceptive, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Techniques used for deliberately altering the genetic material of an organism in order to make them capable of making new substances or performing new or different functions.
(Organism Modification, NCI Thesaurus)
An indicator that can be set or unset in order to signal whether the observation is in the units or values as collected, or it has been converted into standardized units or values.
(Original Unit or Value of Reported Test Result Indicator, NCI Thesaurus)
