ordered — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. In order, not messy, tidy.

   Examples

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   If Euston is not typically English, St. Pancras is. Its façade is a nightmare of improbable Gothic. It is fairly plastered with the aesthetic ideals of 1868, and the only beautiful thing about it is Barlow's roof. It is haunted by the stuffier kind of ghost. Yet there is something about the ordered whole of St. Pancras that would make demolition a terrible pity.

   Milner and Theo Walcott failed to justify their selection ahead of Aston Villa's Young as they struggled ineffectually in the first half, leaving striker Bent isolated and starved of supply as Switzerland looked the more composed and ordered team.

2. Equipped with a partial or total order which, in any of several technical senses, respects the algebraic structure of the object (if such structure exists). See .

   Usage

   • often
   • of a set
   • with some algebraic structure

Adjective

1. having a systematic arrangement; especially having elements succeeding in order according to rule

   Antonyms

   disordered

   Examples

   an ordered sequence

2. disposed or placed in a particular kind of order

   Synonyms

   arranged

   Examples

   the carefully arranged chessmen

   haphazardly arranged interlobular septa

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   comfortable chairs arranged around the fireplace

3. marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts

   Synonyms

   coherentconsistentlogical

   Examples

   a coherent argument