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ordine — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • behest noun A command or authoritative request, especially in the phrase "at the behest of."
  • command noun An order given with authority.
  • dictation noun The act of speaking words aloud for someone to write down, or the words produced this way.
  • order noun The arrangement of things in a particular sequence or pattern.
  • prescription noun A doctor's written authorization for a patient to receive a particular medicine or treatment.
  • train noun A line of connected railway carriages pulled by an engine, used to carry passengers or freight.

Senses

ordine is used for these senses in English:

  • behest A command, bidding; sometimes also, an authoritative request; now usually in the phrase at the behest of and at one's behest. [from 12th c.]
  • command An order to do something.
  • order (countable) A position in an arrangement, disposition, or sequence.
  • order (countable) A command.
  • prescription (legal) Synonym of enactment, the act of establishing a law, regulation, etc., particularly in writing; an instance of this.
  • train A sequence of events or ideas which are interconnected; a course or procedure of something. [from 15th c.]

command — full definition

  1. noun An order given with authority.
  2. noun Authority or control over people, resources, or a situation.
  3. noun An instruction given to a computer program.
  4. verb To give an order, or to have authority over.

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