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ordenar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • BID verb To offer a specific amount of money for something, especially at an auction.
  • command noun An order given with authority.
  • dictate verb To say words aloud for someone else to write down.
  • order noun The arrangement of things in a particular sequence or pattern.
  • prescribe verb For a doctor or other licensed practitioner to formally order a medicine or treatment for a patient.
  • sort noun A particular type or kind of something.

Senses

ordenar is used for these senses in English:

  • bid (transitive) To issue a command; to tell.
  • command (ambitransitive) To order, give orders; to compel or direct with authority.
  • dictate To order, command, control.
  • prescribe To specify by writing as a required procedure or ritual; to lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action.

BID — full definition

  1. verb To offer a specific amount of money for something, especially at an auction.
  2. noun An offer of a price, or a formal offer to carry out a piece of work.
  3. noun An attempt or effort to achieve something.

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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