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ordenar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • arrange verb To put things into a particular order or position.
  • assort verb To sort or arrange according to characteristic or class.
  • collate verb To examine diverse documents and so on, to discover similarities and differences.
  • command noun An order given with authority.
  • dictate verb To say words aloud for someone else to write down.
  • enjoin verb To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.
  • frock noun A dress, especially one for a woman or girl (somewhat old-fashioned in everyday use).
  • gather verb To bring separate things or people together in one place.
  • mandate noun An official order, command, or authorization to carry out a particular action.
  • milk noun A white liquid produced by female mammals to feed their young, especially cow's milk used as a food and drink for humans.
  • ordain verb To prearrange unalterably.
  • 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.
  • tidy adj Neatly arranged; not messy or cluttered.

Senses

ordenar is used for these senses in English:

  • assort (transitive) To sort or arrange according to characteristic or class.
  • command (ambitransitive) To order, give orders; to compel or direct with authority.
  • dictate To order, command, control.
  • enjoin (transitive, chiefly, literary) To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.
  • frock (transitive) To make (somebody) a cleric.
  • gather (architecture) To bring together, or nearer together, in masonry, as for example where the width of a fireplace is rapidly diminished to the width of the flue.
  • lay out (transitive) To arrange (physically) in a certain way, so as to spread or space apart; to display (e.g. merchandise or a collection).
  • mandate To (officially) require someone to do something or act in a certain way, to give them the authority to do so; to command.

arrange — full definition

  1. verb To put things into a particular order or position.
  2. verb To plan or organize something in advance.
  3. verb To adapt a piece of music for different instruments or a different style.

assort — full definition

  1. verb To sort or arrange according to characteristic or class.
  2. verb To be of a kind with, to harmonise or match.
  3. verb To be associated with; to consort with.
  4. verb To furnish with, or make up of, various sorts or a variety of goods.

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