| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A way or condition of being arranged: arrangement, categorization, classification, deployment, disposal, disposition, distribution, formation, grouping, layout, lineup, organization, placement, sequence. See ORDER. 2. A division of persons or things by quality, rank, or grade: bracket, class, grade, league, rank1, tier. See GROUP, VALUE. 3. A subdivision of a larger group: category, class, classification, set2. See GROUP. 4. An authoritative indication to be obeyed: behest, bidding, charge, command, commandment, dictate, direction, directive, injunction, instruction (often used in plural), mandate, word. See OVER, WORDS. 5. A class that is defined by the common attribute or attributes possessed by all its members: breed, cast, description, feather, ilk, kind2, lot, manner, mold, nature, sort, species, stamp, stripe, type, variety. Informal : persuasion. See GROUP. 6. Systematic arrangement and design: method, orderliness, organization, pattern, plan, system, systematization, systemization. See ORDER. 7. A way in which things follow each other in space or time: consecution, procession, sequence, succession. See ORDER, PRECEDE. 8. A number of things placed or occurring one after the other: chain, consecution, course, procession, progression, round, run, sequence, series, string, succession, suite, train. Informal : streak. See ORDER. 9. A state of sound readiness: condition, fettle, fitness, form, kilter, shape, trim. See BETTER. 10. A group of people united in a relationship and having some interest, activity, or purpose in common: association, club, confederation, congress, federation, fellowship, fraternity, guild, league, organization, society, sorority, union. See GROUP. | | VERB: | 1. To put into a deliberate order: arrange, array, deploy, dispose, marshal, organize, range, sort, systematize. See ORDER. 2. To command or issue commands in an arrogant manner: boss, dictate, dominate, domineer, rule, tyrannize. See OVER. 3. To give orders to: bid, charge, command, direct, enjoin, instruct, tell. See OVER, WORDS. 4. To arrange in an orderly manner: methodize, organize, systematize, systemize. See ORDER.
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