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in order

a. 1 In a sequence. 2 ready, prepared; orderly; tidy. 3 (context idiomatic formal English) In accordance with the procedural rules governing formal meetings of a deliberative body. 4 (context idiomatic English) appropriate, worthwhile. adv. (context not comparable idiomatic with ''to'' English) (non-gloss definition: Emphasizes that what follows immediately is the purpose of the preceding or the beyond.)

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in order
  1. adj. appropriate or even needed in the circumstances; "a change is in order" [syn: in order(p), called for]

  2. marked by system; in good order; "everything is in order"; "his books are always just so"; "things must be exactly so" [syn: in order(p), so(p)]

  3. in a state of proper readiness or preparation or arrangement; "everything is in order for their arrival"

Usage examples of "in order".

They entered the Station and attacked the crate with dainty touches of the demoleculizer rods in order to make sure that not a precious metal atom of their special assembly-robot was damaged.

They ceased to be master and servant, in order to become bosom friends.

The wind was carrying the balloon toward the northwest, and, in order to avoid Mount Longwek, it was necessary to seek a more slanting current.

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As the earth had completed nearly half a revolution in its orbit since their departure, they here turned somewhat to the right by attracting the ruddy planet, in order to avoid passing too near the sun.

In fact, Mr Cunningham hired me because, after Mr Roche left, it was necessary to have a secretary in order to be sure there was always someone in the office.

Still, a report on this new finding will have to be circulated among all our member worlds, and I would imagine your authorities will want to act under their advisement as to tests and observations that might now be in order.

The doctor lowered the balloon in order to get a better look at this cavalcade of natives.

The doctor might have escaped this intense heat by rising into a higher range, but, in order to do so, he would have had to consume a large quantity of water, a thing that had now become impossible.

At the outset, in order not to give the balloon too ponderous dimensions, he had decided to fill it with hydrogen gas, which is fourteen and a half times lighter than common air.

We have a tendency to sink, and, in order to keep our elevation, I am compelled to give greater dilation to the hydrogen.

This was a circumstance favorable to the aeronauts, because they could rise over the hill, while Al-Hadji's horde had to diverge to the northward in order to pass this obstacle.

On an average, then, and in order to keep myself at a very moderate elevation, I should not burn more than nine cubic feet per hour, so that my twenty-five gallons of water represent six hundred and thirty-six hours of aerial navigation, or a little more than twenty-six days.

If, while one of us was on the ground, the Victoria should have to ascend in order to escape some sudden danger, who knows whether we should ever see each other again?

His examination ended, the doctor betook himself to setting his notes in order.