: characterized by order: such as
a
: marked by regularity or discipline
led an ordered life
b
: marked by regular or harmonious arrangement or disposition
an ordered landscape
the ordered crystal structure
c
: having elements arranged or identified according to a rule: such as
(1)
: having the property that every pair of different elements is related by a transitive relationship that is not symmetric
(2)
: having elements labeled by ordinal numbers
an ordered triple has a first, second, and third element
Examples of ordered in a Sentence
an ordered sequence of events
Recent Examples on the Web
Where neoclassical poets like Alexander Pope appealed to an ordered world, with clear meanings and a hierarchy of kinds, the Romantics recognized that this was no longer credible.
—
Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
The academic quadrangle must forever be a free and ordered space that values scholarship.
—Dr. Edward C. Halperin, New York Daily News, 4 May 2024
These defects give hydrogen atoms more wiggle room to rearrange into ordered structures.
—Elise Cutts, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2024
The women often bought groceries and ordered takeout.
—Kenny Jacoby, USA TODAY, 7 May 2024
Yet both Sarkissian and Roberts seem to understand the emergence and survival of small states as evidence of a less bloody and more ordered world.
—Shivshankar Menon, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
Indeed, National Review is a rare creature in our media landscape, an independent-minded voice of ordered liberty that isn’t motivated by clicks or ratings.
—Rich Lowry, National Review, 5 Mar. 2024
The ordered community service consisted of registering voters in minority and low-income communities, the FCC said.
—Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 7 June 2023
Much of our effort in business and beyond is focused on creating an ordered society, centralized or decentralized, autocratic or democratic, manual or mechanical.
—Sindhu Bhaskar, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
The academic quadrangle must forever be a free and ordered space that values scholarship.
—Dr. Edward C. Halperin, New York Daily News, 4 May 2024
These defects give hydrogen atoms more wiggle room to rearrange into ordered structures.
—Elise Cutts, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2024
The women often bought groceries and ordered takeout.
—Kenny Jacoby, USA TODAY, 7 May 2024
Yet both Sarkissian and Roberts seem to understand the emergence and survival of small states as evidence of a less bloody and more ordered world.
—Shivshankar Menon, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
Indeed, National Review is a rare creature in our media landscape, an independent-minded voice of ordered liberty that isn’t motivated by clicks or ratings.
—Rich Lowry, National Review, 5 Mar. 2024
The ordered community service consisted of registering voters in minority and low-income communities, the FCC said.
—Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 7 June 2023
Much of our effort in business and beyond is focused on creating an ordered society, centralized or decentralized, autocratic or democratic, manual or mechanical.
—Sindhu Bhaskar, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
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“Ordered.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ordered. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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ordered
adjective
or·dered
ˈȯrd-ərd 
1
: carefully regulated or managed
led an ordered life
an ordered landscape
2
a
: having the property that for any two different elements a and b either a is greater than b or a is less than b
the set of real numbers is ordered
b
: having elements labeled by ordinal numbers
an ordered pair has a first and a second element
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