# ordered

Pronunciation: US say "OR-durd" /ˈɔɹdɚd/; UK say "AW-duhd" /ˈɔːdəd/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of order. — simple past and past participle of order
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of order. Use this form for an order given earlier or already made.
   - _The general ordered the troops to retreat before dawn._
   - _We had ordered the materials weeks before they finally arrived._

## Adjective

2. Arranged neatly and kept tidy, with things in their proper places.
   - Simple: Kept neat and tidy, with everything in its proper place.
   - _His ordered study, with every book shelved by subject, impressed visitors._
   - _She much prefers an ordered workspace to a cluttered one._
3. Having a partial or total order that, in some technical sense, respects the object's algebraic structure where such structure exists.
   - Simple: Having its parts arranged in a set order that fits how they work together.
   - _The real numbers form an ordered field, since the order works smoothly with addition and multiplication._
   - _Every ordered group carries an order relation that respects its operation._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/ordered (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).