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[in order]
{adv.} or {adj. phr.} 1. In arrangement; in the properway of following one
another.
Come to my desk in alphabetical orderas I call your names.
Line
up and walk to the door in order.
Name all the presidents in order.
Compare:
IN TURN. 2. In propercondition.
The car was in good working order when I
bought it.
The club leader looked at the club treasurer's records of
moneycollected and spent, and found them all in order.
Compare:
INCOMMISSION(2), PUT ONE'S HOUSE IN ORDER. 3. Following the rules;proper;
suitable.
Is it in order to ask the speaker questions atthe meeting?
At
the end of a program, applause for the performersis in order.
Compare: IN
PLACE. Contrast: OUT OF ORDER. 4. See: PUTONE'S HOUSE IN ORDER or SET ONE'S
HOUSE IN ORDER.
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