Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Rightly or correctly ordered, regulated, or governed.
- In mathematics, in the theory of assemblages, said of an aggregate or set when and only when its elements have been so disposed in fact or in thought, that: of any two elements a and b, one, as a, precedes (that is, is of lower rank) and the other, as b, comes after (that is, is of higher rank);
- of any triplet of elements a, b, c, if a is of lower rank than b, and b is lower than c, then a is lower than c;
- the set has an element of lowest rank, a first term, and the same is true of every part of the set, that is, of every set whose elements are elements of the given set or series;
- every element, unless it be the last, has an immediate successor;
- the series satisfies Dedekind's postulate.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having a
precise arrangement . - adjective mathematics, not comparable Having a
well-order . - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
well-order .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective ordered well
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Examples
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This procedure, while very useful for our remembering the facts in a well-ordered pattern, tends to obliterate the distinction between the actual observations and the theory arisen from them.
September 13th, 2009 m_francis 2009
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I had fallen through a portal and become a lightweight pawn, so easy to swipe from the well-ordered board.
Princess Pawn Misti Rainwater-Lites 2011
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One of his cousins called her “the presiding genius of her well-ordered household, commanding and being obeyed.”
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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Married with two children, their well-ordered lives include weekly date nights.
Mistaken identity turns this 'Date Night' into madcap romp 2010
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One of his cousins called her “the presiding genius of her well-ordered household, commanding and being obeyed.”
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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One of his cousins called her “the presiding genius of her well-ordered household, commanding and being obeyed.”
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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'The Son of No One' Anchor Bay Films Channing Tatum and James Ransone in 'The Son of No One' It's understandable that Dito Montiel, being a filmmaker, would have an affinity for pre-Giuliani New York: The chaos, crime and dessication of a place consuming itself is far more cinematic than a well-ordered metropolis.
Crime Comedy 'Heist' Lacks Conviction John Anderson 2011
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One of his cousins called her “the presiding genius of her well-ordered household, commanding and being obeyed.”
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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The gardens stretched in a wild riot of green, though the bones of a once well-ordered series of parterres and pathways, avenues and orchards, existed still.
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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In Gordon Brown, we have recently had a case study in how that prime ministerial style leads to the obverse of well-ordered, competent and successful government.
Reshuffle in haste, Mr Cameron, and you will repent at leisure | Andrew Rawnsley 2011
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