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#60. [Reduction to Order.] Arrangement. -- N. arrangement

• plan

• 6

• preparation

• disposal

• disposition

• collocation

• allocation;

• distribution

• sorting

• assortment

• allotment

• apportionment

• taxis

• taxonomy

• graduation

• organization

• grouping

• tabulation

• analysis

• classification

• clustering

• division

• digestion

• [Result of arrangement] digest

• synopsis

• syntagma[Gram]

• table

• atlas

• file

• database

• register

• organism

• architecture

• [Instrument for sorting] sieve

• riddle

• screen

• sorter

• V. reduce to order

• bring into order

• introduce order into

• rally

• arrange

• dispose

• place

• form

• put in order

• set in order

• place in order;

• set out

• collocate

• pack

• marshal

• range

• size

• rank

• group

• parcel out

• allot

• distribute

• deal

• cast the parts

• assign the parts

• dispose of

• assign places to

• assort

• sort

• sift

• riddle

• put to rights

• set to rights

• put into shape

• put in trim

• put in array

• apportion

• class

• classify

• divide

• file

• string together

• thread

• register

• (record) 5

• catalogue

• tabulate

• index

• graduate

• digest

• grade

• methodize

• regulate

• systematize

• coordinate

• organize

• settle

• fix

• unravel

• disentangle

• ravel

• card

• Adj. arranged

• embattled

• in battle array

• cut and dried;

• methodical

• orderly

• regular

• systematic

• Phr. "In vast cumbrous array" [Churchill]

#61. [Subversion of Order

• bringing into disorder.] Derangement. -- N

• derangement

• disorder

• discomposure

• disturbance

• disorganization

• dislocation;

• perturbation

• interruption

• shuffling

• inversion

• corrugation

• involvement

• interchange

• V. derange

• disarrange

• displace

• misplace

• mislay

• discompose

• disorder

• discombobulate

• disorganize;

• embroil

• unsettle

• disturb

• confuse

• trouble

• perturb

• jumble

• tumble;

• shuffle

• randomize

• huddle

• muddle

• toss

• hustle

• fumble

• riot

• bring into

• disorder

• put into disorder

• throw into disorder

• muss [U.S.];

• break the ranks

• disconcert

• convulse

• break in upon

• unhinge

• dislocate

• put out of joint

• throw out of gear

• turn topsy-turvy

• bedevil

• complicate

• involve

• perplex

• confound

• tangle

• entangle

• ravel

• tousle

• dishevel

• ruffle

• rumple

• litter

• scatter

• mix

• rearrange

• Adj. deranged

• syncretic

• mussy

• messy;

• flaky

• random

• unordered [U.S.]

• 2. CONSECUTIVE ORDER

#62. Precedence. -- N. precedence

• coming before

• the lead

• le

• pas

• superiority

• importance

• antecedence

• anteriority

• precursor

• priority

• precession

• preference

• V. precede

• come before

• come first

• head

• lead

• take the lead

• lead

• the way

• lead the dance

• be in the vanguard

• introduce

• usher in

• have the

• pas

• set the fashion

• open the ball

• take precedence

• have precedence

• have the start

• place before

• prefix

• premise

• prelude

• preface

• Adj. preceding

• precedent

• antecedent

• anterior

• prior

• before

• former

• foregoing

• aforementioned

• aforesaid

• said

• precursory

• preliminary

• prefatory

• introductory

• prelusive

• prelusory

• preparatory

• Adv. before

• in advance

#63. Sequence. -- N. sequence

• coming after

• going after

• (following)

• consecution

• succession

• posteriority

• continuation

• order of succession

• successiveness

• subordinancy

• afterbirth

• placenta

• secundines[Med]

• V. succeed

• come after

• come on

• come next

• follow

• ensue

• step into

• the shoes of

• alternate

• place after

• suffix

• append

• Adj. succeeding

• subsequent

• consequent

• proximate

• next

• consecutive

• alternate

• latter

• posterior

• Adv. after

• subsequently

• behind

#64. Precursor. -- N. precursor

• antecedent

• precedent

• predecessor;

• forerunner

• pioneer

• prodrome|

• outrider

• leader

• bellwether

• herald

• harbinger

• foreboding

• dawn

• avant-courier

• avant-garde

• stalking-horse

• voorlooper[Afrikaans]

• voortrekker[Afrikaans]

• prelude

• preamble

• preface

• prologue

• foreword

• proem

• prolepsis[Gram]

• prolegomena

• prefix

• introduction

• heading

• frontispiece

• groundwork;

• preparation

• overture

• symphony

• premises

• prefigurement

• omen

• Adj. precursory

• prelusive

• prelusory

• introductory

• prefatory

• inaugural

• preliminary

• precedent

• Phr. "a precedent embalms a principle" [Disraeli]

#65. Sequel. -- N. sequel

• suffix

• successor

• tail

• queue

• train

• wake

• trail

• rear

• retinue

• suite

• appendix

• postscript

• epilogue;

• peroration

• codicil

• continuation

• appendage

• tail

• tag

• more last words

• colophon

• afterthought

• second thoughts

• outgrowth

#66. Beginning.-- N. beginning

• commencement

• opening

• outset

• incipience

• inception

• introduction

• alpha

• initial

• inauguration

• debut

• le premier pas

• rising of the curtain

• maiden speech

• outbreak

• onset

• brunt

• initiative

• move

• first move

• narrow end of the wedge

• thin end of the wedge

• fresh

• start

• new departure

• origin

• source

• rise

• bud

• germ

• egg

• rudiment

• genesis

• birth

• nativity

• cradle

• infancy;

• start

• inception

• creation

• starting point

• dawn

• evolution

• title-page

• head

• heading

• van

• 2

• caption

• entrance

• entry

• inlet

• orifice

• mouth

• chops

• lips

• porch

• portal

• portico

• door

• gate

• gateway

• postern

• wicket

• threshold

• vestibule

• skirts

• border

• first stage

• first blush

• first glance

• first impression

• first sight

• rudiments

• elements

• outlines

• grammar

• alphabet

• ABCE

• V. begin

• start

• commence

• conceive

• open

• dawn

• set in

• take its

• rise

• enter upon

• enter

• set out

• embark in

• [transitive] initiate

• launch

• inaugurate

• [intransitive] inchoate

• rise

• arise

• originate

• usher in

• lead off

• lead the way

• take the lead

• take the initiative;

• head

• stand at the head

• stand first

• stand for

• lay the foundations

• (prepare) 6

• found

• set up

• set on foot

• set the ball in motion

• apply the match to a train;

• broach

• open up

• open the door to

• [intransitive] get underway

• set about

• get to work

• set to work

• set

• to

• make a beginning

• make a start

• handsel

• take the first step

• lay the first stone

• cut the first turf;

• break ground

• break the ice

• break cover

• pass the Rubicon

• cross the

• Rubicon

• open fire

• open the ball

• ventilate

• air

• undertake

• come into existence

• come into the world

• make one's debut

• take

• birth

• burst forth

• break out

• spring up

• spring forth

• crop up

• pop up

• appear

• materialize

• begin at the beginning

• begin again

• begin de novo

• start afresh

• make a fresh start

• take it

• from the top

• shuffle the cards

• reshuffle the cards

• resume

• recommence

• Adj. beginning

• initial

• initiatory

• initiative

• inceptive

• introductory

• incipient

• inaugural

• inchoate

• embryonic

• rudimental

• primeval

• primitive

• primordial

• aboriginal

• natal

• nascent

• first

• foremost

• leading

• maiden

• begun

• just begun

• Adv. at the beginning

• in the beginning

• first

• in the first

• place

• first and foremost

• in the bud

• in

• embryo

• in its infancy

• from the beginning

• from its birth

• Phr. let's get going! let's get this show on the road! up and at 'em!

• aller Anfang ist schwer [Ger]

• dimidium facti qui coepit habet

#67. End. -- N. end

• close

• termination

• conclusion

• finis

• finale

• period

• term

• terminus

• endpoint

• last

• omega

• extreme

• extremity

• gable end

• butt end

• fag-end

• tip

• nib

• point

• tail

• 2

• verge

• tag

• peroration

• bottom

• dollar

• tail end

• rear guard

• consummation

• denouement

• finish

• fate

• doom

• doomsday

• crack of doom

• day of Judgment

• dies irae

• fall of the curtain;

• goal

• destination

• limit

• determination

• expiration

• extinction

• extermination

• death

• end of all things

• finality;

• eschatology

• break up

• commencement de la fin

• last stage

• turning point

• coup de

• grace

• deathblow

• knock-out

• -blow

• V. end

• close

• finish

• terminate

• conclude

• be all over

• expire

• die

• come to a close

• draw to a close

• have run its course

• run out

• pass away

• bring to an end

• put an end to

• make an end of;

• determine

• get through

• achieve

• stop

• cease)

• shut up shop

• hang up one's fiddle

• Adj. ending

• final

• terminal

• definitive

• crowning

• (completing) 7

• last

• ultimate

• rear

• caudal;

• conterminous

• ended

• at an end

• settled

• decided

• over

• played out

• set at

• rest

• conclusive

• penultimate

• last but one

• last but two

• fresh

• Adv. finally

• in fine

• at the last

• once for all

• Phr. "as high as Heaven and as deep as hell" [Beaumont & Fletcher];

• en toute chose il faut

• ultimus

#68. Middle. -- N. middle

• midst

• mediety|

• mean

• medium

• middle term

• center

• mid-course

• mezzo termine[It]

• juste

• milieu

• halfway house

• nave

• navel

• nucleus

• nucleolus

• bisection

• half distance

• equator

• diaphragm

• midriff

• intermediate

• Adj. middle

• medial

• mesial[Med]

• mean

• mid

• median

• average;

• middlemost

• midmost

• mediate

• intermediate

• equidistant

• central

• mediterranean

• equatorial

• homocentric

• Adv. in the middle

• midway

• halfway

• amidships

• in

• medias res

#69. [Uninterrupted sequence.] Continuity. -- N. continuity;

• consecution

• consecutiveness

• succession

• round

• suite

• progression

• series

• train chain

• catenation

• concatenation

• scale;

• gradation

• course

• ceaselessness

• constant flow

• unbroken extent

• procession

• column

• retinue

• cortege

• cavalcade

• rank and file

• line

• of battle

• array

• pedigree

• genealogy

• lineage

• race

• ancestry

• descent

• family

• house;

• line

• line of ancestors

• strain

• rank

• file

• line

• row

• range

• tier

• string

• thread

• team

• suit;

• colonnade

• V. follow in a series

• form a series

• fall in

• arrange in a series

• collate

• string together

• file

• thread

• graduate

• organize

• sort

• tabulate

• Adj. continuous

• continued

• consecutive

• progressive

• gradual

• serial

• successive

• immediate

• unbroken

• entire

• linear

• in a line

• in a row

• n

• uninterrupted

• unremitting

• unrelenting

• (perseverence) 604a

• perennial

• evergreen

• constant

• Adv. continuously

• seriatim

• in a line

• in succession

• in turn

• running

• gradually

• step by step

• at a stretch

• in

• file

• in column

• in single file

• in Indian file

#70. [Interrupted sequence.] Discontinuity.-- N. discontinuity;

• disjunction

• interruption

• break

• fracture

• flaw

• fault

• crack

• cut

• gap

• solution of continuity

• caesura;

• broken thread

• parenthesis

• episode

• rhapsody

• patchwork

• intermission;

• alternation

• dropping fire

• V. be discontinuous

• alternate

• intermit

• sputter

• stop and

• start

• hesitate

• discontinue

• pause

• interrupt

• intervene

• break

• break in upon

• break

• off

• interpose

• break the thread

• snap the thread

• disconnect

• (disjoin)

• dissever

• Adj. discontinuous

• broken

• interrupted

• disconnected

• unconnected

• discrete

• disjunctive

• fitful

• (irregular) 1

• spasmodic

• desultory

• intermitting

• occasional

• intermittent

• alternate

• recurrent

• Adv. at intervals

• by snatches

• by jerks

• by skips

• by catches

• by

• fits and starts

• longo intervallo[It]

• Phr. like "angel visits few and far between" [Campbell]

#71. Term. -- N. term

• rank

• station

• stage

• step

• degree

• scale

• remove

• grade

• link

• peg

• round of the ladder

• status

• position

• place

• point

• mark

• pas

• period

• pitch

• stand

• standing

• footing

• range

• V. hold a place

• occupy a place

• find a place

• fall into a place

• n

• 3. COLLECTIVE ORDER

#72. Assemblage. -- N. {opp. 73} assemblage

• collection

• collocation

• compilation

• levy

• gathering

• ingathering

• muster

• team

• concourse

• congregation

• contesseration|

• convergence

• meeting

• levee

• reunion

• drawing

• room

• at home

• conversazione

• assembly

• congress

• convention

• conventicle

• conclave

• 6

• posse

• Noah's ark

• miscellany

• museum

• menagerie

• crowd

• throng

• group

• flood

• rush

• deluge

• rabble

• mob

• press

• crush

• horde

• body

• tribe

• crew

• gang

• knot

• squad

• band

• party

• swarm

• shoal

• school

• covey

• flock

• herd

• drove

• bunch

• drive

• force

• roundup [U.S.]

• array

• bevy

• galaxy

• corps

• company

• troop

• troupe

• task force

• army

• regiment

• (combatants) 7

• host

• populousness

• clan

• brotherhood

• fraternity

• sorority

• association

• volley

• shower

• storm

• cloud

• group

• cluster

• Pleiades

• clump

• pencil

• set

• batch

• lot

• pack;

• budget

• assortment

• bunch

• parcel

• packet

• package

• bundle

• bale

• fagot

• wisp

• truss

• tuft;

• shock

• rick

• stack

• sheaf

• fascicle

• gavel

• accumulation

• congeries

• heap

• lump

• pile

• tissue

• mass

• pyramid

• drift

• snowball

• snowdrift

• cumulation

• agglomeration;

• conglomeration

• conglomerate

• coacervate[Chem]

• coacervation[Chem]

• aggregation

• concentration

• congestion

• black hole of Calcutta;

• quantity

• collector

• gatherer

• whip

• whipper in

• V. assemble[be or come together]

• collect

• muster

• meet

• unite

• join

• rejoin

• cluster

• flock

• swarm

• surge

• stream

• herd

• crowd

• throng

• associate

• congregate

• conglomerate

• concentrate

• precipitate

• center

• round

• rendezvous

• resort

• come together

• flock get together

• pig together;

• forgather

• huddle

• reassemble

• [get or bring together] assemble

• muster

• bring together

• get

• together

• put together

• draw together

• scrape together

• lump together;

• collect

• collocate

• get

• whip in

• gather

• hold a meeting;

• convene

• convoke

• rake up

• dredge

• heap

• mass

• pile

• pack

• put up

• truss

• cram

• agglomerate

• aggregate

• compile;

• group

• concentrate

• unite

• collect into a focus

• bring into

• a focus

• amass

• accumulate

• collect in a dragnet

• heap

• Ossa upon Pelion

• Adj. assembled

• closely packed

• dense

• serried

• crowded to

• suffocation

• teeming

• swarming

• populous

• as thick as hops

• all of a heap

• fasciculated

• cumulative

• Phr. the plot thickens

#73. Nonassemblage. Dispersion. -- N. {opp. 72} dispersion;

• disjunction

• divergence

• aspersion

• scattering

• dissemination

• diffusion

• dissipation

• distribution

• apportionment

• spread

• interspersion

• flotsam and

• jetsam

• [Hor.]

• V. disperse

• scatter

• sow

• broadcast

• disseminate

• diffuse

• shed

• spread

• bestrew

• overspread

• dispense

• disband

• disembody

• dismember

• distribute

• apportion

• blow off

• let out

• dispel

• cast forth

• draught off

• strew

• straw

• ted

• cast

• sprinkle;

• issue

• deal out

• retail

• utter

• intersperse

• set

• turn adrift

• cast adrift

• scatter to the winds;

• spread like wildfire

• disperse themselves

• Adj. unassembled

• dispersed

• sparse

• dispread

• broadcast

• sporadic

• widespread

• epidemic

• adrift

• stray

• disheveled

• streaming

• here and there

• passim

#74. [Place of meeting.] Focus. -- N. focus

• point of convergence

• 290

• center

• gathering place

• resort haunt

• retreat

• venue

• rendezvous

• rallying point

• headquarters

• home

• club

• depot

• trysting place

• place of meeting

• place of resort

• place

• of assignation

• point de reunion

• issue

• V. bring to a point

• bring to a focus

• bring to an issue

• 4. DISTRIBUTIVE ORDER

#75. Class. -- N. class

• division

• category

• head

• order

• section

• department

• subdepartment

• province

• domain

• kind

• sort

• genus

• species

• variety

• family

• order

• kingdom

• race

• tribe

• caste

• sept

• clan

• breed

• type

• subtype

• kit

• sect

• set

• subset;

• assortment

• feather

• kidney

• suit

• range

• gender

• sex

• kin

• manner

• description

• denomination

• designation

• rubric

• character

• stamp predicament

• indication

• particularization

• selection

• specification

• similarity

#76. Inclusion. [Comprehension under

• or reference to a class.] -- N

• {opp. 77} inclusion

• admission

• comprehension

• reception

• composition

• V. be included in

• come under

• fall under

• range under

• belong to

• pertain to

• range with

• merge in

• include

• comprise

• comprehend

• contain

• admit

• embrace

• receive;

• inclose

• embody

• encircle

• reckon among

• enumerate among

• number among

• refer to

• place with

• arrange with

• place under

• take into account

• Adj. included

• including

• inclusive

• congener

• congenerous

• of

• the same class

• encircling

• etc

• et

#77. Exclusion. -- N. {opp. 76} exclusion

• <-- The same set of words are used to express Exclusion from a class

• and

• Exclusion from a compound. Reference is therefore made to the former at

• 55. This identity does not occur with regard to Inclusion

• which therefore

• constitutes a separate category. -->

#78. Generality. -- N. {opp. 79} generality

• generalization;

• universality

• catholicity

• catholicism

• miscellany

• dragnet

• common run

• everyone

• everybody

• all hands

• all the world and his wife

• anybody

• N

• or M

• all sorts

• prevalence

• run

• V. be general

• prevail

• be going about

• stalk abroad

• render general

• generalize

• Adj. general

• generic

• collective

• broad

• comprehensive

• sweeping;

• widespread

• universal

• catholic

• common

• worldwide;

• ecumenical

• transcendental

• prevalent

• prevailing

• rife

• epidemic

• besetting

• all over

• covered with

• Pan-American

• Pan-Hellenic

• Pan-Germanic

• Slavic;

• every

• all

• unspecified

• impersonal

• customary

• Adv. whatever

• whatsoever

• to a man

• one and all

• generally

• always

• for better for worse

• in general

• generally speaking

• speaking generally

• for the most part

• in the long run

#79. Speciality. -- N. {opp. 78} speciality

• individuality

• individuity|

• particularity

• peculiarity

• idiocrasy

• personality

• characteristic

• mannerism

• idiosyncrasy;

• specificness

• singularity

• reading

• version

• lection

• state

• trait

• distinctive feature

• technicality;

• differentia

• particulars

• details

• items

• counts

• minutiae

• I

• self

• I myself

• myself

• himself

• herself

• itself

• V. specify

• particularize

• individualize

• realize

• specialize

• designate

• determine

• denote

• indicate

• point out

• select

• descend to particulars

• enter into detail

• go into detail

• come to the

• point

• Adj. special

• particular

• individual

• specific

• proper

• personal

• original

• private

• respective

• definite

• determinate

• especial

• certain

• esoteric

• endemic

• partial

• party

• peculiar

• appropriate

• several

• characteristic

• diagnostic

• exclusive

• singular

• idiomatic

• idiotypical

• typical

• this

• that

• yon

• yonder

• Adv. specially

• especially

• particularly

• in particular

• for my part

• each

• apiece

• one by one

• one at a time

• severally

• respectively

• each

• to each

• seriatim

• in detail

• in great detail

• in excruciating detail

• in

• mind-numbing detail

• bit by bit

• namely

• that is to say

• for example

• id est

• e.g

• i.e

• videlicet

• viz

• to wit

• 5. ORDER AS REGARDS CATEGORIES