02.09.2010

Other/Oder/Order

otheradjective1 these homes use other fuels: alternative, different, dissimilar, disparate,distinct, separate, contrasting.2 are there any other questions? more, further, additional, extra, added,supplementary.

oder

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oder{conj} /o.; od./               or

oder aber                            or else

oder auch                           or perhaps

Oder

article form the Britannica Concise Encyclopedia

ancient Viadua

Polish and Czech Odra

River, northern Europe

article from the Encyclopædia Britannica

(...)Because of its geographic situation, the Oder was, in ancient times, of major importance as the zone where people inhabiting southern and northern Europe came into contact with each other and exchanged cultural values. (...)

ordernoun1 alphabetical order: sequence, arrangement, organization, disposition,system, series, succession; grouping, classification, categorization,codification, systematization.2 his tidy desk demonstrates his sense of order: tidiness, neatness, orderliness,organization, method, system; symmetry, uniformity, regularity;routine. ANTONYMS chaos, disarray.3 the police were needed to keep order: peace, control, law (and order),lawfulness, discipline, calm, (peace and) quiet, peacefulness,peaceableness.4 the equipment was in good order: condition, state, repair, shape.5 I had to obey her orders: command, instruction, directive, direction,decree, edict, injunction, mandate, dictate, commandment, rescript;law, rule, regulation, diktat; demand, bidding, requirement,stipulation; informal say-so; formal ordinance; literary behest.ANTONYMS suggestion.6 the company has won the order: commission, contract, purchase order,request, requisition; booking, reservation. ANTONYMS chaos.7 the lower orders of society: class, level, rank, grade, degree, position,category; dated station.8 the established social order: (class) system, hierarchy, pecking order,grading, ranking, scale.9 the higher orders of insects: taxonomic group, class, family, species,breed; taxon.10 a religious order: community, brotherhood, sisterhood, organization,association, society, fellowship, fraternity, confraternity,congregation, sodality, lodge, guild, league, union, club; sect.11 skills of a very high order: type, kind, sort, nature, variety; quality,caliber, standard.