Ordering and Purpose

Ordering

Ordering noun - A scheme of rank or order.

Purpose and ordering are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Purpose" instead a noun "Ordering".

Nearby Words: order, ordered

Purpose

Purpose noun - Something that one hopes or intends to accomplish.

Ordering and purpose are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ordering" instead a noun "Purpose".

Both words in one sentence

  • An episode of The Adventures of T-Rex is centered around villains ordering their own doubles for the purpose of alibi.
  • Would You Like to Hear How They Died? In Supernatural, Azazel's purpose in ordering the killing of Sam's girlfriend Jessica was to drive Sam to The Dark Side, and this works better if he admits to Sam that he was responsible, sooner or later.
  • Blood Bath In rabbinic tradition, the Pharaoh of Egypt from Exodus (the first one, not the one Moses famously confronts) is said to have contracted leprosy and treated it by bathing in the blood of Israelite babies, ordering one baby a day killed for this purpose.
    Source: Blood Bath
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