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Preparing your learning path…a request for food, drinks, or goods that you want to buy
Stress is on the first syllable.
The waiter brought our order.
I placed an order online yesterday.
Can I take your order now?
Use order for what a customer asks to buy in a restaurant, shop, or online.
I made an order for a pizza.
I placed an order for a pizza.
Place an order is the standard phrase for making a buying request.
Use place an order when you ask to buy something. In restaurants, staff take your order.
Which sentence is natural when buying something online?
Put the words in the correct order.
The names are in alphabetical order.
What is the order of these numbers?
This sense describes arrangement or sequence, not a request to buy something.
Use in order to describe a sequence. Add words such as correct or alphabetical to show the kind of order.
What does order mean in 'Put the pictures in order'?
