1. ORDER IN GENERAL
#58. Order.—N. order, regularity, uniformity, symmetry, lucidus
ordo[Lat]; music of the spheres. gradation, progression; series &c.
(continuity) 69. subordination; course, even tenor, routine; method,
disposition, arrangement, array, system, economy, discipline
orderliness &c. adj. rank, place &c. (term) 71. V. be in order, become
in order &c. adj.; form, fall in, draw up; arrange itself, range
itself, place itself; fall into one's place, take one's place, take
one's rank; rally round. adjust, methodize, regulate, systematize. Adj.
orderly, regular; in order, in trim, in apple-pie order, in its proper
place; neat, tidy, en regle[Fr], well regulated, correct, methodical,
uniform, symmetrical, shipshape, businesslike, systematic; unconfused
&c. (see confuse &c. 61); arranged &c. 60. Adv. in order; methodically
&c. adj.; in -turn, - its turn; step by step; by regular -steps,
-gradations, -stages, -intervals; seriatim, systematically, by
clockwork, gradatim[Lat]; at stated periods &c. (periodically) 138.
Phr. natura non facit saltum[Lat]; "order is heaven's first law"
[Pope]; "order from disorder sprung" [Paradise Lost]; ordo est parium
dispariumque rerum sua loca tribuens dispositio [Lat][St. Augustine].
#59. [Absence, or want of Order, &c.] Disorder.—N. disorder;
derangement &c. 61; irregularity; anomaly &c. (unconformity) 83;
anarchy, anarchism; want of method; untidiness &c. adj.; disunion;
discord &c. 24. confusion; confusedness &c. adj.; mishmash, mix;
disarray, jumble, huddle, litter, lumber; cahotage[obs3]; farrago;
mess, mash, muddle, muss [U. S.], hash, hodgepodge; hotch-potch[obs3],
hotch-pot[obs3]; imbroglio, chaos, omnium gatherum[Lat], medley; mere
mixture &c. 41; fortuitous concourse of atoms, disjecta membra[Lat],
rudis indigestaque moles [Lat][Ovid]. complexity &c. 59a. turmoil;
ferment &c. (agitation) 315; to-do, trouble, pudder[obs3], pother, row,
rumble, disturbance, hubbub, convulsion, tumult, uproar, revolution,
riot, rumpus, stour[obs3], scramble, brawl, fracas, rhubarb [baseball],
fight, free-for-all, row, ruction, rumpus, embroilment, melee, spill
and pelt, rough and tumble; whirlwind &c. 349; bear garden, Babel,
Saturnalia, donnybrook, Donnybrook Fair, confusion worse confounded,
most admired disorder, concordia discors[Lat]; Bedlam, all hell broke
loose; bull in a china shop; all the fat in the fire, diable a'
quatre[Fr], Devil to pay; pretty kettle of fish; pretty piece of
work[Fr], pretty piece of business[Fr]. [legal terms] disorderly
person; disorderly persons offence; misdemeanor. [moral disorder]
slattern, slut (libertine) 962. V. be disorderly &c. adj.; ferment,
play at cross-purposes. put out of order; derange &c. 61; ravel &c.
219; ruffle, rumple. Adj. disorderly, orderless; out of order, out of
place, out of gear; irregular, desultory; anomalous &c. (unconformable)
83; acephalous[obs3], deranged; aimless; disorganized; straggling;
unmethodical, immethodical[obs3]; unsymmetric[obs3], unsystematic;
untidy, slovenly; dislocated; out of sorts; promiscuous,
indiscriminate; chaotic, anarchical; unarranged &c. (see arrange &c.
60)[obs3]; confused; deranged &c. 61; topsy-turvy &c. (inverted) 218;
shapeless &c. 241; disjointed, out of joint. troublous[obs3]; riotous
&c. (violent) 173. complex &c. 59a. Adv. irregularly &c. adj.; by fits,
by fits and snatches, by fits and starts; pellmell; higgledy-piggledy;
helter-skelter, harum-scarum; in a ferment; at sixes and sevens, at
cross-purposes; upside down &c. 218. Phr. the cart before the horse;
ὔστερον πρότερον[Grk]; chaos is come again; "the wreck of matter and
the crush of worlds" [Addison].
#59a. Complexity—N. complexity; complexness &c. adj.;
complexus[obs3]; complication, implication; intricacy,
intrication[obs3]; perplexity; network, labyrinth; wilderness, jungle;
involution, raveling, entanglement; coil &c. (convolution) 248;
sleave[obs3], tangled skein, knot, Gordian knot, wheels within wheels;
kink, gnarl, knarl[obs3]; webwork[obs3]. [complexity if a task or
action] difficulty &c. 704. V. complexify[obs3], complicate. Adj.
gnarled, knarled[obs3]. complex, complexed; intricate, complicated,
perplexed, involved, raveled, entangled, knotted, tangled,
inextricable; irreducible.
#60. [Reduction to Order.] Arrangement.—N. arrangement; plan &c.
626; preparation &c. 673; disposal, disposition; collocation,
allocation; distribution; sorting &c. v.; assortment, allotment,
apportionment, taxis, taxonomy, syntaxis[obs3], graduation,
organization; grouping; tabulation. analysis, classification,
clustering, division, digestion. [Result of arrangement] digest;
synopsis &c. (compendium) 596; syntagma[Gram], table, atlas; file,
database; register &c. (record) 551; 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 &c. (record) 551;
catalogue, tabulate, index, graduate, digest, grade. methodize,
regulate, systematize, coordinate, organize, settle, fix. unravel,
disentangle, ravel, card; disembroil[obs3]; feaze[obs3]. Adj. arranged
&c. v.; 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 &c. v.; disorder &c. 59; evection[obs3], discomposure,
disturbance; disorganization, deorganization[obs3]; dislocation;
perturbation, interruption; shuffling &c. v.; inversion &c. 218;
corrugation &c. (fold) 258; involvement. interchange &c. 148. V.
derange; disarrange, misarrange[obs3]; displace, misplace; mislay,
discompose, disorder; deorganize[obs3], 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 &c. 59; muss
[U.S.]; break the ranks, disconcert, convulse; break in upon. unhinge,
dislocate, put out of joint, throw out of gear. turn topsy-turvy &c.
(invert) 218; bedevil; complicate, involve, perplex, confound;
imbrangle[obs3], embrangle[obs3], tangle, entangle, ravel, tousle,
towzle[obs3], dishevel, ruffle; rumple &c. (fold) 258. litter, scatter;
mix &c. 41. rearrange &c. 148. Adj. deranged &c. v.; syncretic,
syncretistic[obs3]; mussy, messy; flaky; random, unordered [U.S.].
2. CONSECUTIVE ORDER
#62. Precedence.—N. precedence; coming before &c. v.; the lead, le
pas; superiority &c. 33; importance &c. 642; antecedence,
antecedency[obs3]; anteriority &c. (front) 234[obs3]; precursor &c. 64;
priority &c. 116; precession &c. 280; anteposition[obs3]; epacme[obs3];
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 &c. (influence) 175; open the
ball; take precedence, have precedence; have the start &c. (get before)
280. place before; prefix; premise, prelude, preface. Adj. preceding
&c. v.; precedent, antecedent; anterior; prior &c. 116; before; former;
foregoing; beforementioned[obs3], abovementioned[obs3], aforementioned;
aforesaid, said; precursory, precursive[obs3]; prevenient[obs3],
preliminary, prefatory, introductory; prelusive, prelusory;
proemial[obs3], preparatory. Adv. before; in advance &c. (precession)
280. Phr. seniores priores[Lat]; prior tempore prior jure[Lat].
#63. Sequence.—N. sequence, coming after; going after &c.
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(following) 281; consecution, succession; posteriority &c. 117.
continuation; order of succession; successiveness; paracme[obs3].
secondariness[obs3]; subordinancy &c. (inferiority) 34[obs3].
afterbirth, afterburden[obs3]; 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 &c.v.; sequent[obs3]; subsequent, consequent,
sequacious[obs3], proximate, next; consecutive &c. (continuity) 69;
alternate, amoebean[obs3].
latter; posterior &c. 117.
Adv. after, subsequently; behind &c. (rear) 235.
#64. Precursor.—N. precursor, antecedent, precedent, predecessor;
forerunner, vancourier[obs3], avant-coureur[Fr], pioneer, prodrome|,
prodromos[obs3], prodromus[obs3], outrider; leader, bellwether; herald,
harbinger; foreboding; dawn; avant-courier, avant-garde,
bellmare[obs3], forelooper[obs3], foreloper[obs3], stalking-horse,
voorlooper[Afrikaans], voortrekker[Afrikaans]. prelude, preamble,
preface, prologue, foreword, avant-propos[Fr], protasis[obs3],
proemium[obs3], prolusion[obs3], proem, prolepsis[Gram], prolegomena,
prefix, introduction; heading, frontispiece, groundwork; preparation
&c. 673; overture, exordium[Lat], symphony; premises. prefigurement &c.
511; omen &c. 512. Adj. precursory; prelusive, prelusory,
preludious[obs3]; proemial[obs3], introductory, prefatory,
prodromous[obs3], inaugural, preliminary; precedent &c. (prior) 116.
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, sequela[obs3]; appendage; tail
piece[Fr], heelpiece[obs3]; tag, more last words; colophon.
aftercome[obs3], aftergrowth[obs3], afterpart[obs3],
afterpiece[obs3], aftercourse[obs3], afterthought, aftergame[obs3];
arriere pensee[Fr], second thoughts; outgrowth.
#66. Beginning.—N. beginning, commencement, opening, outset,
incipience, inception, inchoation[obs3]; introduction &c. (precursor)
64; alpha, initial; inauguration, debut, le premier pas,
embarcation[Fr], 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 &c. (cause) 153;
source, rise; bud, germ &c. 153; egg, rudiment; genesis,
primogenesis[obs3], birth, nativity, cradle, infancy; start, inception,
creation, starting point &c. 293; dawn &c. (morning) 125; evolution.
title-page; head, heading; van &c. (front) 234; caption, fatihah[obs3].
entrance, entry; inlet, orifice, mouth, chops, lips, porch, portal,
portico, propylon[obs3], door; gate, gateway; postern, wicket,
threshold, vestibule; propylaeum[obs3]; skirts, border &c. (edge) 231.
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 &c. (depart) 293; embark in; incept[obs3].
[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 &c. (prepare) 673; found &c. (cause) 153; set
up, set on foot, agoing[obs3], set abroach[obs3], 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 &c. 676. 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 ab ovo[Lat]. 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 &c. v.;
initial, initiatory, initiative; inceptive, introductory, incipient;
proemial[obs3], inaugural; inchoate, inchoative[obs3]; embryonic,
rudimental; primogenial[obs3]; primeval, primitive, primordial &c.
(old) 124; aboriginal; natal, nascent. first, foremost, leading;
maiden. begun &c. v.; just begun &c. v. Adv. at the beginning, in the
beginning, &c. n.; first, in the first place, imprimis[Lat], first and
foremost; in limine[Lat]; in the bud, in embryo, in its infancy; from
the beginning, from its birth; ab initio[Lat], ab ovo[Lat], ab
incunabilis[Lat], ab origine[Lat]. 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 [Lat][Cicero]; omnium rerum principia
parva sunt [Lat][Cicero].
#67. End.—N. end, close, termination; desinence[obs3], conclusion,
finis, finale, period, term, terminus, endpoint, last, omega; extreme,
extremity; gable end, butt end, fag-end; tip, nib, point; tail &c.
(rear) 235; verge &c. (edge) 231; tag, peroration; bonne bouche[Fr];
bottom dollar, tail end, rear guard. consummation, denouement; finish
&c. (completion) 729; fate; doom, doomsday; crack of doom, day of
Judgment, dies irae, fall of the curtain; goal, destination; limit,
determination; expiration, expiry[obs3], extinction, extermination;
death &c. 360; end of all things; finality; eschatology. break up,
commencement de la fin, last stage, turning point; coup de grace,
deathblow; knock-out, -blow; sockdolager* [obs3][U.S.]. V. end, close,
finish, terminate, conclude, be all over; expire; die &c. 360; come to
a close, draw to a close &c. n.; have run its course; run out, pass
away, bring to an end &c. n.; put an end to, make an end of; determine;
get through; achieve &c. (complete) 729; stop &c. (make to cease) 142;
shut up shop; hang up one's fiddle. Adj. ending &c. v.; final,
terminal, definitive; crowning &c. (completing) 729; last, ultimate;
hindermost[obs3]; rear &c. 235; caudal; vergent[obs3].
conterminate[obs3], conterminous, conterminable[obs3]. ended &c. v.; at
an end; settled, decided, over, played out, set at rest; conclusive,
penultimate; last but one, last but two, &c. unbegun,
uncommenced[obs3]; fresh. Adv. finally &c. adj.; in fine; at the last;
once for all. Phr. "as high as Heaven and as deep as hell" [Beaumont &
Fletcher]; deficit omne quod nascitur [Lat][Quintilian]; en toute chose
il faut considerer la fin[Fr][obs3]; finem respice[Lat][obs3]; ultimus
Romanorum[Lat].
#68. Middle.—N. middle, midst, mediety|, mean &c. 29; medium,
middle term; center &c. 222, mid-course &c. 628; mezzo termine[It];
juste milieu &c. 628[Fr]; halfway house, nave, navel, omphalos[obs3];
nucleus, nucleolus. equidistance[obs3], bisection, half distance;
equator, diaphragm, midriff; intermediate &c. 228. Adj. middle, medial,
mesial[Med], mean, mid, median, average; middlemost, midmost; mediate;
intermediate &c. (interjacent) 228[obs3]; equidistant; central &c. 222;
mediterranean, equatorial; homocentric. Adv. in the middle; midway,
halfway; midships[obs3], amidships, in medias res.
#69. [Uninterrupted sequence.] Continuity.—N. continuity;
consecution, consecutiveness &c. adj.; 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 &c. n.; fall in. arrange in a series, collate &c.
n.; 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
&c. n.; uninterrupted, unintermitting[obs3]; unremitting, unrelenting
(perseverence) 604a; perennial, evergreen; constant. Adv. continuously
&c. adj.; seriatim; in a line &c. n.; in succession, in turn; running,
gradually, step by step, gradatim[Lat], at a stretch; in file, in
column, in single file, in Indian file.
#70. [Interrupted sequence.] Discontinuity.—N. discontinuity;
disjunction &c. 44; anacoluthon[obs3]; interruption, break, fracture,
flaw, fault, crack, cut; gap &c. (interval) 198; solution of
continuity, caesura; broken thread; parenthesis, episode, rhapsody,
patchwork; intermission; alternation &c. (periodicity) 138; dropping
fire. V. be discontinuous &c. adj.; alternate, intermit, sputter, stop
and start, hesitate. discontinue, pause, interrupt; intervene; break,
break in upon, break off; interpose &c. 228; break the thread, snap the
thread; disconnect &c. (disjoin) 44; dissever. Adj. discontinuous,
unsuccessive[obs3], broken, interrupted, dicousu[Fr]; disconnected,
unconnected; discrete, disjunctive; fitful &c. (irregular) 139;
spasmodic, desultory; intermitting, occasional &c. v., intermittent;
alternate; recurrent &c. (periodic) 138. Adv. at intervals; by
snatches, by jerks, by skips, by catches, by fits and starts;
skippingly[obs3], per saltum[Lat]; longo intervallo[It]. Phr. like
"angel visits few and far between" [Campbell].
#71. Term.—N. term, rank, station, stage, step; degree &c. 26;
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 &c. n.
3. COLLECTIVE ORDER
#72. Assemblage.—N. {opp. 73} assemblage; collection, collocation,
colligation[obs3]; compilation, levy, gathering, ingathering, muster,
attroupement[obs3]; team; concourse, conflux[obs3], congregation,
contesseration|, convergence &c. 290; meeting, levee, reunion, drawing
room, at home; conversazione &c. (social gathering) 892[It]; assembly,
congress; convention, conventicle; gemote[obs3]; conclave &c. (council)
696; posse, posse comitatus[Lat]; Noah's ark. miscellany,
collectanea[obs3]; museum, menagerie &c. (store) 636; museology[obs3].
crowd, throng, group; flood, rush, deluge; rabble, mob, press, crush,
cohue[obs3], horde, body, tribe; crew, gang, knot, squad, band, party;
swarm, shoal, school, covey, flock, herd, drove; atajo[obs3]; bunch,
drive, force, mulada [obs3][U.S.]; remuda[obs3]; roundup [U.S.]; array,
bevy, galaxy; corps, company, troop, troupe, task force; army, regiment
&c. (combatants) 726; host &c. (multitude) 102; populousness. clan,
brotherhood, fraternity, sorority, association &c. (party) 712. volley,
shower, storm, cloud. group, cluster, Pleiades, clump, pencil; set,
batch, lot, pack; budget, assortment, bunch; parcel; packet, package;
bundle, fascine[obs3], fasces[obs3], bale; seron[obs3], seroon[obs3];
fagot, wisp, truss, tuft; shock, rick, fardel[obs3], stack, sheaf,
haycock[obs3]; fascicle, fascicule[obs3], fasciculus[Lat], gavel,
hattock[obs3], stook[obs3]. accumulation &c. (store) 636; congeries,
heap, lump, pile, rouleau[obs3], tissue, mass, pyramid; bing[obs3];
drift; snowball, snowdrift; acervation[obs3], cumulation;
glomeration[obs3], agglomeration; conglobation[obs3]; conglomeration,
conglomerate; coacervate[Chem], coacervation[Chem],
coagmentation[obs3], aggregation, concentration, congestion, omnium
gaterum[Lat], spicilegium[obs3], black hole of Calcutta; quantity &c.
(greatness) 31. 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, colligate[obs3];
get, whip in; gather; hold a meeting; convene, convoke,
convocate[obs3]; rake up, dredge; heap, mass, pile; pack, put up,
truss, cram; acervate[obs3]; agglomerate, aggregate; compile; group,
aggroup[obs3], concentrate, unite; collect into a focus, bring into a
focus; amass, accumulate &c. (store) 636; collect in a dragnet; heap
Ossa upon Pelion. Adj. assembled &c. v.; closely packed, dense,
serried, crowded to suffocation, teeming, swarming, populous; as thick
as hops; all of a heap, fasciculated, cumulative. Phr. the plot
thickens; acervatim[Lat]; tibi seris tibi metis[Lat].
#73. Nonassemblage. Dispersion.—N. {opp. 72} dispersion;
disjunction &c. 44; divergence &c. 291; aspersion; scattering &c. v.;
dissemination, diffusion, dissipation, distribution; apportionment &c.
786; spread, respersion[obs3], circumfusion[obs3], interspersion,
spargefaction[obs3]; affusion[obs3]. waifs and estrays[obs3], flotsam
and jetsam, disjecta membra[Lat], [Hor.]; waveson[obs3]. V. disperse,
scatter, sow, broadcast, disseminate, diffuse, shed, spread, bestrew,
overspread, dispense, disband, disembody, dismember, distribute;
apportion &c. 786; blow off, let out, dispel, cast forth, draught off;
strew, straw, strow[obs3]; ted; spirtle[obs3], cast, sprinkle; issue,
deal out, retail, utter; resperse[obs3], intersperse; set
abroach[obs3], circumfuse[obs3]. turn adrift, cast adrift; scatter to
the winds; spread like wildfire, disperse themselves. Adj. unassembled
&c. (see assemble &c. 72); dispersed &c. v.; sparse, dispread,
broadcast, sporadic, widespread; epidemic &c. (general) 78; adrift,
stray; disheveled, streaming. Adv. sparsim[obs3], here and there,
passim.
#74. [Place of meeting.] Focus.—N. focus; point of convergence &c.
290; corradiation[obs3]; center &c. 222; gathering place, resort haunt
retreat; venue; rendezvous; rallying point, headquarters, home, club;
depot &c. (store) 636; 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, categorema[obs3], head,
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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 &c. 17.
#76. Inclusion. [Comprehension under, or reference to a class.]—N.
{opp. 77} inclusion, admission, comprehension, reception. composition
&c. (inclusion in a compound) 54. V. be included in &c.; come under,
fall under, range under; belong to, pertain to; range with; merge in.
include, comprise, comprehend, contain, admit, embrace, receive;
inclose &c. (circumscribe) 229; embody, encircle. reckon among,
enumerate among, number among; refer to; place with, arrange with,
place under; take into account. Adj. included, including &c. v.;
inclusive; congener, congenerous; of the same class &c. 75; encircling.
Phr. a maximis ad minima[Lat], et hoc genus omne[Lat], &c., etc.; et
coetera[Lat].
#77. Exclusion.—N. {opp. 76} exclusion &c. 55.
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#78. Generality.—N. {opp. 79} generality, generalization;
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universality; catholicity, catholicism; miscellany,
miscellaneousness[obs3]; dragnet; common run; worldwideness[obs3].
everyone, everybody; all hands, all the world and his wife;
anybody, N
or M, all sorts.
prevalence, run.
V. be general &c. adj.; prevail, be going about, stalk abroad.
render general &c. adj.; generalize.
Adj. general, generic, collective; broad, comprehensive, sweeping;
encyclopedical[obs3], widespread &c. (dispersed) 73.
universal; catholic, catholical[obs3]; common, worldwide;
ecumenical, oecumenical[obs3]; transcendental; prevalent, prevailing,
rife,
epidemic, besetting; all over, covered with.
Pan-American, Anglican[obs3], Pan-Hellenic, Pan-Germanic, Slavic;
panharmonic[obs3].
every, all; unspecified, impersonal.
customary &c. (habitual) 613.
Adv. whatever, whatsoever; to a man, one and all.
generally &c. adj.; always, for better for worse; in general,
generally speaking; speaking generally; for the most part; in the long
run
&c. (on an average) 29.
#79. Speciality.—N. {opp. 78} speciality, specialite[obs3];
individuality, individuity|; particularity, peculiarity; idiocrasy &c.
(tendency) 176[obs3]; personality, characteristic, mannerism,
idiosyncrasy; specificness &c. adj[obs3].; singularity &c.
(unconformity) 83; 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 &c. (exceptional) 83;
idiomatic; idiotypical; typical. this, that; yon, yonder. Adv.
specially, especially, particularly &c. adj.; in particular, in
propria persona[Lat]; ad hominem[Lat]; 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; pro hac vice[Lat], pro re nata[Lat].
namely, that is to say, for example, id est, exemplia gratia[Lat],
e.g., i.e., videlicet, viz.; to wit. Phr. le style est l'homme
meme[Fr].
5. ORDER AS REGARDS CATEGORIES
#80. Normality.—N. normality, normalcy, normalness[obs3];
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familiarity, naturalness; commonness (frequency) 136; rule, standard
(conformity) 82; customary (habit) 613; standard, pattern (prototype)
22.
V. normalize, standardize.
Adj. normal, natural, unexceptional; common, usual (frequency)
136;
#81. Multiformity.—N. multiformity, omniformity[obs3]; variety,
diversity; multifariousness &c. adj.; varied assortment. dissimilarity
&c. 18. Adj. polymorphous, multiform, multifold, multifarious,
multigenerous[obs3], multiplex; heterogeneous, diversified, dissimilar,
various, varied, variform[obs3]; manifold, many-sided; variegated,
motley, mosaic; epicene, indiscriminate, desultory, irregular; mixed,
different, assorted, mingled, odd, diverse, divers; all manner of; of
every description, of all sorts and kinds; et hoc genus omne[Lat]; and
what not? de omnibus rebus et quibusdam aliis [Lat]. jumbled, confused,
mixed up, discordant; inharmonious, unmatched, unrelated, nonuniform.
omniform[obs3], omnigenous[obs3], omnifarious[obs3]; protean (form)
240. Phr. "harmoniously confused" [Pope]; "variety's the very spice of
life" [Cowper].
#82. Conformity.—N. {opp. 83} conformity, conformance; observance;
habituation; naturalization; conventionality &c. (custom) 613;
agreement &c. 23. example, instance, specimen, sample, quotation;
exemplification, illustration, case in point; object lesson;
elucidation. standard, model, pattern &c. (prototype) 22. rule, nature,
principle; law; order of things; normal state, natural state, ordinary
state, model state, normal condition, natural condition, ordinary
condition, model condition; standing dish, standing order; Procrustean
law; law of the Medes and Persians; hard and fast rule.
V. conform to, conform to rule; accommodate oneself to, adapt
oneself to; rub off corners. be regular &c. adj.; move in a
groove; follow observe the rules, go by the rules, bend to the
rules, obey the rules, obey the precedents; comply with, tally
with, chime in with, fall in with; be guided by, be regulated by;
fall into a custom, fall into a usage; follow the fashion, follow
the crowd, follow the multitude; pass muster, do as others do,
hurler avec les loups [Fr]; stand on ceremony; when in Rome do as
the Romans do; go with the stream, go with the flow, swim with the
stream, swim with the current, swim with the tide, blow with the
wind; stick to the beaten track &c. (habit) 613; keep one in
countenance. exemplify, illustrate, cite, quote, quote precedent,
quote authority, appeal to authority, put a case; produce an
instance &c. n.; elucidate, explain. Adj. conformable to rule;
regular &c. 136; according to regulation, according to rule,
according to Hoyle, according to Cocker, according to Gunter; en
regle [Fr], selon les regles[Fr], well regulated, orderly;
symmetric &c. 242. conventional &c. (customary) 613; of daily
occurrence, of everyday occurrence; in the natural order of
things; ordinary, common, habitual, usual, everyday, workaday. in
the order of the day; naturalized. typical, normal, nominal,
formal; canonical, orthodox, sound, strict, rigid, positive,
uncompromising, Procrustean. secundum artem[Lat], shipshape,
technical; exemple[Fr]. illustrative, in point. Adv. conformably
&c. adj.; by rule; agreeably to; in conformity with, in accordance
with, in keeping with; according to; consistently with; as usual,
ad instar[Lat], instar omnium[Lat]; more solito[Lat],
more-majorum. for the sake of conformity; as a matter of course,
of course; pro forma[Lat], for form's sake, by the card.
invariably, &c. (uniformly) 16. for example, exempli gratia[Lat],
e. g.; inter alia[Lat], among other things; for instance. Phr.
cela va sans dire[Fr]; ex pede Herculem[Lat]; noscitur a sociis
[Lat]; ne e quovis ligno Mercurius fiat [Lat][Erasmus]; "they are
happy men whose natures sort with their vocations" [Bacon]. "The
nail that sticks up will get hammered down" [Japanese saying];
"Stick your neck out and it may get cut off."
#83. Unconformity.— N. {opp. 82} nonconformity &c. 82; unconformity,
disconformity; unconventionality, informality, abnormity[obs3],
abnormality, anomaly; anomalousness &c. adj[obs3].; exception,
peculiarity; infraction of law, breach, of law, violation of law,
violation of custom, violation of usage, infringement of law,
infringement of custom, infringement of usage; teratism[obs3],
eccentricity, bizarrerie[obs3], oddity, je ne sais quoi[Fr], monster,
monstrosity, rarity; freak, freak of Nature, weirdo, mutant; rouser,
snorter* [U.S.]. individuality, idiosyncrasy, originality, mannerism.
aberration; irregularity; variety; singularity; exemption; salvo &c.
(qualification) 469. nonconformist; nondescript, character, original,
nonesuch, nonsuch[obs3], monster, prodigy, wonder, miracle, curiosity,
flying fish, black sheep, black swan, lusus naturae[Lat], rara
avis[Lat], queer fish; mongrel, random breed; half-caste, half-blood,
half-breed; metis[Lat], crossbreed, hybrid, mule, hinny, mulatto;
tertium quid[Lat], hermaphrodite. [mythical animal] phoenix, chimera,
hydra, sphinx, minotaur; griffin, griffon; centaur; saggittary[obs3];
kraken, cockatrice, wyvern, roc, dragon, sea serpent; mermaid, merman,
merfolk[obs3]; unicorn; Cyclops, "men whose heads do grow beneath their
shoulders" [Othello]; teratology. [unconformable to the surroundings]
fish out of water; neither one thing nor another, neither fish nor
fowl, neither fish flesh nor fowl nor good red herring; one in a
million, one in a way, one in a thousand; outcast, outlaw; off the
beaten track; oasis. V. be uncomformable &c. adj.; abnormalize[obs3];
leave the beaten track, leave the beaten path; infringe a law, infringe
a habit, infringe a usage, infringe a custom, break a law, break a
habit, break a usage, break a custom, violate a law, violate a habit,
violate a usage, violate a custom; drive a coach and six through;
stretch a point; have no business there; baffle all description, beggar
all description. Adj. uncomformable, exceptional; abnormal,
abnormous[obs3]; anomalous, anomalistic; out of order, out of place,
out of keeping, out of tune, out of one's element; irregular,
arbitrary; teratogenic; lawless, informal, aberrant, stray, wandering,
wanton; peculiar, exclusive, unnatural, eccentric, egregious; out of
the beaten track, off the beaten track, out of the common, out of the
common run; beyond the pale of, out of the pale of; misplaced; funny.
unusual, unaccustomed, uncustomary, unwonted, uncommon; rare, curious,
odd, extraordinary, out of the ordinary; strange, monstrous; wonderful
&c. 870; unexpected, unaccountable; outre[Fr], out of the way,
remarkable, noteworthy; queer, quaint, nondescript, none such, sui
generis[Lat]; unfashionable; fantastic, grotesque, bizarre; outlandish,
exotic, tombe des nues[Fr], preternatural; denaturalized[obs3].
heterogeneous, heteroclite[Gram], amorphous, mongrel, amphibious,
epicene, half blood, hybrid; androgynous, androgynal[obs3]; asymmetric
&c. 243; adelomorphous[obs3], bisexual, hermaphrodite,
monoclinous[obs3]. qualified &c. 469. singular, unique, one-of-a-kind.
newfangled, novel, non-classical; original, unconventional, unheard of,
unfamiliar; undescribed, unprecedented, unparalleled, unexampled. Adv.
unconformably &c. adj.; except, unless, save barring, beside, without,
save and except, let alone. however, yet, but. once in a blue moon,
once in a million years. Int. what on earth! what in the world! What
the devil! Holy cow! Can you top that?; Sacre bleu [Fr]. Phr. never
was seen the like, never was heard the like, never was known the like.
I could hardly believe it; I saw it, but I didn't believe it.