ordering

Other forms of ordering

plural

orderings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ordering

What does ordering mean?

ordering means "logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ordering?

ordering has 3 syllables: or-de-ring. The stress falls on "or". In IPA it is /ˈɔɹdɚɪŋ/.

What is another word for ordering?

Close synonyms include order, ordination, order. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ordering a common word?

ordering is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with ordering?

1 word rhymes with ordering. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.