bring to order

verb

To formally begin or restore the orderly functioning of (a meeting or assembly or legislature or similar body).

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Meanings

verbbring to order (third-person singular simple present brings to order, present participle bringing to order, simple past and past participle brought to order)

present singular third person brings to order · participle present bringing to order · participle past brought to order · past brought to order

  1. To formally begin or restore the orderly functioning of (a meeting or assembly or legislature or similar body).
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APA

bring to order. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bring%20to%20order

MLA

“bring to order.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bring%20to%20order. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bring to order,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bring%20to%20order.

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