come to order

verb

Of a meeting, assembly, proceeding, legislature, or court, to come to an orderly state allowing it to conduct its business.

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Meanings

verbcome to order (third-person singular simple present comes to order, present participle coming to order, simple past came to order, past participle come to order)

present singular third person comes to order · participle present coming to order · past came to order

  1. intransitiveOf a meeting, assembly, proceeding, legislature, or court, to come to an orderly state allowing it to conduct its business.
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Chicago

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

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