Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.
Class I. Words Expressing Abstract RelationsSection IV. Order
1. Order In General
60. [Reduction to Order.] Arrangement.
ANALYSIS, classification, division, systematization, categorization, codification, digestion.
[RESULT OF ARRANGEMENT] orderliness, form, lay, array, digest; synopsis (compendium) [See Compendium], syntagma, table, atlas; register (record) [See Record]; cosmos, schematism, organism, architecture; instrumentation, orchestration, score (music) [See Music]; stipulation, settlement, bandobast or bundobust [Anglo-Ind.].
[INSTRUMENT FOR SORTING] sieve, riddle, screen, bolter, colander, grate, grating.
FILE, card index.
ARRANGE, dispose, place, form; put in order, set in order, place in order; set out, collocate, allocate, compose, space, range, pack, marshal, array, 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, put into shape, put in trim, put in array, set to rights, set into shape, set in trim, set in array; tidy [colloq.]; apportion.
CLASS, classify; divide; file, list, string together, thread; register (record) [See Record]; catalogue, tabulate, index, alphabetize, graduate, digest, grade, codify; orchestrate, score, harmonize.
METHODIZE, regulate, systematize, coördinate, organize, brigade, echelon, seriate [rare], settle, fix.
UNRAVEL, disentangle, unweave, ravel, card; disembroil; feaze.