any of various small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae having coppery wings
a reddish-brown color resembling the color of polished copper
a copper penny
a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor
any one of a number of individual efforts in a common endeavor; "I am proud of my contribution to the team's success"; "they all did their share of the work"
act of giving in common with others for a common purpose especially to a charity
a writing for publication especially one of a collection of writings as an article or story
an amount of money contributed; "he expected his contribution to be repaid with interest"
a voluntary gift (as of money or service or ideas) made to some worthwhile cause
the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement; "there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list"
(architecture) one of original three styles of Greek architecture distinguished by the type of column and entablature used or a style developed from the original three by the Romans
a degree in a continuum of size or quantity; "it was on the order of a mile"; "an explosion of a low order of magnitude"
a commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities; "IBM received an order for a hundred computers"
a body of rules followed by an assembly
(often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed; "the British ships dropped anchor and waited for orders from London"
a request for food or refreshment (as served in a restaurant or bar etc.); "I gave the waiter my order"
(biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families
a group of person living under a religious rule; "the order of Saint Benedict"
established customary state (especially of society); "order ruled in the streets"; "law and order"
place in a certain order; "order these files"
bring order to or into; "Order these files"
make a request for something; "Order me some flowers"; "order a work stoppage"
give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority; "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed"
film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie
a following of one thing after another in time; "the doctor saw a sequence of patients"
several repetitions of a melodic phrase in different keys
serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern; "the sequence of names was alphabetical"; "he invented a technique to determine the sequence of base pairs in DNA"
arrange in a sequence
determine the order of constituents in; "They sequenced the human genome"
used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting; "a just and lasting peace"- A.Lincoln; "a kind and just man"; "a just reward"; "his just inheritance"
only a moment ago; "he has just arrived"; "the sun just now came out"
absolutely; "I just can't take it anymore"; "he was just grand as Romeo"; "it's simply beautiful!"