- large order
- {n. phr.} Difficult job; a difficult task to fulfill. * /It is a large order to educate three children in college at the same time./ Compare: TALL ORDER.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
large order
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large order — noun a formidable task or requirement (Freq. 1) finishing in time was a tall order but we did it • Syn: ↑tall order • Hypernyms: ↑undertaking, ↑project, ↑task, ↑labor * * * … Useful english dictionary
large order — {n. phr.} Difficult job; a difficult task to fulfill. * /It is a large order to educate three children in college at the same time./ Compare: TALL ORDER … Dictionary of American idioms
large\ order — n. phr. Difficult job; a difficult task to fulfill. It is a large order to educate three children in college at the same time. Compare: tall order … Словарь американских идиом
order — orderable, adj. orderer, n. orderless, adj. /awr deuhr/, n. 1. an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate. 2. a command of a court or judge. 3. a command or notice issued by a military organization or a military commander to… … Universalium
order — 1 noun 1 FOR A PURPOSE a) in order to do sth for the purpose of doing something: politicians who make promises simply in order to win more votes | In order to understand how the human body works, you need to have some knowledge of chemistry. b)… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
order Hypericales — noun a large order of dicotyledonous plants of subclass Dilleniidae • Syn: ↑Parietales, ↑order Parietales, ↑Hypericales • Hypernyms: ↑plant order • Member Holonyms: ↑Dilleniidae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
order Parietales — noun a large order of dicotyledonous plants of subclass Dilleniidae • Syn: ↑Parietales, ↑Hypericales, ↑order Hypericales • Hypernyms: ↑plant order • Member Holonyms: ↑Dilleniidae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
order Diptera — noun a large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths; includes true flies and mosquitoes and gnats and crane flies • Syn: ↑Diptera • Derivationally related forms: ↑dipterous (for: ↑Diptera) • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
order Jungermanniales — noun large order of chiefly tropical liverworts • Syn: ↑Jungermanniales • Hypernyms: ↑plant order • Member Holonyms: ↑Hepaticopsida, ↑class Hepaticopsida, ↑Hepaticae, ↑c … Useful english dictionary
order Pectinibranchia — noun large order of gastropods comprising univalve mollusks that have a single gill resembling a comb • Syn: ↑Pectinibranchia • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Gastropoda, ↑class Gastropoda, ↑Gasteropoda, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
