in order🔊

In a sequence.

Ready, prepared; orderly; tidy.

(formal) In accordance with the procedural rules governing formal meetings of a deliberative body.

(idiomatic) Appropriate, worthwhile.

(with ''to'') {{non-gloss|Emphasizes that what follows immediately is the purpose of the preceding or the beyond.}}

(with "for") {{non-gloss|Emphasizes that what follows immediately is the purpose of the preceding or the beyond.}}

(comparable) In sequence.