Meaning of order of the day | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The business to be done by a body (such as a legislature) on a particular day; an agenda.
2. The most significant aspect of something; what is necessary or appropriate.
   figuratively
3. The general directive of a commander in chief or the specific instructions of a commanding officer.

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Examples

“1808, From the Journals of the House of Assembly of Lower Canada, during the Hart affair; Proceedings Relating to the Expulsion of Ezekiel Hart from the House of Assembly of Lower Canada The order of the day for the House to resolve into a Committee of the whole, to take into further consideration, the petition of Ezekiel Hart, Esquire, being read.”

“White tie and tails are the order of the day.”

“Throughout the world, change is the order of the day.”

“The ranks of political prisoners swelled into the thousands, and beatings, torture, and official murder became the order of the day.”

“Standard-issue liberal guilt and hand-wringingly uninteresting dilemmas are the order of the day, with no real surprises or challenges.”

“I'm not in the mood for whisky, nor beer. Something soft would be sensible, but I decide that wine is the order of the day - a sauvignon blanc, which I take with a few olives.”

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