on the order of adverb 1preposition 1 adverb1 •Approximately.[T]he rough number of mobile phones is on the order of 3 billion. — 2009 preposition1 •In the manner of; along the lines of; like; of a similar kind to; more-or-less equivalent to.[H]is philanthropy was more on the order of that of Jack Cade than it was Christian. — 1919
