on the order of

== English == === Adverb === on the order of (often followed by a number) Approximately. ==== Translations ==== === Preposition === on the order of In the manner of; along the lines of; like; of a similar kind to; more-or-less equivalent to. 1959 Dec. 17, Bosley Crowther, "Journey to the Center of the Earth" (film review), New York Times (retrieved 16 June 2014): The earth's interior is somewhat on the order of an elaborate amusement-park tunnel of love. ==== Synonyms ==== OTOO (initialism) ==== Translations ==== === See also === on the lines of === References === “on the order of”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Further reading === Order of approximation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia