Definition of "in order"

In a sequence.  examples

Ready, prepared; orderly; tidy.  examples

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

(idiomatic) Appropriate, worthwhile.  examples

(not comparable, idiomatic, with to) Emphasizes that what follows immediately is the purpose of the preceding or the beyond.  quotations  examples

(not comparable, idiomatic, US, with "for") Emphasizes that what follows immediately is the purpose of the preceding or the beyond.  examples

(comparable) In sequence.  examples