Order or request: ORDERING food or REQUESTING to bring food

[TOM]

Hello everyone

Does ORDERING food at a restaurant mean "REQUESTING to bring food"? If so, then here ORDER means Request. What terminology should we use for such a word?

Thanks for facilitating such a pointless question!

Tom

[Yankee]

Hi Tom

Yes, when you order food in a restaurant, it is basically a request to bring food. "Order" is exactly the right word here.

The verb "to order" means "to give a command or instruction to do something". An order is a type of request that you clearly expect to be carried out. (i.e., the idea "No, I won't do it" is not expected.)

You can also "place an order".

Amy