Cryptic crossword clue
Absolute order 4

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word RANK

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The straight part
We know that "Absolute/order" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case absolute/order = rank.
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What does RANK mean?

RANK adjective
  1. Strong of its kind or in character; unmitigated; virulent; thorough; utter (used of negative things).
  2. Strong in growth; growing with vigour or rapidity, hence, coarse or gross.
  3. Suffering from overgrowth or hypertrophy; plethoric.
  4. Causing strong growth; producing luxuriantly; rich and fertile.
  5. Strong to the senses; offensive; noisome.
  6. Having a very strong and bad taste or odor.
  7. Complete, used as an intensifier (usually negative, referring to incompetence).
  8. Gross, disgusting.
  9. Strong; powerful; capable of acting or being used with great effect; energetic; vigorous; headstrong.
  10. Inflamed with venereal appetite; ruttish.
RANK adverb
  1. Quickly, eagerly, impetuously.
RANK noun
  1. A row of people or things organized in a grid pattern, often soldiers [the corresponding term for the perpendicular columns in such a pattern is "file"].
  2. In a pipe organ, a set of pipes of a certain quality for which each pipe corresponds to one key or pedal.
  3. One's position in a list sorted by a shared property such as physical location, population, or quality
  4. The level of one's position in a class-based society
  5. A hierarchical level in an organization such as the military
  6. A level in a scientific taxonomy system
  7. Maximal number of linearly independent columns (or rows) of a matrix.
  8. The dimensionality of an array or tensor.
  9. The maximum quantity of D-linearly independent elements of a module (over an integral domain D).
  10. The size of any basis of a given matroid.
  11. One of the eight horizontal lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a number). The analog vertical lines are the files.
  12. (typically in the plural) A category of people, such as those who share an occupation.
RANK verb
  1. To place abreast, or in a line.
  2. To have a ranking.
  3. To assign a suitable place in a class or order; to classify.
  4. To take rank of; to outrank.

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