Orient (Verb)
Meaning 1
Familiarize (someone) with new surroundings or circumstances; "The dean of students tries to orient the freshmen".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 2
Cause to point; "Orient the house towards the West".
Classification
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.
Meaning 3
Adjust to a specific need or market; "a magazine oriented towards young people"; "tailor your needs to your surroundings".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 4
Determine one's position with reference to another point; "We had to orient ourselves in the forest".
Classification
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.
Examples
- The tourists had to orient themselves on the map to find their way back to the hotel.
- Before setting off, the hikers took a moment to orient the compass with the landscape.
- Once the plane landed safely, the pilots began to orient the aircraft for taxiing.
- During the expedition, the team used the stars to orient their route at night.
- To get back to camp, we had to orient ourselves with the sun and the mountains.
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Meaning 5
Be oriented; "The weather vane points North"; "the dancers toes pointed outward".
Classification
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.