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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun orient has 2 senses
- orient(n = noun.location) east - the countries of Asia; Array is a kind of asia
- orient(n = noun.location) eastern hemisphere - the hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia; Array has parts: old world, africa, australia, eurasia
has parts: far east
Derived form adjective oriental1
is a kind of hemisphere
Verb orient has 5 senses
- orient(v = verb.stative) point - be oriented; "The weather vane points North"; "the dancers toes pointed outward" is one way to lie
- orient(v = verb.perception) orientate - determine one's position with reference to another point; "We had to orient ourselves in the forest" is one way to decide, determine, make up one's mind
- orient(v = verb.stative) Array - cause to point; "Orient the house towards the West" is one way to position
- orient(v = verb.communication) Array - familiarize (someone) with new surroundings or circumstances; "The dean of students tries to orient the freshmen" is one way to acquaint, familiarise, familiarize
- orient(v = verb.change) tailor - adjust to a specific need or market; "a magazine oriented towards young people"; "tailor your needs to your surroundings" is one way to accommodate, adapt
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Something is ----ing PP
Antonym: disorient
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CIDE DICTIONARY
orient, a. [F., fr. L. oriens, -entis, p. pr. of oriri to rise. See Origin.].
- Rising, as the sun. [1913 Webster]"Moon, that now meet'st the orient sun." [1913 Webster]
- Eastern; oriental. Hakluyt. [1913 Webster]
- Bright; lustrous; superior; pure; perfect; pellucid; -- used of gems and also figuratively, because the most perfect jewels are found in the East. [1913 Webster]
orient, n.
- The part of the horizon where the sun first appears in the morning; the east. [1913 Webster]"[Morn] came furrowing all the orient into gold." [1913 Webster]
- The countries of Asia or the East. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]"Best built city throughout the Orient." [1913 Webster]
- A pearl of great luster. Carlyle. [1913 Webster]
orient, v. t. [F. orienter. Cf. Orientate.].
- To define the position of, in relation to the orient or east; hence, to ascertain the bearings of. [1913 Webster]
- To acquaint with new surroundings or a new situation. [PJC]
- Fig.: To correct or set right by recurring to first principles; to arrange in order; to orientate. [1913 Webster]
- Same as Orientate, 2. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- To place (a map or chart) so that its east side, north side, etc., lie toward the corresponding parts of the horizon; [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
orient, n., adj., & v.
--n.
1 (the Orient) a poet. the east. b the countries E. of the Mediterranean, esp. E. Asia.
2 an orient pearl.
--adj.
1 poet. oriental.
2 (of precious stones and esp. the finest pearls coming orig. from the East) lustrous; sparkling; precious.
3 archaic a radiant. b (of the sun, daylight, etc.) rising.
--v.
1 tr. a place or exactly determine the position of with the aid of a compass; settle or find the bearings of. b (often foll. by towards) bring (oneself, different elements, etc.) into a clearly understood position or relationship; direct.
2 tr. a place or build (a church, building, etc.) facing towards the East. b bury (a person) with the feet towards the East.
3 intr. turn eastward or in a specified direction.
--n.
1 (the Orient) a poet. the east. b the countries E. of the Mediterranean, esp. E. Asia.
2 an orient pearl.
--adj.
1 poet. oriental.
2 (of precious stones and esp. the finest pearls coming orig. from the East) lustrous; sparkling; precious.
3 archaic a radiant. b (of the sun, daylight, etc.) rising.
--v.
1 tr. a place or exactly determine the position of with the aid of a compass; settle or find the bearings of. b (often foll. by towards) bring (oneself, different elements, etc.) into a clearly understood position or relationship; direct.
2 tr. a place or build (a church, building, etc.) facing towards the East. b bury (a person) with the feet towards the East.
3 intr. turn eastward or in a specified direction.
Idiom
orient oneself determine how one stands in relation to one's surroundings.
Etymology
ME f. OF orient, orienter f. L oriens -entis rising, sunrise, east, f. oriri rise
THESAURUS
orient
acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, accustom, adapt, adjust, aglow, assess, beaming, beamy, blushing, break, break in, bright and sunny, burning, candescent, case harden, condition, confirm, domesticate, domesticize, east, eastern, establish, familiarize, fix, flushing, gentle, gleaming, gleamy, glinting, glowing, habituate, harden, housebreak, illuminant, incandescent, inure, irradiative, lamping, light as day, luciferous, lucific, luciform, luminant, luminative, luminiferous, luminificent, luminous, lustrous, naturalize, orient the map, oriental, orientate, radiant, rutilant, rutilous, season, shining, shiny, starbright, starlike, starry, streaming, suffused, sunny, sunshiny, tame, train, wontROGET THESAURUS
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Laterality
N laterality, side, flank, quarter, lee, hand, cheek, jowl, jole, wing, profile, temple, parietes, loin, haunch, hip, beam, gable, gable end, broadside, lee side, points of the compass, East, Orient, Levant, West, orientation, lateral, sidelong, collateral, parietal, flanking, skirting, flanked, sideling, many sided, multilateral, bilateral, trilateral, quadrilateral, Eastern, orient, oriental, Levantine, Western, occidental, Hesperian, sideways, sidelong, broadside on, on one side, abreast, alongside, beside, aside, by the side of, side by side, cheek by jowl, to windward, to leeward, laterally, right and left, on her beam ends, his cheek the may of days outworn, laterality, side, flank, quarter, lee, hand, cheek, jowl, jole, wing, profile, temple, parietes, loin, haunch, hip, beam, gable, gable end, broadside, lee side, points of the compass, East, Orient, Levant, West, orientation, lateral, sidelong, collateral, parietal, flanking, skirting, flanked, sideling, many sided, multilateral, bilateral, trilateral, quadrilateral, Eastern, orient, oriental, Levantine, Western, occidental, Hesperian, sideways, sidelong, broadside on, on one side, abreast, alongside, beside, aside, by the side of, side by side, cheek by jowl, to windward, to leeward, laterally, right and left, on her beam ends, his cheek the may of days outworn.Light
N light, ray, beam, stream, gleam, streak, pencil, sunbeam, moonbeam, aurora, day, sunshine, light of day, light of heaven, moonlight, starlight, sunlight, daylight, broad daylight, noontide light, noontide, noonday, noonday sun, glow, glimmering, glint, play of light, flood of light, phosphorescence, lambent flame, flush, halo, glory, nimbus, aureola, spark, scintilla, facula, sparkling, emication, scintillation, flash, blaze, coruscation, fulguration, flame, lightning, levin, ignis fatuus, luster, sheen, shimmer, reflexion, reflection, gloss, tinsel, spangle, brightness, brilliancy, splendor, effulgence, refulgence, fulgor, fulgidity, dazzlement, resplendence, transplendency, luminousness, luminosity, lucidity, renitency, nitency, radiance, radiation, irradiation, illumination, actinic rays, actinism, Roentgen-ray, Xray, photography, heliography, photometer, optics, photology, photometry, dioptrics, catoptrics, chiaroscuro, clairobscur, clear obscure, breadth, light and shade, black and white, tonality, reflection, refraction, dispersion, refractivity, shining, luminous, luminiferous, lucid, lucent, luculent, lucific, luciferous, light, lightsome, bright, vivid, splendent, nitid, lustrous, shiny, beamy, scintillant, radiant, lambent, sheen, sheeny, glossy, burnished, glassy, sunny, orient, meridian, noonday, tide, cloudless, clear, unclouded, unobscured, gairish, garish, resplendent, transplendent, refulgent, effulgent, fulgid, fulgent, relucent, splendid, blazing, in a blaze, ablaze, rutilant, meteoric, phosphorescent, aglow, bright as silver, light as day, bright as day, light as noonday, bright as noonday, bright as the sun at noonday, actinic, photogenic, graphic, heliographic, heliophagous, a day for gods to stoop and men to soar, dark with excessive bright.
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