orient

orient
o|ri|ent1 [ˈo:rient, ˈɔri- US ˈo:-] v also orientate BrE
[Date: 1700-1800; : French; Origin: orienter, from Old French orient; ORIENT2]
1.) be oriented to/towards/around sth/sb
to give a lot of attention to one type of activity or one type of person
▪ a course that is oriented towards the needs of businessmen
▪ A lot of the training is orientated around communications skills.
▪ The organization is strongly oriented towards research
2.) orient yourself
a) to find exactly where you are by looking around you or using a map
→↑disorient, disorientated
▪ She looked at the street names, trying to orient herself.
b) to become familiar with a new situation
orient yourself to
▪ It takes new students a while to orientate themselves to college life.
orient 2
o|ri|ent2 [ˈo:riənt, ˈɔri- US ˈo:-] n
[Date: 1300-1400; : Old French; Origin: Latin, present participle of oriri 'to rise']
the Orient
old-fashioned the eastern part of the world, especially China and Japan
→the East at ↑east(1a), ↑Occident

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