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Synonyms for Orient
ˈɔr i ənt, -iˌɛnt, ˈoʊr-; ˈɔr iˌɛnt, ˈoʊr-ori·ent
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orientverb
Synonyms:
orientateorientverb
Countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
Give him time to orient himself within the new hierarchy.
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orientateorientverb
To set the focus of so as to relate or appeal to a certain group.
We will orient our campaign to the youth who are often disinterested.
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orientateorientverb
To point at or direct towards.
I will orient all of the signs to face the road.
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orientateorientverb
To determine which direction one is facing.
Let me just orient myself and we can be on our way.
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orientateorientverb
To place or build so as to face eastward.
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orientateorientverb
To change direction so as to face east.
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orientateorientverb
To change direction to face a certain way.
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orientate
Princeton's WordNet
East, Orientnoun
the countries of Asia
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eastward, due east, eastern United States, eastern hemisphereAntonyms:
disorient, disorientateeastern hemisphere, orientverb
the hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia
Synonyms:
orient, eastern hemisphereAntonyms:
disorient, disorientateorient, pointverb
be oriented
"The weather vane points North"; "the dancers toes pointed outward"
Synonyms:
manoeuvre, manoeuver, sharpen, taper, channelize, indicate, aim, betoken, maneuver, place, head, luff, guide, repoint, point, direct, orientate, tailor, designate, charge, channelise, target, bespeak, steer, signal, level, orient, showAntonyms:
disorient, disorientateorient, orientateverb
determine one's position with reference to another point
"We had to orient ourselves in the forest"
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orientate, orient, tailor, pointAntonyms:
disorientate, disorientorientverb
cause to point
"Orient the house towards the West"
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orientate, tailor, pointAntonyms:
disorient, disorientateorientverb
familiarize (someone) with new surroundings or circumstances
"The dean of students tries to orient the freshmen"
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orientate, tailor, pointAntonyms:
disorient, disorientatetailor, orientverb
adjust to a specific need or market
"a magazine oriented towards young people"; "tailor your needs to your surroundings"
Synonyms:
orientate, orient, cut, point, tailor, sew, tailor-makeAntonyms:
disorient, disorientate
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#268 | show | |
#316 | place | |
#342 | guide | |
#364 | level | |
#438 | point | |
#576 | east | |
#692 | head | |
#783 | direct | |
#1141 | middle | |
#1324 | cut | |
#1453 | charge | |
#1584 | target | |
#2383 | signal | |
#2751 | aim | |
#3159 | indicate | |
#7438 | oriental | |
#13120 | designate | |
#13461 | tailor | |
#14515 | orient | |
#16778 | steer | |
#18946 | sew | |
#19995 | occ | |
#22615 | taper | |
#23550 | maneuver | |
#30449 | sharpen | |
#35655 | eastward | |
#53434 | manoeuvre | |
#66372 | orientale | |
#69871 | luff | |
#155473 | orientate | |
#187481 | bespeak | |
#219700 | dongfang | |
#325999 | repoint |
How to use Orient in a sentence?
A peek inside the city's many nightspots reveals a Shangri-La-di-da of tiny Shanghai socialites in even tinier outfits dancing provocatively with well-to-do Westerners. But while such sights may draw gasps from some people, the truth is that this kind of thing is nothing new for Shanghai, the Orient's original opium-den of iniquity.
Spiders have very keen vibrational sensors, they use vibrations as a way to orient themselves, to communicate with other spiders and so the idea of thinking literally like a spider would experience the world was something that was very obvious to us as spider material scientists.
When Robert [King] tells you that he gets disoriented physically, I can tell him that people who are chronically depressed have a shrunken hippocampus, and that that affects your ability to orient in space, in 3D.
I'm there to just whisper in her ear,' It's on your left, it's on your right' to guide her and take care of her, i don't have anything to do with the pool, that's all her and the coaches, but they really have to have staff that knows how to orient and take care of these kids.
Chief Executive Travis Kalanick:
The key for (us in) China is to move fast, if we launch in the U.S. and then it gets copied in China, we'll be behind. So we're starting to orient some of our innovation at China first.
Translations for Orient
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- orientovatCzech
- orientereDanish
- orientierenGerman
- ΑνατολήGreek
- orientarSpanish
- شرقPersian
- ætta segFaroese
- orienterFrench
- mengorientasikanIndonesian
- orientarsiItalian
- להתמצאHebrew
- oriënterenDutch
- orientować sięPolish
- ориентировать, сориентировать, ориентироваться, сориентироватьсяRussian
- phương đôngVietnamese
- 东方Chinese
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