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orient

noun

1 Orient

The countries of Asia.

synonym: East.

Dutch: het [[Oosten]]
Polish: Azja, Orient, Wschód

2 orient

The hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia.

synonym: eastern hemisphere.

Roget 236: laterality; side, flank, quarter, lee; hand; cheek, jowl, jole, wing; profile; temple, parietes [Lat.], loin, ... show more

verb

1 orient

Be oriented.

synonym: point.

2 orient

Determine one's position with reference to another point:
— We had to orient ourselves in the forest.

synonym: orientate.

Dutch: oriënteren

3 orient

Cause to point.

4 orient

Familiarize (someone) with new surroundings or circumstances.

Dutch: oriënteren, inwerken

5 orient

Adjust to a specific need or market:
— A magazine oriented towards young people.

synonym: tailor.


adjective

Roget 236: lateral, sidelong; collateral; parietal, flanking, skirting; flanked; sideling.    many sided; multilateral, bilateral, trilateral, quadrilateral.    Eastern; ... show more

Roget 420: shining etc. v.; luminous, luminiferous; lucid, lucent, luculent, lucific, luciferous; light, lightsome; bright, ... show more

Moby thesaurus: acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, accustom, adapt, adjust, aglow, assess, beaming, beamy, blushing, break, break in, bright and sunny, burning, candescent, case harden, condition, confirm, domesticate ... show more.

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orienter

Moby thesaurus: Dutch uncle, Polonius, admonisher, adviser, backseat driver, buttinsky, confidant, consultant, counsel, counselor, expert, guide, instructor, kibitzer, meddler, mentor, monitor, nestor, preceptist, teacher.

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