Meaning

4 senses
  1. (also, dated, figuratively, not comparable, poetic)Rising, like the morning sun.

  2. (dated, not comparable, poetic)Of the colour of the sky at daybreak; bright in colour, from red to yellow.

  3. (not comparable)Of, facing, or located in the east; eastern, oriental.

  4. (not comparable)Of a pearl or other gem: of great brilliance and value; (by extension) bright, lustrous.

Examples

63 sentences
  1. Tom is a family-oriented person.

    deTom ist eine familienorientierte Person. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Tom is a very family-oriented person.

    deTom ist ein sehr familienorientierter Mensch. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. He is a self-oriented person.

    deEr ist eine egozentrische Person. — xtofu80

  4. Object-oriented programming is all about indirection.

    Об'єктно-орієнтоване програмування — це, перш за все, непряма адресація. — deniko

    ruВсё что касается объектно-ориентированного программирования связано с косвенной адресацией. — vlad

  5. Aggressive salespeople often don't think they're being pushy; they think they are 'results oriented.'

    Агресивні продавці часто не думають, що вони напористі; вони думають, що вони «результатоорієнтовні». — Ahha

Origin

The noun is derived from Middle English orient, oriente, oryent, oryente, oryentte (“the e

The noun is derived from Middle English orient, oriente, oryent, oryente, oryentte (“the east direction; eastern horizon or sky; eastern regions of the world, Asia, Orient; eastern edge of the world”), borrowed from Anglo-Norman orient, oriente, and Old French orient (“east direction; Asia, Orient”) (modern French orient), or directly from its etymon Latin oriēns (“the east; daybreak, dawn; sunrise; (participle) rising; appearing; originating”), present active participle of orior (“to get up, rise; to appear, become visible; to be born, come to exist, originate”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (“to move, stir; to rise, spring”).

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