orient
The part of the horizon where the sun first appears in the morningThe part of the horizon where the sun first appears in the morning; the east.
» Tom is a family-oriented person.
Tom ist eine familienorientierte Person. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
3 sensesThe part of the horizon where the sun first appears in the morning; the east.
(broadly)The brilliance or colour of a high-quality pearl.
(obsolete)A pearl originating from the Indian region, reputed to be of great brilliance; (by extension) any pearl of particular beauty and value.
- the hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia
- the countries of Asia
Examples
63 sentencesTom is a family-oriented person.
deTom ist eine familienorientierte Person. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom is a very family-oriented person.
deTom ist ein sehr familienorientierter Mensch. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
He is a self-oriented person.
deEr ist eine egozentrische Person. — xtofu80
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
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 eThe 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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Forms
plural: orientsSynonyms
2 synonyms- the hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia:eastern hemisphere
- the countries of Asia:East
Word family
1 related wordsSee also
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