Translations

8 languages
Русский
to familiarize (oneself or someone) with a situation or circumstance:
to set the focus of (something) so as to appeal or relate to a certain group:
Deutsch
to familiarize (oneself or someone) with a situation or circumstance:

Examples

63 sentences

  1. Tom is a family-oriented person.

    deTom ist eine familienorientierte Person. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. Tom is a very family-oriented person.

    deTom ist ein sehr familienorientierter Mensch. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. He is a self-oriented person.

    deEr ist eine egozentrische Person. — xtofu80

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Meaning

7 senses

  1. (US, figuratively, often, reflexive, transitive)To familiarize (oneself or someone) with a circumstance or situation.

    Give him time to orient himself within the new hierarchy.

    sich orientieren

    ориенти́роватьсяorijentírovatʹsja, сориенти́роватьсяsorijentírovatʹsja

    familiarize (someone) with new surroundings or circumstances

  2. (US, often, transitive)To direct towards or point at a particular direction.

    The workers oriented all the signs to face the road.

  3. (US, figuratively, often, transitive)To set the focus of (something) so as to appeal or relate to a certain group.

    We will orient our campaign to the youth who are often disinterested.

    ориенти́роватьorijentírovatʹ, сориенти́роватьsorijentírovatʹ

More meanings 4

  1. (US, often, reflexive, transitive)To determine which direction one is facing.

    Let me just orient myself and we can be on our way.

  2. (US, often, transitive)To build or place (something) so as to face eastward.

  3. (US, broadly, often, transitive)To align or place (a person or object) so that his, her, or its east side, north side, etc., is positioned toward the corresponding points of the compass; (specifically, surveying) to rotate (a map attached to a plane table) until the line of direction between any two of its points is parallel to the corresponding direction in nature.

  4. (US, intransitive, often)To change direction to face a certain way.

Origin

The verb is derived from French orienter (“to orientate; to guide; to set to north”) from

The verb is derived from French orienter (“to orientate; to guide; to set to north”) from French orient (noun) (see above) + -er (suffix forming infinitives of first-conjugation verbs).

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Forms

orients, orienting, oriented, oriented

regular · Lesson

Base formorient · to orient
3rd person singularorients
Present participleorienting
Past simpleoriented
Past participleoriented

Tenses

orient · oriented · will orient · have oriented

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyorient
he, she, itorients

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave oriented
he, she, ithas oriented

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill orient

Past simpleLesson

all personsoriented

Synonyms

3 synonyms
(US)To align or place so that his, her, or its east side,…:orientate
Close in meaning
  • be oriented:point
  • determine one's position with reference to another point:orientate
  • adjust to a specific need or market:tailor

Antonyms

2 antonyms
(US)To familiarize with a circumstance or situation:disorientdisorientate

Word family

24 related words
RelatedoriginB1orientalismorientalistorientalorienteerorienteering
Derivedbiorientdisorientmisorientnonorientablenonorientedorientabilityorientableorientateorientatingorientationorientativeorientedorienteereorientreorientatereorientationunorientableunoriented

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
organizerB2orgasmorgyorientateorientationorificeorigami

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