Meaning

11 senses
  1. (countable)The determination of the relative position of something or someone.

    position or alignment relative to points of the compass or other specific directions

  2. (countable)The relative physical position or direction of something.

  3. (uncountable)The construction of a Christian church to have its aisle in an east-west direction with the altar at the east end.

    размеще́ниеrazmeščénije, устано́вкаustanóvka

  4. (countable)An inclination, tendency or direction.

    ориента́цияorijentácija, накло́нностьnaklónnostʹ, скло́нностьsklónnostʹ

    орієнта́ціяorijentácija

  5. (countable)The ability to orient, or the process of so doing.

    The homing instinct in pigeons is an example of orientation.

    Orientierungsvermögen

  6. (countable)An adjustment to a new environment.

    a course introducing a new situation or environment

  7. (countable)An introduction to a (new) environment.

  8. An introduction to a (new) environment.

    (countable, uncountable)Events to orient new students at a school; events to help new students become familiar with a school.

  9. (countable)The direction of print across the page; landscape or portrait.

  10. (countable)The choice of which ordered bases are "positively" oriented and which are "negatively" oriented on a real vector space.

    ориента́цияorijentácija

  11. (analytic, countable)The designation of a parametrised curve as "positively" or "negatively" oriented; the analogous description of a surface or hypersurface.

    ориента́цияorijentácija

Examples

30 sentences
  1. How was orientation?

  2. We will have a period of orientation for freshmen.

    Для новачків ми матимемо ознайомчий період. — ChickenKiev

  3. I've never flaunted my sexual orientation.

    deIch habe meine sexuelle Orientierung nie an die große Glocke gehängt. — Yorwba

  4. Tom wonders about his sexual orientation.

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  5. He has a straight sexual orientation.

Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
the act of orienting:
Русский
By meaning 4
the act of orienting:
position relative to compass bearings:
the oriented construction of a Christian church:
an inclination, tendency or direction:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
ability to orient:

Origin

From French orientation. By surface analysis, orient + -ation.

From French orientation. By surface analysis, orient + -ation.

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