orientation
The determination of the relative position of something or someoneThe determination of the relative position of something or someone.
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Meaning
11 senses(countable)The determination of the relative position of something or someone.
position or alignment relative to points of the compass or other specific directions
(countable)The relative physical position or direction of something.
(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
(countable)An inclination, tendency or direction.
ориента́цияorijentácija, накло́нностьnaklónnostʹ, скло́нностьsklónnostʹ
орієнта́ціяorijentácija
(countable)The ability to orient, or the process of so doing.
The homing instinct in pigeons is an example of orientation.
Orientierungsvermögen
(countable)An adjustment to a new environment.
a course introducing a new situation or environment
(countable)An introduction to a (new) environment.
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.
(countable)The direction of print across the page; landscape or portrait.
(countable)The choice of which ordered bases are "positively" oriented and which are "negatively" oriented on a real vector space.
ориента́цияorijentácija
(analytic, countable)The designation of a parametrised curve as "positively" or "negatively" oriented; the analogous description of a surface or hypersurface.
ориента́цияorijentácija
Examples
30 sentencesHow was orientation?
We will have a period of orientation for freshmen.
Для новачків ми матимемо ознайомчий період. — ChickenKiev
I've never flaunted my sexual orientation.
deIch habe meine sexuelle Orientierung nie an die große Glocke gehängt. — Yorwba
Tom wonders about his sexual orientation.
He has a straight sexual orientation.
Translations
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Origin
From French orientation. By surface analysis, orient + -ation.From French orientation. By surface analysis, orient + -ation.
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Forms
plural: orientations| Singular | orientation |
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Synonyms
3 synonyms- a course introducing a new situation or environment:orientation course
- a predisposition in favor of something:predilectionpreference
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
26 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable