Orientation definition

ôrē-ĕn-tāshən, -ən-
orientations
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A person's fundamental feelings about or responses to something.
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A tendency of thought; a general inclination.

A Marxist orientation.

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The direction followed in the course of a trend, movement, or development.
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Sexual orientation.
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Location or position relative to the points of the compass.
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An adjustment or adaptation to a new environment, situation, custom, or set of ideas.
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An adjustment or adaptation to a new environment, situation, custom, or set of ideas.
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Introductory instruction concerning a new situation.

Orientation for incoming students.

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(psychology) Awareness of the objective world in relation to one's self.
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(countable) An adjustment to a new environment.
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The planning of church architecture so that the altar is in the east end.
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The position and arrangement of atoms or radicals in a molecule.
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The ordering of molecules, crystals, etc. so that the axes point in a particular direction.
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(psychology) Awareness of the objective world in relation to one's self.
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(uncountable) The act of orienting or the state of being oriented.
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(uncountable) A position relative to compass bearings.
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(uncountable) The construction of a Christian church to have its aisle in an east-west direction with the altar at the east end.
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(countable) An inclination, tendency or direction.
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(countable) The ability to orient.
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(countable) An introduction to a (new) environment.
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(typography, countable) The direction of print across the page; landscape or portrait.
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The act of orienting or the state of being oriented.
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The construction of a church so that its longitudinal axis has an east-west direction with the main altar usually at the eastern end.
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Orientation is someone knowing where they are, the direction someone is facing or the way someone tends to go.

An example of orientation is a person attending a training session for new employees.

An example of orientation is a person facing west.

An example of orientation is a man preferring to date men.

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An orienting or being oriented.
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Familiarization with and adaptation to a situation or environment.
  • (psychol.) Awareness of one's environment as to time, space, objects, and persons.
  • A period or process of introduction and adjustment.
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Sexual orientation.
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Introductory instruction concerning a new situation.

Orientation for incoming students.

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(biol.) The position or change of position of an organism or part under a stimulus such as gravity or light.
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Position with relation to the points of the compass.
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(mathematics, countable) The choice of which ordered bases are "positively" oriented and which are "negatively" oriented on a real vector space.
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The act of orienting or the state of being oriented.
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Other Word Forms

Noun

Singular:
orientation
Plural:
orientations

Origin of orientation

  • orient +"Ž -ation

    From Wiktionary

Orientation Sentence Examples

  • It stood to the east of the latter, and had a different orientation, viz.

  • This result is inconsistent with the aether remaining at rest, unless we assume that the dimensions of the moving system depend, though to an extent so small as to be not otherwise detectable, on its orientation with regard to the aether that is streaming through it.

  • Before Carmen left, she invited them all to breakfast and orientation before the first ride in the morning.

  • When they were all seated and attentive, she began with the orientation she had been memorizing for the last two weeks.

  • He defined structure " as the manner of the mutual linking of the atoms in the molecule," but denied that any such structure could give information as to the orientation of the atoms in space.

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