orient

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name

1.
Usually preceded by the: alternative letter-case form of Orient (“a region or a part of the world to the east of a certain place; countries of Asia, the East (especially East Asia)”)
Đồng nghĩa: East, east

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

orients

1.
The part of the horizon where the sun first appears in the morning; the east.
2.
(obsolete)A pearl originating from the Indian region, reputed to be of great brilliance; (by extension) any pearl of particular beauty and value.
3.
(broadly)(by extension) The brilliance or colour of a high-quality pearl.

Tính từ

adjective

1.
(also, dated, figuratively, not comparable, poetic)(dated, poetic, also figuratively) Rising, like the morning sun.
2.
(dated, not comparable, poetic)Of the colour of the sky at daybreak; bright in colour, from red to yellow.
Đồng nghĩa: Orient red
3.
(not comparable)(obsolete except poetic) Of, facing, or located in the east; eastern, oriental.
4.
(not comparable)(obsolete except poetic) Of a pearl or other gem: of great brilliance and value; (by extension) bright, lustrous.
Đồng nghĩa: aglow, alight, beamful, beamsome, beamy, brilliant, effulgent, glowing, illuminating, lambent, lighted, lit, lucent, luciferous, lucific, luminant, luminiferous, luminous, lustrous, orient, profulgent, radiant, refulgent, resplendent, sheeny, shining, shiny

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

orients

V_ing/Gerund

orienting

V_ed/pp

oriented

1.
(US, often, transitive)To build or place (something) so as to face eastward.
2.
(US, broadly, often, transitive)(transitive, by extension) 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.
Đồng nghĩa: orientate
3.
(US, often, transitive)To direct towards or point at a particular direction.
The workers oriented all the signs to face the road.
Đồng nghĩa: orientate
4.
(US, often, reflexive, transitive)To determine which direction one is facing.
Let me just orient myself and we can be on our way.
5.
(US, figuratively, often, reflexive, transitive)(transitive, often reflexive, figuratively) To familiarize (oneself or someone) with a circumstance or situation.
Give him time to orient himself within the new hierarchy.
Đồng nghĩa: orientate
6.
(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.
7.
(US, intransitive, often)To change direction to face a certain way.

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ine-pro The noun is derived from Middle English orient, oriente, oryent, oryente, oryentte, borrowed from orient, oriente, and Old French orient (east direction; Asia, Orient) (modern orient), or directly from its etymon Latin oriēns, present active participle of orior, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (to move, stir; to rise, spring).