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Noun [Catalan]

IPA: [u.ɾiˈen] [Central], [o.ɾiˈent] [Balearic, Valencian] Forms: orients [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin orientem. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|ca|la|oriens|orientem||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin orientem, {{bor+|ca|la|oriens|orientem}} Borrowed from Latin orientem Head templates: {{ca-noun|m}} orient m (plural orients)
  1. Orient Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-orient-ca-noun-FWmWDgDd
  2. east Tags: masculine Synonyms: est
    Sense id: en-orient-ca-noun-a9smKwIB Categories (other): Catalan entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Catalan entries with incorrect language header: 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Orient Mitjà, orientar Related terms: oriental

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈɔː.ɹɪ.ənt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɒɹ.ɪ.ənt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɔɹ.i.ənt/ [General-American] Audio: En-uk-orient.oga [Received-Pronunciation]
Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English orient, oriente, oryent, oryente, oryentte (“the east direction; eastern horizon or sky; eastern regions of the world, Asia, Orient; eastern edge of the world”), borrowed from Anglo-Norman orient, oriente, and Old French orient (“east direction; Asia, Orient”) (modern French orient), or directly from its etymon Latin oriēns (“the east; daybreak, dawn; sunrise; (participle) rising; appearing; originating”), present active participle of orior (“to get up, rise; to appear, become visible; to be born, come to exist, originate”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (“to move, stir; to rise, spring”). The adjective is derived from Middle English orient (“eastern; from Asia or the Orient; brilliant, shining (characteristic of jewels from the Orient)”), from Middle English orient (noun); see above. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₃er-}}, {{inh|en|enm|orient}} Middle English orient, {{m|enm|oriente}} oriente, {{m|enm|oryent}} oryent, {{m|enm|oryente}} oryente, {{m|enm|oryentte|t=the east direction; eastern horizon or sky; eastern regions of the world, Asia, Orient; eastern edge of the world}} oryentte (“the east direction; eastern horizon or sky; eastern regions of the world, Asia, Orient; eastern edge of the world”), {{der|en|xno|orient}} Anglo-Norman orient, {{m|fro|oriente}} oriente, {{der|en|fro|orient|t=east direction; Asia, Orient}} Old French orient (“east direction; Asia, Orient”), {{cog|fr|orient}} French orient, {{glossary|etymon}} etymon, {{der|en|la|oriēns|t=the east; daybreak, dawn; sunrise; (participle) rising; appearing; originating}} Latin oriēns (“the east; daybreak, dawn; sunrise; (participle) rising; appearing; originating”), {{glossary|present}} present, {{glossary|active}} active, {{glossary|participle}} participle, {{m|la|orior|t=to get up, rise; to appear, become visible; to be born, come to exist, originate}} orior (“to get up, rise; to appear, become visible; to be born, come to exist, originate”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*h₃er-|t=to move, stir; to rise, spring}} Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (“to move, stir; to rise, spring”), {{inh|en|enm|orient|t=eastern; from Asia or the Orient; brilliant, shining (characteristic of jewels from the Orient)}} Middle English orient (“eastern; from Asia or the Orient; brilliant, shining (characteristic of jewels from the Orient)”), {{inh|en|enm|orient|pos=noun}} Middle English orient (noun) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} orient (not comparable)
  1. (dated, poetic, also figuratively) Rising, like the morning sun. Tags: also, dated, figuratively, not-comparable, poetic
    Sense id: en-orient-en-adj-wOgndNW5 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of American English: 19 6 3 3 13 6 5 3 2 13 6 4 9 4 4 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 15 6 4 14 4 6 4 1 17 1 2 8 3 2
  2. (dated, poetic) Of the colour of the sky at daybreak; bright in colour, from red to yellow. Tags: dated, not-comparable, poetic Synonyms: Orient red
    Sense id: en-orient-en-adj-v0OtDPdn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 15 6 4 14 4 6 4 1 17 1 2 8 3 2
  3. (obsolete except poetic) Of, facing, or located in the east; eastern, oriental. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-orient-en-adj-MieM7dsg
  4. (obsolete except poetic) Of a pearl or other gem: of great brilliance and value; (by extension) bright, lustrous. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: shining
    Sense id: en-orient-en-adj-fBrpizLg
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: oriency, orientness
Etymology number: 1

Proper name [English]

IPA: /ˈɔː.ɹɪ.ənt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɒɹ.ɪ.ənt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɔɹ.i.ənt/ [General-American] Audio: En-uk-orient.oga [Received-Pronunciation]
Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English orient, oriente, oryent, oryente, oryentte (“the east direction; eastern horizon or sky; eastern regions of the world, Asia, Orient; eastern edge of the world”), borrowed from Anglo-Norman orient, oriente, and Old French orient (“east direction; Asia, Orient”) (modern French orient), or directly from its etymon Latin oriēns (“the east; daybreak, dawn; sunrise; (participle) rising; appearing; originating”), present active participle of orior (“to get up, rise; to appear, become visible; to be born, come to exist, originate”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (“to move, stir; to rise, spring”). The adjective is derived from Middle English orient (“eastern; from Asia or the Orient; brilliant, shining (characteristic of jewels from the Orient)”), from Middle English orient (noun); see above. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₃er-}}, {{inh|en|enm|orient}} Middle English orient, {{m|enm|oriente}} oriente, {{m|enm|oryent}} oryent, {{m|enm|oryente}} oryente, {{m|enm|oryentte|t=the east direction; eastern horizon or sky; eastern regions of the world, Asia, Orient; eastern edge of the world}} oryentte (“the east direction; eastern horizon or sky; eastern regions of the world, Asia, Orient; eastern edge of the world”), {{der|en|xno|orient}} Anglo-Norman orient, {{m|fro|oriente}} oriente, {{der|en|fro|orient|t=east direction; Asia, Orient}} Old French orient (“east direction; Asia, Orient”), {{cog|fr|orient}} French orient, {{glossary|etymon}} etymon, {{der|en|la|oriēns|t=the east; daybreak, dawn; sunrise; (participle) rising; appearing; originating}} Latin oriēns (“the east; daybreak, dawn; sunrise; (participle) rising; appearing; originating”), {{glossary|present}} present, {{glossary|active}} active, {{glossary|participle}} participle, {{m|la|orior|t=to get up, rise; to appear, become visible; to be born, come to exist, originate}} orior (“to get up, rise; to appear, become visible; to be born, come to exist, originate”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*h₃er-|t=to move, stir; to rise, spring}} Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (“to move, stir; to rise, spring”), {{inh|en|enm|orient|t=eastern; from Asia or the Orient; brilliant, shining (characteristic of jewels from the Orient)}} Middle English orient (“eastern; from Asia or the Orient; brilliant, shining (characteristic of jewels from the Orient)”), {{inh|en|enm|orient|pos=noun}} Middle English orient (noun) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} orient
  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)”)
    Sense id: en-orient-en-name-K7gWWk8N Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 15 6 4 14 4 6 4 1 17 1 2 8 3 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɔː.ɹɪ.ənt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɒɹ.ɪ.ənt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɔɹ.i.ənt/ [General-American] Audio: En-uk-orient.oga [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: orients [plural]
Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English orient, oriente, oryent, oryente, oryentte (“the east direction; eastern horizon or sky; eastern regions of the world, Asia, Orient; eastern edge of the world”), borrowed from Anglo-Norman orient, oriente, and Old French orient (“east direction; Asia, Orient”) (modern French orient), or directly from its etymon Latin oriēns (“the east; daybreak, dawn; sunrise; (participle) rising; appearing; originating”), present active participle of orior (“to get up, rise; to appear, become visible; to be born, come to exist, originate”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (“to move, stir; to rise, spring”). The adjective is derived from Middle English orient (“eastern; from Asia or the Orient; brilliant, shining (characteristic of jewels from the Orient)”), from Middle English orient (noun); see above. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₃er-}}, {{inh|en|enm|orient}} Middle English orient, {{m|enm|oriente}} oriente, {{m|enm|oryent}} oryent, {{m|enm|oryente}} oryente, {{m|enm|oryentte|t=the east direction; eastern horizon or sky; eastern regions of the world, Asia, Orient; eastern edge of the world}} oryentte (“the east direction; eastern horizon or sky; eastern regions of the world, Asia, Orient; eastern edge of the world”), {{der|en|xno|orient}} Anglo-Norman orient, {{m|fro|oriente}} oriente, {{der|en|fro|orient|t=east direction; Asia, Orient}} Old French orient (“east direction; Asia, Orient”), {{cog|fr|orient}} French orient, {{glossary|etymon}} etymon, {{der|en|la|oriēns|t=the east; daybreak, dawn; sunrise; (participle) rising; appearing; originating}} Latin oriēns (“the east; daybreak, dawn; sunrise; (participle) rising; appearing; originating”), {{glossary|present}} present, {{glossary|active}} active, {{glossary|participle}} participle, {{m|la|orior|t=to get up, rise; to appear, become visible; to be born, come to exist, originate}} orior (“to get up, rise; to appear, become visible; to be born, come to exist, originate”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*h₃er-|t=to move, stir; to rise, spring}} Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (“to move, stir; to rise, spring”), {{inh|en|enm|orient|t=eastern; from Asia or the Orient; brilliant, shining (characteristic of jewels from the Orient)}} Middle English orient (“eastern; from Asia or the Orient; brilliant, shining (characteristic of jewels from the Orient)”), {{inh|en|enm|orient|pos=noun}} Middle English orient (noun) Head templates: {{en-noun}} orient (plural orients)
  1. The part of the horizon where the sun first appears in the morning; the east.
    Sense id: en-orient-en-noun-6ToJ6EnP
  2. (obsolete) A pearl originating from the Indian region, reputed to be of great brilliance; (by extension) any pearl of particular beauty and value. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-orient-en-noun-fiWMe6hF
  3. (by extension) The brilliance or colour of a high-quality pearl. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-orient-en-noun-XF9v4xMr
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈɔː.ɹɪˌɛnt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɒɹ.ɪˌɛnt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɔɹ.iˌɛnt/ [General-American] Forms: orients [present, singular, third-person], orienting [participle, present], oriented [participle, past], oriented [past]
Etymology: 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). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|orienter|t=to orientate; to guide; to set to north}} French orienter (“to orientate; to guide; to set to north”), {{der|en|fr|orient|pos=noun}} French orient (noun), {{m|fr|-er|pos=suffix forming infinitives of first-conjugation verbs}} -er (suffix forming infinitives of first-conjugation verbs) Head templates: {{en-verb}} orient (third-person singular simple present orients, present participle orienting, simple past and past participle oriented)
  1. (transitive) To build or place (something) so as to face eastward. Tags: US, often, transitive
    Sense id: en-orient-en-verb-L-HX9rIu
  2. (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. Tags: US, broadly, often, transitive Categories (topical): Surveying Synonyms: orientate (english: commonly Britain)
    Sense id: en-orient-en-verb-7ucCuheB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 15 6 4 14 4 6 4 1 17 1 2 8 3 2
  3. (transitive) To direct towards or point at a particular direction. Tags: US, often, transitive Synonyms: orientate (english: commonly Britain) Translations (to direct towards or point at a particular direction): ориентирам (orientiram) (Bulgarian), orientar (Galician), orientare (Italian), whakaanga (Maori), ukierunkować (Polish), orientar (Portuguese), orientar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-orient-en-verb-5-ysQIVT Disambiguation of 'to direct towards or point at a particular direction': 0 6 79 7 0 1 6
  4. (transitive, reflexive) To determine which direction one is facing. Tags: US, often, reflexive, transitive
    Sense id: en-orient-en-verb-1HfmKO9X
  5. (transitive, often reflexive, figuratively) To familiarize (oneself or someone) with a circumstance or situation. Tags: US, figuratively, often, reflexive, transitive Synonyms: orientate (english: commonly Britain) Translations (to familiarize (oneself or someone) with a situation or circumstance): ориентирам се (orientiram se) (Bulgarian), orientovat se (Czech), orientere sig (Danish), zich oriënteren (Dutch), ætta seg [literary, rare] (Faroese), s’orienter (French), orientarse (Galician), sich orientieren (German), orientarsi (Italian), orientować się (Polish), orientar (Portuguese), ориенти́роваться (orijentírovatʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), сориенти́роваться (sorijentírovatʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), orientarse (Spanish), ilantang (Tagalog), oriyantal (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-orient-en-verb-MkasPnKC Disambiguation of 'to familiarize (oneself or someone) with a situation or circumstance': 2 16 2 2 74 3 1
  6. (transitive, figuratively) To set the focus of (something) so as to appeal or relate to a certain group. Tags: US, figuratively, often, transitive Translations (to set the focus of (something) so as to appeal or relate to a certain group): orientovat (Czech), orientar (Galician), orientar (Portuguese), ориенти́ровать (orijentírovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), сориенти́ровать (sorijentírovatʹ) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-orient-en-verb-pGopmqyL Disambiguation of 'to set the focus of (something) so as to appeal or relate to a certain group': 0 3 1 4 1 84 7
  7. (intransitive) To change direction to face a certain way. Tags: US, intransitive, often
    Sense id: en-orient-en-verb-fHKH3OcI
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: oriental, Oriental, orientalism, orientalist, orienteer, orienteering, origin

Noun [French]

Audio: Fr-orient.ogg Forms: orients [plural]
Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} orient m (plural orients)
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Orient Tags: alt-of, masculine Alternative form of: Orient
    Sense id: en-orient-fr-noun-6prdM2GZ Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Old French]

Forms: orient oblique singular or [canonical, masculine], orienz [nominative, singular], orientz [nominative, singular]
Head templates: {{fro-noun|m|-}} orient oblique singular, m (nominative singular orienz or orientz)
  1. Alternative form of oriant Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: oriant
    Sense id: en-orient-fro-noun-TNFGmlEr Categories (other): Old French entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Romanian]

Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], orient [accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular], un orient [accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular], orientul [accusative, definite, nominative, singular], orient [dative, genitive, indefinite, singular], unui orient [dative, genitive, indefinite, singular], orientului [dative, definite, genitive, singular], orientule [singular, vocative]
Etymology: Borrowed from French orient, Latin oriens, orientem. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|ro|fr|orient|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} French orient, {{bor+|ro|fr|orient}} Borrowed from French orient, {{bor|ro|la|oriens|oriens, orientem}} Latin oriens, orientem Head templates: {{ro-noun|n|-}} orient n (uncountable) Inflection templates: {{ro-decl-noun-single|g=n|gpd=orientelor|gpi=oriente|gsd=orientului|gsi=orient|n=sg|npd=orientele|npi=oriente|nsd=orientul|nsi=orient|vp=orientelor|vs=orientule}}
  1. east, Orient Tags: neuter, uncountable Synonyms: est [standard], răsărit (english: somewhat uncommon today) Related terms: oriental
    Sense id: en-orient-ro-noun-PAL7asTj Categories (other): Romanian entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "c. 1596–1599, William Shakespeare, “King Henry IV. Part II.”, in The Plays of William Shakespeare, volume IX, London: Printed for T[homas] Longman [et al.], published 1793, →OCLC, act I, induction [prologue], page 6",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Oriental"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "orientalism"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "orientalist"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "orienteer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "orienteering"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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        {
          "ref": "1868 August 25, George Rolleston, “On the Modes of Sepulture Observable in Late Romano-British and Early Anglo-Saxon Times in This Country”, in International Congress of Prehistoric Archæology: Transactions of the Third Session […], London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1869, →OCLC, pages 176–177",
          "text": "The first kind of interment was that of leaden coffins, rectangular in shape, covered with a lid, occupying deeper graves than any of the other interments, more or less accurately oriented, sometimes containing coins, as of the Emperor Gratian (ob. 383), and sometimes not. [...] The second type of interment, also of Romans or Romanised Britons, resembled the first in being more or less perfectly oriented, the orientation varying, probably according as it had taken place in summer or in winter, from E.N.E. to E.S.E. over about 45°; [...]",
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        "To build or place (something) so as to face eastward."
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        ],
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        ],
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          "eastward"
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        "(transitive) To build or place (something) so as to face eastward."
      ],
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        "US",
        "often",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
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          "parents": [
            "Geography",
            "Earth sciences",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 15 6 4 14 4 6 4 1 17 1 2 8 3 2",
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1855, W. M. Gillespie, “Part VIII. Plane Table Surveying.”, in A Treatise on Land-surveying: […], New York, N.Y., London: D. Appleton & Co., […], →OCLC, paragraph 456 (To Orient the Table), page 309",
          "text": "Without a compass the table is oriented, when set at one end of a line previously determined, by sighting back on this line, [...]. To orient the table, when at a station unconnected with others, is more difficult.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1963, Karl E. Moessner, Accuracy of Ground Point Location from Aerial Photographs (U.S. Forest Service Research Note; INT-5), Ogden, Ut.: Intermountain Forest & Range Experiment Station, Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture, →OCLC, page 4",
          "text": "He orients his photo-scale protractor over the intersection of the base line and compass line extended, by means of the bearing of base line AB (S. 32° W.) and reads bearing of compass line RP to 7 (N. 80° W.).",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "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."
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      "id": "en-orient-en-verb-7ucCuheB",
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        [
          "person",
          "person"
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        [
          "object",
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        ],
        [
          "east",
          "east"
        ],
        [
          "north",
          "north"
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        [
          "positioned",
          "position#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "corresponding",
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        ],
        [
          "points",
          "point#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "compass",
          "compass#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "surveying",
          "surveying#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "rotate",
          "rotate"
        ],
        [
          "map",
          "map#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "attach",
          "attach"
        ],
        [
          "plane table",
          "plane table"
        ],
        [
          "line",
          "line#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "direction",
          "direction"
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        [
          "parallel",
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        ],
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          "nature"
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        "(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."
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          "english": "commonly Britain",
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        {
          "text": "The workers oriented all the signs to face the road.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1931 December 1, C[harles] G. Weber, F[rederick] T. Carson, L[eo] W[illiam] Snyder, “Properties Studied and Test Methods Used”, in Properties of Fiber Building Boards (Miscellaneous Publication, Bureau of Standards; no. 132), Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, →OCLC, section 3 (Insulating Values), page 13",
          "text": "The present methods of manufacture of fiber boards tend to orient the fibers so that they are most effective for insulation.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1963 November, M. E. Whitten, L. A. Baumann, “Theory of Dielectric Constant Measurements”, in Evaluation of a Rapid Method of Determining Oil Content of Soybeans (United States Department of Agriculture Technical Bulletin; no. 1296), Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 7",
          "text": "When a substance is placed in an electric field, the molecules tend to orient themselves in a definite pattern with respect to the direction of the field. The dielectric constant of the material can, for simplicity, be defined as a measure of the degree to which the individual particles are oriented or the material polarized.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007 November, Gil Schwartz, “Escape from the job monster”, in Men's Health, volume 22, number 9, →ISSN, page 122",
          "text": "The goal is to draw on reservoirs of strength that defy rational thought, so you can wrench your poor, obsessed spirit away from work and orient it toward stuff that matters.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To direct towards or point at a particular direction."
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        ],
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          "point",
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        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To direct towards or point at a particular direction."
      ],
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          "word": "orientate"
        }
      ],
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          "_dis1": "0 6 79 7 0 1 6",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "orientiram",
          "sense": "to direct towards or point at a particular direction",
          "word": "ориентирам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 6 79 7 0 1 6",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to direct towards or point at a particular direction",
          "word": "orientar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 6 79 7 0 1 6",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to direct towards or point at a particular direction",
          "word": "orientare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 6 79 7 0 1 6",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to direct towards or point at a particular direction",
          "word": "whakaanga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 6 79 7 0 1 6",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to direct towards or point at a particular direction",
          "word": "ukierunkować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 6 79 7 0 1 6",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to direct towards or point at a particular direction",
          "word": "orientar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 6 79 7 0 1 6",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to direct towards or point at a particular direction",
          "word": "orientar"
        }
      ]
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        {
          "text": "Let me just orient myself and we can be on our way.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1850, Horace Mann, A Few Thoughts for a Young Man: A Lecture, Delivered before the Boston Mercantile Library Association, on Its 29th Anniversary, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC, page 84",
          "text": "All around your spirit, the universe lies open and free, and you can go where you will. Orient yourself! Orient yourself! [...] [S]tudy and obey the sublime laws on which the frame of nature was constructed; study and obey the sublimer laws on which the soul of man was formed; and the fulness of the power and the wisdom and the blessedness, with which God has filled and lighted up this resplendent universe, shall all be yours!",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1879 March, James French, “The Great Pyramid in Connection with the Pleiades; or, The Last Anniversary of the Great Year of the Pleiades. When, How, and Why Celebrated.”, in Kansas City Review of Science and Industry, a Monthly Record of Progress in Science, Mechanic Arts and Literature, volume II, number 12, Kansas City, Mo.: Journal of Commerce Printing and Publishing House, →OCLC, page 758",
          "text": "The two stars, one at the Pole and the other at the Equator, were essential to both orienting and dating the structure. Hence the conclusion that the Great Pyramid could not have accomplished its design as a monumental witnessing pillar at any other time, and that the only time when the aid indispensable was possible was B.C. 2170.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To determine which direction one is facing."
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      "id": "en-orient-en-verb-1HfmKO9X",
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        ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, reflexive) To determine which direction one is facing."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "often",
        "reflexive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "disorient"
        },
        {
          "word": "disorientate"
        }
      ],
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Give him time to orient himself within the new hierarchy.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1913, G[eorge] R[obert] S[towe] Mead, “Vaihinger’s Philosophy of the ‘As If’”, in Quests Old and New, London: G[eorge] Bell & Sons, Ltd., →OCLC, page 257",
          "text": "Thus the thought-world is a symbol, or system of symbols, which serves the organic beings of the real world for orienting themselves in the world of actual being, and is the means whereby they translate the proceedings of this world into the language of the soul.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1991 September, “Appendix B: Occupational Descriptions”, in Area Wage Survey: Charlotte—Gastonia—Rock Hill; North Carolina—South Carolina Metropolitan Area (Bulletin; 3060-27), [Washington, D.C.]: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, →OCLC, page 41",
          "text": "Computer Systems Analyst II [...] Determines and resolves data processing problems and coordinates the work with program, users, etc.; orients user personnel on new or changed procedures.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1996, Holly Alliger Ruff, Mary Klevjord Rothbart, Attention in Early Development: Themes and Variations, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, page 114",
          "text": "The first system of attention underlies orienting to and exploration of objects in the environment and is composed of at least two networks involved in orienting to locations in space and object recognition, respectively [...].",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To familiarize (oneself or someone) with a circumstance or situation."
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      "id": "en-orient-en-verb-MkasPnKC",
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          "familiarize"
        ],
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          "circumstance"
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        [
          "situation",
          "situation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, often reflexive, figuratively) To familiarize (oneself or someone) with a circumstance or situation."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "english": "commonly Britain",
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        }
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        "US",
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 16 2 2 74 3 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "orientiram se",
          "sense": "to familiarize (oneself or someone) with a situation or circumstance",
          "word": "ориентирам се"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 16 2 2 74 3 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to familiarize (oneself or someone) with a situation or circumstance",
          "word": "orientovat se"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 16 2 2 74 3 1",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to familiarize (oneself or someone) with a situation or circumstance",
          "word": "orientere sig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 16 2 2 74 3 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to familiarize (oneself or someone) with a situation or circumstance",
          "word": "zich oriënteren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 16 2 2 74 3 1",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "to familiarize (oneself or someone) with a situation or circumstance",
          "tags": [
            "literary",
            "rare"
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          "word": "ætta seg"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 16 2 2 74 3 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to familiarize (oneself or someone) with a situation or circumstance",
          "word": "s’orienter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 16 2 2 74 3 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to familiarize (oneself or someone) with a situation or circumstance",
          "word": "orientarse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 16 2 2 74 3 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to familiarize (oneself or someone) with a situation or circumstance",
          "word": "sich orientieren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 16 2 2 74 3 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to familiarize (oneself or someone) with a situation or circumstance",
          "word": "orientarsi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 16 2 2 74 3 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to familiarize (oneself or someone) with a situation or circumstance",
          "word": "orientować się"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 16 2 2 74 3 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to familiarize (oneself or someone) with a situation or circumstance",
          "word": "orientar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 16 2 2 74 3 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "orijentírovatʹsja",
          "sense": "to familiarize (oneself or someone) with a situation or circumstance",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "ориенти́роваться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 16 2 2 74 3 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sorijentírovatʹsja",
          "sense": "to familiarize (oneself or someone) with a situation or circumstance",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "сориенти́роваться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 16 2 2 74 3 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to familiarize (oneself or someone) with a situation or circumstance",
          "word": "orientarse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 16 2 2 74 3 1",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "to familiarize (oneself or someone) with a situation or circumstance",
          "word": "ilantang"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 16 2 2 74 3 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to familiarize (oneself or someone) with a situation or circumstance",
          "word": "oriyantal"
        }
      ]
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We will orient our campaign to the youth who are often disinterested.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1961, C. K. Yang [i.e., Ch’ing-k’un Yang], “Communal Aspects of Popular Cults”, in Religion in Chinese Society: A Study of Contemporary Social Functions of Religion and Some of Their Historical Factors, Berkeley, Los Angeles, Calif.: University of California Press, page 81",
          "text": "Whatever the occasion of the public religious observance, whether it was the holding of a temple fair, praying for rain, or celebrating a popular festival, religion came to serve as a symbol of common devotion in bringing people out of their divergent routines and orienting them toward community activities.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To set the focus of (something) so as to appeal or relate to a certain group."
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      "id": "en-orient-en-verb-pGopmqyL",
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        [
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        ],
        [
          "focus",
          "focus#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "appeal",
          "appeal#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "relate",
          "relate"
        ],
        [
          "group",
          "group#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, figuratively) To set the focus of (something) so as to appeal or relate to a certain group."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "figuratively",
        "often",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 3 1 4 1 84 7",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to set the focus of (something) so as to appeal or relate to a certain group",
          "word": "orientovat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 3 1 4 1 84 7",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to set the focus of (something) so as to appeal or relate to a certain group",
          "word": "orientar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 3 1 4 1 84 7",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to set the focus of (something) so as to appeal or relate to a certain group",
          "word": "orientar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 3 1 4 1 84 7",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "orijentírovatʹ",
          "sense": "to set the focus of (something) so as to appeal or relate to a certain group",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "ориенти́ровать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 3 1 4 1 84 7",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sorijentírovatʹ",
          "sense": "to set the focus of (something) so as to appeal or relate to a certain group",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "сориенти́ровать"
        }
      ]
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    {
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        {
          "ref": "1984 February, “Appendix T: Biological Opinion from National Marine Fisheries Service for Proposed Southern California Lease Offering, February 1984”, in EIS: Environmental Impact Statement: Proposed Southern California Lease Offering, final volume 2, Los Angeles, Calif.: Prepared by the Minerals Management Service, Pacific OCS Region, published April 1984, →OCLC, page 8-239",
          "text": "Observation stations were established at vantage points along the coast to monitor gray whale responses to the sounds generated by the air gun array. [...] At 3 miles some whales appeared to orient toward the sound.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To change direction to face a certain way."
      ],
      "id": "en-orient-en-verb-fHKH3OcI",
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        [
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          "direction"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To change direction to face a certain way."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "intransitive",
        "often"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɔː.ɹɪˌɛnt/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɒɹ.ɪˌɛnt/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɔɹ.iˌɛnt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "orient"
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        "participle",
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        "past"
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    "or‧i‧ent"
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    {
      "word": "oriental"
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      "word": "Oriental"
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      "word": "orientalism"
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      "word": "orientalist"
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      "word": "orienteer"
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      "word": "orienteering"
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      "word": "origin"
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        {
          "ref": "1868 August 25, George Rolleston, “On the Modes of Sepulture Observable in Late Romano-British and Early Anglo-Saxon Times in This Country”, in International Congress of Prehistoric Archæology: Transactions of the Third Session […], London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1869, →OCLC, pages 176–177",
          "text": "The first kind of interment was that of leaden coffins, rectangular in shape, covered with a lid, occupying deeper graves than any of the other interments, more or less accurately oriented, sometimes containing coins, as of the Emperor Gratian (ob. 383), and sometimes not. [...] The second type of interment, also of Romans or Romanised Britons, resembled the first in being more or less perfectly oriented, the orientation varying, probably according as it had taken place in summer or in winter, from E.N.E. to E.S.E. over about 45°; [...]",
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          "build",
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          "place",
          "place#Verb"
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          "face",
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          "eastward",
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        "(transitive) To build or place (something) so as to face eastward."
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        "US",
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      "categories": [
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        {
          "ref": "1855, W. M. Gillespie, “Part VIII. Plane Table Surveying.”, in A Treatise on Land-surveying: […], New York, N.Y., London: D. Appleton & Co., […], →OCLC, paragraph 456 (To Orient the Table), page 309",
          "text": "Without a compass the table is oriented, when set at one end of a line previously determined, by sighting back on this line, [...]. To orient the table, when at a station unconnected with others, is more difficult.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1963, Karl E. Moessner, Accuracy of Ground Point Location from Aerial Photographs (U.S. Forest Service Research Note; INT-5), Ogden, Ut.: Intermountain Forest & Range Experiment Station, Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture, →OCLC, page 4",
          "text": "He orients his photo-scale protractor over the intersection of the base line and compass line extended, by means of the bearing of base line AB (S. 32° W.) and reads bearing of compass line RP to 7 (N. 80° W.).",
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        "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."
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          "compass",
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          "surveying",
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          "attach",
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        "(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."
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        {
          "text": "The workers oriented all the signs to face the road.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1931 December 1, C[harles] G. Weber, F[rederick] T. Carson, L[eo] W[illiam] Snyder, “Properties Studied and Test Methods Used”, in Properties of Fiber Building Boards (Miscellaneous Publication, Bureau of Standards; no. 132), Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, →OCLC, section 3 (Insulating Values), page 13",
          "text": "The present methods of manufacture of fiber boards tend to orient the fibers so that they are most effective for insulation.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1963 November, M. E. Whitten, L. A. Baumann, “Theory of Dielectric Constant Measurements”, in Evaluation of a Rapid Method of Determining Oil Content of Soybeans (United States Department of Agriculture Technical Bulletin; no. 1296), Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 7",
          "text": "When a substance is placed in an electric field, the molecules tend to orient themselves in a definite pattern with respect to the direction of the field. The dielectric constant of the material can, for simplicity, be defined as a measure of the degree to which the individual particles are oriented or the material polarized.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2007 November, Gil Schwartz, “Escape from the job monster”, in Men's Health, volume 22, number 9, →ISSN, page 122",
          "text": "The goal is to draw on reservoirs of strength that defy rational thought, so you can wrench your poor, obsessed spirit away from work and orient it toward stuff that matters.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To direct towards or point at a particular direction."
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          "point",
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To direct towards or point at a particular direction."
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          "text": "Let me just orient myself and we can be on our way.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1850, Horace Mann, A Few Thoughts for a Young Man: A Lecture, Delivered before the Boston Mercantile Library Association, on Its 29th Anniversary, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC, page 84",
          "text": "All around your spirit, the universe lies open and free, and you can go where you will. Orient yourself! Orient yourself! [...] [S]tudy and obey the sublime laws on which the frame of nature was constructed; study and obey the sublimer laws on which the soul of man was formed; and the fulness of the power and the wisdom and the blessedness, with which God has filled and lighted up this resplendent universe, shall all be yours!",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1879 March, James French, “The Great Pyramid in Connection with the Pleiades; or, The Last Anniversary of the Great Year of the Pleiades. When, How, and Why Celebrated.”, in Kansas City Review of Science and Industry, a Monthly Record of Progress in Science, Mechanic Arts and Literature, volume II, number 12, Kansas City, Mo.: Journal of Commerce Printing and Publishing House, →OCLC, page 758",
          "text": "The two stars, one at the Pole and the other at the Equator, were essential to both orienting and dating the structure. Hence the conclusion that the Great Pyramid could not have accomplished its design as a monumental witnessing pillar at any other time, and that the only time when the aid indispensable was possible was B.C. 2170.",
          "type": "quotation"
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        {
          "text": "Give him time to orient himself within the new hierarchy.",
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        {
          "ref": "1913, G[eorge] R[obert] S[towe] Mead, “Vaihinger’s Philosophy of the ‘As If’”, in Quests Old and New, London: G[eorge] Bell & Sons, Ltd., →OCLC, page 257",
          "text": "Thus the thought-world is a symbol, or system of symbols, which serves the organic beings of the real world for orienting themselves in the world of actual being, and is the means whereby they translate the proceedings of this world into the language of the soul.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1991 September, “Appendix B: Occupational Descriptions”, in Area Wage Survey: Charlotte—Gastonia—Rock Hill; North Carolina—South Carolina Metropolitan Area (Bulletin; 3060-27), [Washington, D.C.]: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, →OCLC, page 41",
          "text": "Computer Systems Analyst II [...] Determines and resolves data processing problems and coordinates the work with program, users, etc.; orients user personnel on new or changed procedures.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1996, Holly Alliger Ruff, Mary Klevjord Rothbart, Attention in Early Development: Themes and Variations, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, page 114",
          "text": "The first system of attention underlies orienting to and exploration of objects in the environment and is composed of at least two networks involved in orienting to locations in space and object recognition, respectively [...].",
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        "(transitive, often reflexive, figuratively) To familiarize (oneself or someone) with a circumstance or situation."
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        {
          "text": "We will orient our campaign to the youth who are often disinterested.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1961, C. K. Yang [i.e., Ch’ing-k’un Yang], “Communal Aspects of Popular Cults”, in Religion in Chinese Society: A Study of Contemporary Social Functions of Religion and Some of Their Historical Factors, Berkeley, Los Angeles, Calif.: University of California Press, page 81",
          "text": "Whatever the occasion of the public religious observance, whether it was the holding of a temple fair, praying for rain, or celebrating a popular festival, religion came to serve as a symbol of common devotion in bringing people out of their divergent routines and orienting them toward community activities.",
          "type": "quotation"
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      "glosses": [
        "To set the focus of (something) so as to appeal or relate to a certain group."
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          "appeal",
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        "(transitive, figuratively) To set the focus of (something) so as to appeal or relate to a certain group."
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        {
          "ref": "1984 February, “Appendix T: Biological Opinion from National Marine Fisheries Service for Proposed Southern California Lease Offering, February 1984”, in EIS: Environmental Impact Statement: Proposed Southern California Lease Offering, final volume 2, Los Angeles, Calif.: Prepared by the Minerals Management Service, Pacific OCS Region, published April 1984, →OCLC, page 8-239",
          "text": "Observation stations were established at vantage points along the coast to monitor gray whale responses to the sounds generated by the air gun array. [...] At 3 miles some whales appeared to orient toward the sound.",
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        "(intransitive) To change direction to face a certain way."
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      "sense": "to direct towards or point at a particular direction",
      "word": "orientar"
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      "sense": "to direct towards or point at a particular direction",
      "word": "orientare"
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      "sense": "to direct towards or point at a particular direction",
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      "sense": "to direct towards or point at a particular direction",
      "word": "orientar"
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    {
      "code": "da",
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      "word": "orientere sig"
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      "word": "zich oriënteren"
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      "code": "fo",
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      "sense": "to familiarize (oneself or someone) with a situation or circumstance",
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      "word": "ætta seg"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "to familiarize (oneself or someone) with a situation or circumstance",
      "word": "s’orienter"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to familiarize (oneself or someone) with a situation or circumstance",
      "word": "orientarse"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to familiarize (oneself or someone) with a situation or circumstance",
      "word": "sich orientieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "to familiarize (oneself or someone) with a situation or circumstance",
      "word": "orientarsi"
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      "word": "orientar"
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      "code": "es",
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      "word": "orientarse"
    },
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      "code": "tl",
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      "sense": "to familiarize (oneself or someone) with a situation or circumstance",
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    },
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        "1": "ro",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "oriens",
        "4": "oriens, orientem"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin oriens, orientem",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from French orient, Latin oriens, orientem.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ro-noun-n",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "orient",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "un orient",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "orientul",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "orient",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unui orient",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "orientului",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "orientule",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "orient n (uncountable)",
      "name": "ro-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "n",
        "gpd": "orientelor",
        "gpi": "oriente",
        "gsd": "orientului",
        "gsi": "orient",
        "n": "sg",
        "npd": "orientele",
        "npi": "oriente",
        "nsd": "orientul",
        "nsi": "orient",
        "vp": "orientelor",
        "vs": "orientule"
      },
      "name": "ro-decl-noun-single"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Romanian",
  "lang_code": "ro",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "oriental"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Romanian lemmas",
        "Romanian neuter nouns",
        "Romanian nouns",
        "Romanian terms borrowed from French",
        "Romanian terms borrowed from Latin",
        "Romanian terms derived from French",
        "Romanian terms derived from Latin",
        "Romanian uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "east, Orient"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "east",
          "east"
        ],
        [
          "Orient",
          "Orient"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "standard"
      ],
      "word": "est"
    },
    {
      "english": "somewhat uncommon today",
      "word": "răsărit"
    }
  ],
  "word": "orient"
}
{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1089",
  "msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Old French: 'orient oblique singular or', originally 'orient oblique singular or m'",
  "path": [
    "orient"
  ],
  "section": "Old French",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "orient",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1089",
  "msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Old French: 'orient oblique singular or', originally 'orient oblique singular or m'",
  "path": [
    "orient"
  ],
  "section": "Old French",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "orient",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1147",
  "msg": "suspicious related form tags ['masculine', 'canonical']: 'orient oblique singular or' in 'orient oblique singular, m (nominative singular orienz or orientz)'",
  "path": [
    "orient"
  ],
  "section": "Old French",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "orient",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/2466",
  "msg": "accepted heuristic header: table cell identified as header and given candidate status, AND the cleaned text is in LANGUAGES_WITH_CELLS_AS_HEADERS[Romanian]; cleaned text: n gender",
  "path": [
    "orient"
  ],
  "section": "Romanian",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "orient",
  "trace": ""
}

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