"orientee" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɔriəntiː/ [US] Forms: orientees [plural]
Etymology: From orient (“to bring into alignment; to train”) + -ee (“forming passive agent nouns”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|orient|ee|t1=to bring into alignment; to train|t2=forming passive agent nouns}} orient (“to bring into alignment; to train”) + -ee (“forming passive agent nouns”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} orientee (plural orientees)
  1. (US, especially medicine) Synonym of trainee: a new employee undergoing a probation period of training and evaluation ("orientation"). Tags: US, especially Categories (topical): Medicine Synonyms: trainee [synonym, synonym-of] Coordinate_terms: preceptor (english: supervisor)
    Sense id: en-orientee-en-noun-tcCxP8NU Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ee Topics: medicine, sciences

Inflected forms

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