English Dictionary

orient

/ˈɔː.ɹɪˌɛnt/

verb

(transitive) To build or place (something) so as to face eastward.

She will orient the new employees to the company's policies and procedures.

意味（1）

(transitive) To build or place (something) so as to face eastward.

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°; …

意味（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.

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.

意味（3）

(transitive) To direct towards or point at a particular direction.

The workers oriented all the signs to face the road.

意味（4）

(transitive, reflexive) To determine which direction one is facing.

Let me just orient myself and we can be on our way.

意味（5）

(transitive, often reflexive, figuratively) To familiarize (oneself or someone) with a circumstance or situation.

Give him time to orient himself within the new hierarchy.

意味（6）

(transitive, figuratively) 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.

意味（7）

(intransitive) To change direction to face a certain way.

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.