orient
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See also Orient
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[edit] Etymology
< Middle English orient < Old French orient < Latin oriens (“‘rising; as a noun, the quarter where the sun rises, the east, day’”), ppr. of oriri (“‘to rise’”).
[edit] Verb
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to orient (third-person singular simple present orients, present participle orienting, simple past and past participle oriented)
- to set self or thing to face the east[1][2]; to turn towards the east
- to build along the east-west direction[1][2]
- to bury with feet facing east[2]
- to determine direction with respect to east or other points of the compass[1][2]
- to determine one's general situation (figuratively)[1][2]
- to find one's way (usually by means of a compass)
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- orientate (UK)
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to find one's way
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[edit] External links
- orient in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- orient in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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[edit] References
- [1998] (2000) The Chambers Dictionary. Edinburgh: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd.
- [1975] (1976) The Oxford Illustrated Dictionary. Great Britain: Oxford University Press.
