Orient
['ɔːrɪənt;'ɒr-] or ['orɪənt]
Definition
(verb.) familiarize (someone) with new surroundings or circumstances; 'The dean of students tries to orient the freshmen'.
(verb.) determine one's position with reference to another point; 'We had to orient ourselves in the forest'.
(verb.) cause to point; 'Orient the house towards the West'.
(verb.) be oriented; 'The weather vane points North'; 'the dancers toes pointed outward'.
Editor: Maureen--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Rising, as the sun.
(a.) Eastern; oriental.
(a.) Bright; lustrous; superior; pure; perfect; pellucid; -- used of gems and also figuratively, because the most perfect jewels are found in the East.
(n.) The part of the horizon where the sun first appears in the morning; the east.
(n.) The countries of Asia or the East.
(n.) A pearl of great luster.
(v. t.) To define the position of, in relation to the orient or east; hence, to ascertain the bearings of.
(v. t.) Fig.: To correct or set right by recurring to first principles; to arrange in order; to orientate.
Typed by Anatole
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Eastern, oriental.[2]. Bright, shining, glittering, sparkling, brilliant.
n. East.
Inputed by Camille
Definition
adj. rising as the sun: eastern: bright or pure in colour.—n. the part where the sun rises: the east or the countries of the east: purity of lustre as in a pearl.—v.t. to set so as to face the east: to build as a church with its length from east to west.—adj. Orien′tal eastern: pertaining to in or from the east.—n. a native of the east.—v.t. Orien′talise.—ns. Orien′talism an eastern word expression or custom; Orien′talist one versed in the eastern languages: an oriental; Oriental′ity.—v.t. and v.i. Orien′tāte.—ns. Orientā′tion the act of turning or state of being turned toward the east the process of determining the east in taking bearings: the situation of a building relative to the points of the compass: the act of making clear one's position in some matter: the homing instinct as in pigeons; O′rientātor an instrument for orientating.
Typed by Edmund
Examples
- A railway here in Asia--in the dreamy realm of the Orient--in the fabled land of the Arabian Nights--is a strange thing to think of. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Light and darkness were struggling together, and the orient was streaked by roseate and golden rays. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The time when the more complicated fireworks, which we owe both to Europe and the Orient, came into vogue in this country, no one perhaps could now definitely tell. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It is built entirely of precious marbles, brought from the Orient --nothing in its composition is domestic. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- In fact, they are still being manufactured and are sold in some parts of Africa and the Orient. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The great necessity for more durable carbons became a desideratum so urgent that the tireless inventor decided to commission another explorer to search the tropical jungles of the Orient. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Through Orient seas, o’er Afric’s plain, And Asian mountains borne, The vigor of the Northern brain Shall nerve the world outworn. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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