orient
[verb]
Synonyms: familiarize, acclimatize, adapt, adjust, align, get one's bearings, orientate

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Orient, the old use
the eastern part of the world; Asia ⇒ compare Occident

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I. o‧ri‧ent¹ AC /ˈɔːrient, ˈɒri- $ ˈɔː-/ (also orientate British English) verb
[Word Family: verb: orient; noun: orientation]
[Date: 1700-1800; Language: French; Origin: orienter, from Old French orient; ⇒ orient²]

1. be oriented to/towards/around something/somebody to give a lot of attention to one type of activity or one type of person:
a course that is oriented towards the needs of businessmen
A lot of the training is orientated around communications skills.
The organization is strongly oriented towards research

2. orient yourself
a) to find exactly where you are by looking around you or using a map ⇒ disorient, disorientated:
She looked at the street names, trying to orient herself.
b) to become familiar with a new situation
orient yourself to
It takes new students a while to orientate themselves to college life.

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II. o‧ri‧ent² /ˈɔːriənt, ˈɒri- $ ˈɔː-/ noun
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: Latin, present participle of oriri 'to rise']
the Orient old-fashioned the eastern part of the world, especially China and Japan
⇒ the East at east(1a), ⇒ Occident

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