orient

Definitions of orient in various dictionaries:

noun - the countries of Asia

noun - the hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia

verb - be oriented

verb - determine one's position with reference to another point

verb - cause to point

verb - familiarize (someone) with new surroundings or circumstances

verb - adj ust to a specific need or market

The luster characteristic of a pearl of high quality.

A pearl having exceptional luster.

The place on the horizon where the sun rises; the east.

Having exceptional luster: orient gemstones.

Eastern; oriental.

Rising in the sky; ascending.

To locate or place in a particular relation to the points of the compass: orient the swimming pool north and south.

To locate or place (something) so as to face the east, especially to build (a church) with the nave laid out west to east and the main altar at the eastern end.

To align or position with respect to a point or system of reference: oriented the telescope toward the moon; oriented her interests toward health care.

To determine the bearings of.

To make familiar with or adj usted to facts, principles, or a situation.

To focus (the content of a story or film, for example) toward the concerns and interests of a specific group.

To turn toward the east.

To become adj usted or aligned.

verb - to adj ust in relation to something else

ORIENT - The Orient is the East, traditionally comprising anything that belongs to the Eastern world, in relation to Europe. In English, it is largely a meton...