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orientation

[awr-ee-uhn-tey-shuhn, -en-, ohr-]

noun

  1. the act or process of orienting.

  2. the state of being oriented.

  3. an introduction, as to guide one in adjusting to new surroundings, employment, activity, or the like.

    New employees receive two days of orientation.

  4. Psychology, Psychiatry.the ability to locate oneself in one's environment with reference to time, place, and people.

  5. one's position in relation to true north, to points on the compass, or to a specific place or object.

  6. the ascertainment of one's true position, as in a novel situation, with respect to attitudes, judgments, etc.

  7. Chemistry.

    1. the relative positions of certain atoms or groups, especially in aromatic compounds.

    2. the determination of the position of substituted atoms or groups in a compound.



orientation

/ ˌɔːɪɛˈٱɪʃə /

noun

  1. the act or process of orienting or the state of being oriented

  2. position or positioning with relation to the points of the compass or other specific directions

  3. the adjustment or alignment of oneself or one's ideas to surroundings or circumstances

  4. Also called: orientation course.

    1. a course, programme, lecture, etc, introducing a new situation or environment

    2. ( as modifier )

      an orientation talk

  5. psychol the knowledge of one's own temporal, social, and practical circumstances in life

  6. basic beliefs or preferences

    sexual orientation

  7. biology the change in position of the whole or part of an organism in response to a stimulus, such as light

  8. chem the relative dispositions of atoms, ions, or groups in molecules or crystals

  9. the siting of a church on an east-west axis, usually with the altar at the E end

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • orientative adjective
  • nonorientation noun
  • ˌǰˈٲپDzԲ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of orientation1

First recorded in 1830–40; orientate + -ion
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And if you’d like to save your back or bring a few extra snacks, you can hire a mule team or rent llamas that, after taking an orientation, you will guide along the trail.

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This political personality type and its social dominance orientation is overrepresented among right-wing Christians.

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“It’s weird to think about a life in the vertical as opposed to the horizontal,” Nordwind said with a laugh, referring to the respective orientations of videos on TikTok and YouTube.

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After meeting at orientation — and bonding over the need to ignore the kid who insists on telling everyone he’s Amanda Knox’s cousin — Benny and Carmen fumble through a performed kind of meet-cute.

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It’s about that same tension between present and future orientation, which Davies argues is present in virtually every organization, as described by the Viable Systems Model developed by Stafford Beers.

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