Dictionary Entry
orient
orient is a 6-letter English word with 15 senses as adjective, noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Rising, as the sun. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 7 · 15 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Rising, as the sun.
- 2adjective
Eastern; oriental.
- 3adjective
Bright; lustrous; superior; pure; perfect; pellucid; -- used of gems and also figuratively, because the most perfect jewels are found in the East.
- 4noun
The part of the horizon where the sun first appears in the morning; the east.
- 5noun
The countries of Asia or the East.
- 6noun
A pearl of great luster.
- 7transitive verb
To define the position of, in relation to the orient or east; hence, to ascertain the bearings of.
- 8transitive verb
Fig.: To correct or set right by recurring to first principles; to arrange in order; to orientate.
- 9noun
the hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia
- 10noun
the countries of Asia
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- 11verb
adjust to a specific need or market
"a magazine oriented towards young people"
"tailor your needs to your surroundings"
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- 12verb
familiarize (someone) with new surroundings or circumstances
"The dean of students tries to orient the freshmen"
- 13verb
determine one's position with reference to another point
"We had to orient ourselves in the forest"
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- 14verb
cause to point
"Orient the house towards the West"
- 15verb
be oriented
"The weather vane points North"
"the dancers toes pointed outward"
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