What does orientation mean?

Definitions for orientation
ˌɔr i ənˈteɪ ʃən, -ɛn-, ˌoʊr-ori·en·ta·tion

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. orientationnoun

    the act of orienting

  2. orientationnoun

    an integrated set of attitudes and beliefs

  3. orientationnoun

    position or alignment relative to points of the compass or other specific directions

  4. predilection, preference, orientationnoun

    a predisposition in favor of something

    "a predilection for expensive cars"; "his sexual preferences"; "showed a Marxist orientation"

  5. orientationnoun

    a person's awareness of self with regard to position and time and place and personal relationships

  6. orientation course, orientationnoun

    a course introducing a new situation or environment

Wiktionary

  1. orientationnoun

    The act of orienting or the state of being oriented.

  2. orientationnoun

    A position relative to compass bearings

  3. orientationnoun

    The construction of a Christian church to have its aisle in an east-west direction with the altar at the east end

  4. orientationnoun

    An inclination, tendency or direction

  5. orientationnoun

    The ability to orient

  6. orientationnoun

    An adjustment to a new environment

  7. orientationnoun

    An introduction to a (new) environment

  8. orientationnoun

    The direction of print across the page; landscape or portrait

  9. orientationnoun

    The choice of which ordered bases are "positively" oriented and which are "negatively" oriented on a real vector space

Wikidata

  1. Orientation

    "Orientation" is the third episode of the second season of Lost and the 28th episode overall. The episode was directed by Jack Bender, and written by Javier Grillo-Marxuach and Craig Wright. It first aired on October 5, 2005 on ABC. Jack Shephard, John Locke and Kate Austen learn about the mysterious hatch from Desmond Hume. On the other side of the island, Michael Dawson, James "Sawyer" Ford and Jin-Soo Kwon are imprisoned by people they believe to be the "Others."

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Orientation

    Awareness of oneself in relation to time, place and person.

British National Corpus

  1. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'orientation' in Nouns Frequency: #2697

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of orientation in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of orientation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of orientation in a Sentence

  1. Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto:

    We have been dealing with a lot of cases of violence, of people beating up people because they disagree with their sexual orientation, our clients... are not willing to follow up these cases with the police because they don't know how to explain to the police what they were doing with other men in the privacy of their bedrooms without admitting to committing offences.

  2. Randolph McLaughlin:

    We clearly need a federal law that will protect sexual orientation claims so that the federal courts won’t have to jump through hoops to do that.

  3. Sandra Mellott:

    Sometimes I think they take my orientation as some kind of personal attack and they can get really hostile about it.

  4. Markel Hutchins:

    We have to transition from this anger into power. We have to transform our, not just our discourse, but shift our mindset from this idea that in order for the community to win, law enforcement has to lose, we have to shift the discussion. We have to put the conversation back in a solutions orientation. And I think that's one of the things that we've lost over the last several years : we have to reimagine our discourse.

  5. Scott Wiener:

    This bill does not prohibit the sale of the Bible – that’s an argument that we’ve heard – that’s untrue, it does not in any way prohibit free speech. It doesn’t prohibit anyone from speaking with a counselor, including a religious counselor regarding their sexual orientation, as long as no money is exchanged, as long as no services are sold.

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Translations for orientation

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  • توجيهArabic
  • orienteringDanish
  • OrientierungsvermögenGerman
  • προσανατολισμός, προσαρμογή, κατατοπισμόςGreek
  • orientaciónSpanish
  • orientationFrench
  • उन्मुखीकरणHindi
  • orientáció, betájolás, irány, tájékozódásHungarian
  • oriëntatie, richting, kerkbouwrichting, oriënteringsvermogen, gerichtheid, voorlichting, plaatsbepaling, oriënteringDutch
  • ориентация, установка, наклонность, ориентирование, ориентировка, склонность, размещениеRussian
  • ปฐมนิเทศThai
  • 方向Chinese

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