(BrE also orientate) verb [VN]
1 [usuallypassive] ~ sb/sth (to / towards sb/sth) to direct sb/sth towards sth; to make or adapt sb/sth for a particular purpose:
Our students are oriented towards science subjects. * We run a commercially oriented operation. * profit-orientated organizations * Neither of them is politically oriented (= interested in politics). * policies oriented to the needs of working mothers
2 ~ yourself to find your position in relation to your surroundings:
The mountaineers found it hard to orient themselves in the fog.
3 ~ yourself to make yourself familiar with a new situation:
It took him some time to orient himself in his new school.
compareDISORIENTATE
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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