ORIENT
\ˈɔːɹi͡ənt], \ˈɔːɹiənt], \ˈɔː_ɹ_iə_n_t]\
Definitions of ORIENT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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the hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia
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determine one's position with reference to another point
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cause to point; "Orient the house towards the West"
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(poetic) eastern; "the orient sun"
By Princeton University
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the hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia
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(poetic) "the orient sun"
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determine one's position with reference to another point
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cause to point; "Orient the house towards the West"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Ascending
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Same as Orientate, 2.
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To place (a map or chart) so that its east side, north side, etc., lie toward the corresponding parts of the horizon;
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to rotate (a map attached to a plane table) until the line of direction between any two of its points is parallel to the corresponding direction in nature.
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Rising, as the sun.
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Eastern; oriental.
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The part of the horizon where the sun first appears in the morning; the east.
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The countries of Asia or the East.
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A pearl of great luster.
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To define the position of, in relation to the orient or east; hence, to ascertain the bearings of.
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Fig.: To correct or set right by recurring to first principles; to arrange in order; to orientate.
By Oddity Software
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Ascending
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Same as Orientate, 2.
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To place (a map or chart) so that its east side, north side, etc., lie toward the corresponding parts of the horizon;
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to rotate (a map attached to a plane table) until the line of direction between any two of its points is parallel to the corresponding direction in nature.
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Rising, as the sun.
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Eastern; oriental.
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The part of the horizon where the sun first appears in the morning; the east.
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The countries of Asia or the East.
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A pearl of great luster.
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To define the position of, in relation to the orient or east; hence, to ascertain the bearings of.
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Fig.: To correct or set right by recurring to first principles; to arrange in order; to orientate.
By Noah Webster.
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Ascending
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Oriental.
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Resembling sunrise; bright.
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The East, as the countries in Asia east of the Mediterranean.
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The eastern sky.
By James Champlin Fernald
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The east: opposite to occident, or west.
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Pertaining to, or coming from, the East; like sunrise; bright; precious; as, orient pearls.
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To set facing the east; to find the position of, in relation to the east; to find the bearings of, as in surveying; to set right in relation to some fixed rule or principle: Orient.
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The East; the countries of Asia, or the Far East; the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean, or the Near East.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman