orientation

Meaning

1. (countable) The determination of the relative position of something or someone.
2. (countable) The relative physical position or direction of something.
3. (uncountable) The construction of a Christian church to have its aisle in an east-west direction with the altar at the east end.
4. (countable) An inclination, tendency or direction.
5. (countable) The ability to orient, or the process of so doing.
6. (countable) An adjustment to a new environment.
7. (countable) An introduction to a (new) environment.
8. (countable, uncountable) An introduction to a (new) environment.
9. (countable) The direction of print across the page; landscape or portrait.
10. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of sexual orientation.
11. (countable) The choice of which ordered bases are "positively" oriented and which are "negatively" oriented on a real vector space.
12. (analytic, countable) The designation of a parametrised curve as "positively" or "negatively" oriented; the analogous description of a surface or hypersurface.

Opposite of

disorientation

Synonyms

direction

trend

bearing

position

tendency

bearings

current

school

🏫

movement

orientation course

presence of mind

predilection

preference

aspect

exposure

orient

penchant

point of the compass

prone

refreshing

relish

set

situation

standardisation

standardization

suitability

sympathies

sympathy

warmheartedness

philia

sense of orientation

awareness of your environment

affection

retraining

affectionateness

building orientation

avocation

bias

briefing

cardinal point

direction finding

drift

familiarity

familiarization

guidance

heading

inclination

instruction

line

location

Translations

orientation

orientación

orientação

orientamento

Orientierung

προσανατολισμός

oriëntatie

Richtung

Ausrichtung

orientació

orientazione

oriëntering

gerichtheid

اتجاه

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌɔɹiɛnˈteɪʃən/

Etymology

From French orientation. By surface analysis, orient + -ation.