See Also: orient 1, verb(dictionary)
hunt 1, verb(dictionary)
orient(2)(dictionary)
ORIENT RES GP(finance)
ORIENT(finance)
orient(1)(dictionary)
Air Orient(tourism)
Orient Express Air(tourism)
Orient Express, the(dictionary)
ASIA ORIENT(finance)

hunt(1) (iou) and orient 1, verb (oh)


hunt(1) (iou)



hunt noun1.OE-E19.
[Old English hunta from Germanic.]
A hunter, a huntsman. In later use only in the title common hunt, an official appointed to look after a Lord Mayor's kennel.
? Surviving in the surname Hunt.

orient 1, verb (oh)



[Date: 1700-1800; Language: French; Origin: orienter, from Old French orient; ORIENT2]
be oriented to/towards/around sth/sb
to give a lot of attention to one type of activity or one type of person
::a course that is oriented towards the needs of businessmen
::A lot of the Training is orientated around Communications skills.
::The organization is strongly oriented towards research
orient yourself
a) to find exactly where you are by looking around you or using a map
-see also disorient disorient, disorientated disorientated
::She looked at the street names, trying to orient herself.
b) to become familiar with a new situation
orient yourself to
::It takes new students a while to orientate themselves to college life.