See Also: orient 1, verb(dictionary)
orient(1)(dictionary)
Air Orient(tourism)
ORIENT(finance)
ORIENT RES GP(finance)
orient(2)(dictionary)
Orient Express Air(tourism)
Orient Express(encyclopedia)
Orient Express(tourism)
Orient Hotel(tourism)

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.