Lexic.us

Definition of Orient

1. Noun. The countries of Asia.

2. Verb. Be oriented. "The dancers toes pointed outward"

3. Noun. The hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia.

4. Verb. Determine one's position with reference to another point. "We had to orient ourselves in the forest"

5. Verb. Cause to point. "Orient the house towards the West"

6. Verb. Familiarize (someone) with new surroundings or circumstances. "The dean of students tries to orient the freshmen"

7. Verb. Adjust to a specific need or market. "Tailor your needs to your surroundings"

Definition of Orient

1. a. Rising, as the sun.

2. n. The part of the horizon where the sun first appears in the morning; the east.

3. v. t. To define the position of, in relation to the orient or east; hence, to ascertain the bearings of.

4. v. t. Same as Orientate, 2.

Definition of Orient

1. Proper noun. Countries of Asia, especially East Asia. ¹

2. Proper noun. (dated) Countries east of the Mediterranean. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To familiarize with a situation or circumstance. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To set the focus of so as to relate or appeal to a certain group. ¹

5. Verb. (transitive) To point at or direct towards. ¹

6. Verb. (transitive) To determine which direction one is facing. ¹

7. Verb. (transitive) To place or build so as to face eastward. ¹

8. Verb. (intransitive) To change direction so as to face east. ¹

9. Verb. (by extension) To change direction to face a certain way. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Orient

1. to adjust in relation to something else [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Orient

oricha orichalc orichalceous orichalch orichalchum orichalcs orichalcum orichas orickite oriel

oriel window orielled oriels oriencies oriency orient (current term) orientability orientable oriental oriental alabaster

oriental bittersweet oriental bush cherry oriental cherry oriental cholangio-hepatitis oriental cockroach oriental food oriental person oriental plane oriental poppy oriental roach

Literary usage of Orient

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ancient Times, a History of the Early World: An Introduction to the Study of by James Henry Breasted (1916)
"And that ancient orient, whose civilization thus survived in the life of Europe, ... To this final revival of the orient we must now turn. SECTION 101. ..."

2. A Library of American Literature from the Earliest Settlement to the Present by Edmund Clarence Stedman, Arthur Stedman (1894)
"WOE for the brave ship orient! Woe for the old ship orient! For in broad, broad light, and with land in sight, Where the waters bubbled white, ..."

3. United States Coast Pilot: Atlantic Coast. Part IV. From Point Judith to New by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, Herbert Gouverneur Ogden, John Ross, Herbert Cornelius Graves, Harry L. Ford (1899)
"When Little Gull Island Lighthouse shows clear of the southern end of Plum Island, bearing about ENE., if bound to orient, Greenport, Southold, ..."

4. Papers and Proceedings by American Sociological Society Meeting, American Sociological Association (1910)
"SOCIOLOGICAL APPRAISAL OF WESTERN INFLUENCE IN THE orient EDWARD WARREN CAPEN Boston, Mass. It is not so many years since the countries of the orient were ..."

5. The American Journal of International Law by American Society of International Law (1907)
"Dr. Hinckley traces the history of American consular jurisdiction in the orient, devoting especial attention to American legislation, and to the act of June ..."

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