İngilizce-Türkçe-Almanca sözlük

1. s, şark, doğu, i; göğün doğu kısmı; b, Doğu, h, genellikle Asya memleketleri; doğan, yükselen; doğuya yöneltmek; incinin üzerindeki açık mavi parlaklık; parlak, parıltılı; doğan/doğu, yöneltmek, orient oneself uymak, Doğu, alışmak.

Etymology : French orienter, from Middle French, from orient
Pronunciation : 'Or-E-"ent, 'or-
Function : transitive verb
Date : circa 1741

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1. positioning with respect to a reference system or determining your bearings physically or intellectually; "noticed the bee's momentary orienting pause before heading back to the hive"; "an orienting program for new employees".
2. Rising, as the sun.
3. Eastern; oriental.
4. Bright; lustrous; superior; pure; perfect; pellucid; used of gems and also figuratively, because the most perfect jewels are found in the East.
5. The part of the horizon where the sun first appears in the morning; the east.
6. The countries of Asia or the East.
7. A pearl of great luster.
8. To define the position of, in relation to the orient or east; hence, to ascertain the bearings of.
9. Fig.: To correct or set right by recurring to first principles; to arrange in order; to orientate.
10. Same as Orientate, 2.
11. To place so that its east side, north side, etc., lie toward the corresponding parts of the horizon; to rotate until the line of direction between any two of its points is parallel to the corresponding direction in nature. determine one's position with reference to another point cause to point; "Orient the house towards the West" be oriented; "The weather vane points North" eastern; "the orient sun".