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US
/ˌɔɹiɛnˈteɪʃən/
]
[ UK /ˌɔːɹiəntˈeɪʃən/ ]
[ UK /ˌɔːɹiəntˈeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
- a person's awareness of self with regard to position and time and place and personal relationships
- an integrated set of attitudes and beliefs
- position or alignment relative to points of the compass or other specific directions
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a predisposition in favor of something
a predilection for expensive cars
showed a Marxist orientation
his sexual preferences - the act of orienting
- a course introducing a new situation or environment
How To Use orientation In A Sentence
- The relationship between the street and the galleries inside is not as intrusively immediate as is suggested by the open-ended, perpendicular orientation.
- The tragedy is the orientation will be in the interests of capital rather than working people.
- Ever since we met at freshman orientation last year, we've bumped heads.
- A literal translation is given of the Arabic themes to highlight the partial loss of orientation through discontinuity of theme.
- This all seems to be in response to the subject of human rights and the inclusion of sexual orientation in the bill.
- Similarly, managers and directors appeared to share an equivalent value orientation to the fans and were more receptive to their opinions.
- Companies have been forced into a greater orientation to the market.
- With this odd schedule during orientation at the new job, he won't be spending the days with me that he normally would.
- Most notably, it acknowledged the lack of consensus on the "immutability" of sexual orientation - that is, on the question whether it has a biological basis or not - but noted that it was, at the very least, "highly resistant to change. FindLaw Writ - Recent Articles
- These relate to changes in self-concept, life experiences, readiness to learn and orientation to learning.