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orient verb

  /ˈɒɹ.ɪˌɛnt/ , /ˈɔɹ.iˌɛnt/ , /ˈɔː.ɹɪˌɛnt/
  • (transitive, often, reflexive, figuratively) To familiarize (oneself or someone) with a circumstance or situation.
 orientieren

orientation noun

  /ˌɔɹiɛnˈteɪʃən/
Orientierung
  • (education) Events to orient new students at a school; events to help new students become familiar with a school.
 Orientierungsvermögen

Oriental adjective

  /ɒɹiˈɛntəl/ , /ɔːɹiˈɛntəl/
  • Pertaining to the regions east of the Mediterranean, beyond the Roman Empire or the early Christian world; of the Near East, the Middle East or the Far East, now especially relating to East Asia. [from 15th c.]
 orientalisch

orienteering noun

  • (sport) The act of racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass.
 Orientierungslauf

Oriental noun

  /ɒɹiˈɛntəl/ , /ɔːɹiˈɛntəl/
  • (archaic) A person from the eastern region of a place. [15th–19th c.]
 Orientale, Orientalin, Ostler, Ostlerin

orienteer verb

  • (sports) to race across unfamiliar countryside using a map and compass
 orientieren

oriented

orientiert

oriental

altorientalisch

orientate

osten

orientalism noun

  • (arts, architecture, literature) The tendency to represent eastern subjects, to assume stylistical characteristics original of the East.
 Orientalismus

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Orient noun {m}

Orient   /oˈʁi̯ɛnt/ , /ˈoːʁiɛnt/
  • nicht eindeutig: ein Gebiet, dass mindestens den Nahen Osten umfasst, aber auch den Mittleren Osten, den Fernen Osten, Nordafrika und Russland umfassen kann
 orient
Orient-Schlangenhalsvogel
Oriental darter
Alter Orient
Ancient Near East
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