orient
verb
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- (transitive, by extension) To align or place (a person or object) so that his, her, or its east side, north side, etc., is positioned toward the corresponding points of the compass; (specifically, surveying) to rotate (a map attached to a plane table) until the line of direction between any two of its points is parallel to the corresponding direction in nature.
- (transitive, often, reflexive, figuratively) To familiarize (oneself or someone) with a circumstance or situation.
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orientar
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orientation
noun
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- (countable) The determination of the relative position of something or someone.
- (countable) An inclination, tendency or direction.
- (countable) The ability to orient, or the process of so doing.
- (education) Events to orient new students at a school; events to help new students become familiar with a school.
- (typography, countable) The direction of print across the page; landscape or portrait.
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orientación
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orienteering
noun
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- (sport) The act of racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass.
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orientación
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orientalism
noun
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- (arts, architecture, literature) The tendency to represent eastern subjects, to assume stylistical characteristics original of the East.
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orientalismo
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Oriental
adjective
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- 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.]
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asiático
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Oriental
noun
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- (archaic) A person from the eastern region of a place. [15th–19th c.]
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asiático
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