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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.
oriënteren

orientation noun

  /ˌɔɹiɛnˈteɪʃən/
  • (countable) An inclination, tendency or direction.
gerichtheid, oriëntatie
  • (uncountable) The construction of a Christian church to have its aisle in an east-west direction with the altar at the east end.
kerkbouwrichting
  • (analytic geometry, topology, countable) The designation of a parametrised curve as "positively" or "negatively" oriented (or "nonorientable"); the analogous description of a surface or hypersurface.
kerkbouwrichting, oriëntatie
  • (typography, countable) The direction of print across the page; landscape or portrait.
  • (analysis, differential geometry, countable) The choice of which ordered bases are "positively" oriented and which are "negatively" oriented on a real vector space.
oriëntatie
  • (countable) The ability to orient, or the process of so doing.
oriëntatie, oriëntering
  • (education) Events to orient new students at a school; events to help new students become familiar with a school.
oriëntatie, oriëntering, oriënteringsvermogen, voorlichting
  • (countable) The determination of the relative position of something or someone.
oriëntatie, oriëntering, plaatsbepaling, richting
  • (countable) The relative physical position or direction of something.
oriëntatie, plaatsbepaling, richting

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.]
oosters, oriëntaal

orientalism

oriëntalisme

Oriental noun

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

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Oriënt noun

east
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