Definitions
How to pronounce orient:
Orient - as a noun
The hemisphere that includes eurasia and africa and australia
Orient - as a verb
Determine one's position with reference to another point
Example: "We had to orient ourselves in the forest"
Cause to point
Example: "Orient the house towards the west"
Familiarize (someone) with new surroundings or circumstances
Example: "The dean of students tries to orient the freshmen"
Adjust to a specific need or market
Example: "A magazine oriented towards young people"
Orient - as a proper noun
Usually preceded by the: a region or a part of the world to the east of a certain place; countries of asia, the east (especially east asia).
The countries east of the mediterranean.
A city and town in illinois.
A city and town in iowa.
A town in maine.
A census-designated place and hamlet in new york.
A town and village in south dakota.
Orient - as an adjective
Rising, like the morning sun.
Of the colour of the sky at daybreak; bright red.
(obsolete except poetic) of, facing, or located in the east; eastern, oriental.
(obsolete except poetic) of a pearl or other gem: of great brilliance and value; (by extension) bright, lustrous.
Word Game Points
ORIENT has a SCRABBLE points total of 6.
ORIENT has a WORDS WITH FRIENDS points total of 7.
ORIENT has a WORDFEUD points total of 6.
