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1. Be oriented
   - point
    
2. Determine one's position with reference to another point
   "We had to orient ourselves in the forest"
   - orientate
    
3. Cause to point
   "Orient the house towards the West"
    
4. Familiarize (someone) with new surroundings or circumstances
   "The dean of students tries to orient the freshmen"
    
5. Adjust to a specific need or market
   "a magazine oriented towards young people"
   - tailor

1. The hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia
   - eastern hemisphere

1. The countries of Asia
   - East

Derived forms: orienting, oriented, orients

See also: eastern, oriental

Type of: accommodate, acquaint, adapt, Asia, decide, determine, familiarise [Brit], familiarize, hemisphere, lie, make up one's mind, position

Antonym: disorient

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