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1. The act of orienting
    
2. An integrated set of attitudes and beliefs
    
3. Position or alignment relative to points of the compass or other specific directions
    
4. A predisposition in favour of something
   "showed a Marxist orientation";
   - predilection, preference
    
5. A person's awareness of self with regard to position and time and place and personal relationships
    
6. A course introducing a new situation or environment
   - orientation course

Derived forms: orientations

See also: horizontal, inclined, perpendicular, vertical

Type of: attitude, class, course, course of instruction, course of study, direction, emplacement, locating, location, mental attitude, placement, position, positioning, predisposition, self-awareness

Encyclopedia: Orientation