'Orient' definitions:
Definition of 'Orient'
From: WordNet
noun
The countries of Asia [syn: East, Orient]
noun
The hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia [syn: eastern hemisphere, orient]
verb
Be oriented; "The weather vane points North"; "the dancers toes pointed outward" [syn: orient, point]
verb
Determine one's position with reference to another point; "We had to orient ourselves in the forest" [syn: orient, orientate] [ant: disorient, disorientate]
verb
Cause to point; "Orient the house towards the West"
verb
Familiarize (someone) with new surroundings or circumstances; "The dean of students tries to orient the freshmen"
verb
Adjust to a specific need or market; "a magazine oriented towards young people"; "tailor your needs to your surroundings" [syn: tailor, orient]
Synonyms of 'Orient'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Africa,
- America,
- Antipodes,
- Asia,
- Asia Major,
- Asia Minor,
- Australasia,
- continent,
- down under,
- East,
- Eastern Hemisphere,
- eastland,
- Eurasia,
- Europe,
- Far East,
- landmass,
- Levant,
- Middle East,
- Near East,
- New World,
- Occident,
- Oceania,
- Old World,
- the old country,
- West,
- Western Hemisphere
Synonyms of 'orient'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acclimate,
- acclimatize,
- accommodate,
- accustom,
- adapt,
- adjust,
- aglow,
- assess,
- beaming,
- beamy,
- blushing,
- break,
- break in,
- bright and sunny,
- burning,
- candescent,
- case harden,
- condition,
- confirm,
- domesticate,
- domesticize,
- east,
- eastern,
- establish,
- familiarize,
- fix,
- flushing,
- gentle,
- gleaming,
- gleamy,
- glinting,
- glowing,
- habituate,
- harden,
- housebreak,
- illuminant,
- incandescent,
- inure,
- irradiative,
- lamping,
- light as day,
- luciferous,
- lucific,
- luciform,
- luminant,
- luminative,
- luminiferous,
- luminificent,
- luminous,
- lustrous,
- naturalize,
- orient the map,
- oriental,
- orientate,
- radiant,
- rutilant,
- rutilous,
- season,
- shining,
- shiny,
- starbright,
- starlike,
- starry,
- streaming,
- suffused,
- sunny,
- sunshiny,
- tame,
- train,
- wont
Orient, NY -- U.S. Census Designated Place in New York
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Orient, NY -- U.S. Census Designated Place in New York
Population (2000) :
709
Housing Units (2000) :
673
Land area (2000) :
5.092565 sq. miles (13.189682 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
1.025585 sq. miles (2.656254 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
6.118150 sq. miles (15.845936 sq. km)
FIPS code :
55321
Located within :
New York (NY), FIPS 36
Location :
41.145410 N, 72.288689 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
11957
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Orient, OH -- U.S. village in Ohio
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Orient, OH -- U.S. village in Ohio
Population (2000) :
269
Housing Units (2000) :
102
Land area (2000) :
0.124061 sq. miles (0.321317 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.124061 sq. miles (0.321317 sq. km)
FIPS code :
58800
Located within :
Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
Location :
39.804906 N, 83.154567 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
43146
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Orient, IL -- U.S. city in Illinois
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Orient, IL -- U.S. city in Illinois
Population (2000) :
296
Housing Units (2000) :
147
Land area (2000) :
0.750009 sq. miles (1.942515 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.005603 sq. miles (0.014511 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.755612 sq. miles (1.957026 sq. km)
FIPS code :
56536
Located within :
Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location :
37.918839 N, 88.975973 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Orient, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Orient, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
Population (2000) :
402
Housing Units (2000) :
179
Land area (2000) :
0.465587 sq. miles (1.205864 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.465587 sq. miles (1.205864 sq. km)
FIPS code :
59565
Located within :
Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location :
41.202702 N, 94.418794 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
50858
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Orient, SD -- U.S. town in South Dakota
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Orient, SD -- U.S. town in South Dakota
Population (2000) :
57
Housing Units (2000) :
38
Land area (2000) :
0.311181 sq. miles (0.805954 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000153 sq. miles (0.000395 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.311334 sq. miles (0.806349 sq. km)
FIPS code :
47460
Located within :
South Dakota (SD), FIPS 46
Location :
44.901922 N, 99.088595 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
57467
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Words containing 'Orient'
- Oriental,
- orientalism,
- orientalize,
- orientate,
- orientated,
- orientating,
- orientation,
- oriented,
- orienter,
- orienting,
- Orient, IA,
- Orient, IL,
- Orient, NY,
- Orient, OH,
- Orient, SD,
- Oriental crape,
- Oriental, NC,
- oriental alabaster,
- oriental amethyst,
- oriental arborvitae,
- oriental beetle,
- oriental bittersweet,
- oriental cherry,
- oriental cockroach,
- oriental garlic,
- oriental person,
- oriental plane,
- oriental poppy,
- oriental roach,
- oriental ruby,
- oriental sore,
- oriental spruce,
- oriental studies,
- orientation course,
- political orientation,
- religious orientation,
- value orientation,
- oriental black mushroom,
- oriental bush cherry,
- oriental false leopardbane,
- oriental scops owl,
- oriental verd antique,
- sierra madre oriental,
- application-oriented language,
- computer-oriented language,
- job-oriented terminal,
- machine-oriented language,
- object-oriented database,
- object-oriented programing,
- object-oriented programming,
- problem-oriented language,
- East Lake-Orient Park,
- object-oriented programing language,
- object-oriented programming language,
- East Lake-Orient Park, FL,
- object-oriented database management system