'orientation' definitions:
Definition of 'orientation'
(from WordNet)
noun
The act of orienting
noun
An integrated set of attitudes and beliefs
noun
Position or alignment relative to points of the compass or other specific directions
noun
A predisposition in favor of something; "a predilection for expensive cars"; "his sexual preferences"; "showed a Marxist orientation" [syn: predilection, preference, orientation]
noun
A person's awareness of self with regard to position and time and place and personal relationships
noun
A course introducing a new situation or environment [syn: orientation course, orientation]
Synonyms of 'orientation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acclimation,
- acclimatization,
- accommodation,
- accustoming,
- adaptation,
- adaption,
- adjustment,
- aim,
- alignment,
- arrangement,
- aspect,
- assimilation,
- attitude,
- azimuth,
- bearing,
- bearings,
- bent,
- breaking,
- breaking-in,
- briefing,
- case hardening,
- celestial navigation,
- conditioning,
- course,
- current,
- dead reckoning,
- direction,
- direction line,
- disorientation,
- domestication,
- drift,
- exposure,
- familiarization,
- fix,
- frontage,
- habituation,
- hardening,
- heading,
- helmsmanship,
- housebreaking,
- inclination,
- initiation,
- instruction,
- introduction,
- inurement,
- lay,
- layout,
- lie,
- line,
- line of direction,
- line of march,
- line of position,
- location,
- naturalization,
- navigation,
- pilotage,
- piloting,
- placement,
- placing,
- point,
- position,
- position line,
- positioning,
- preparation,
- quarter,
- radio bearing,
- range,
- run,
- seasoning,
- set,
- set-up,
- situation,
- steerage,
- steering,
- taming,
- tendency,
- tenor,
- track,
- training,
- trend,
- way
Words containing 'orientation'
- Orient,
- Oriental,
- orientalism,
- orientalize,
- orientate,
- orientated,
- orientating,
- 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