NOUN | act | orientation | the act of orienting / orienting |
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cognition | orientation | an integrated set of attitudes and beliefs | |
relation | orientation | position or alignment relative to points of the compass or other specific directions | |
cognition | orientation, predilection, preference | a predisposition in favor of something | |
cognition | orientation | a person's awareness of self with regard to position and time and place and personal relationships | |
act | orientation, orientation course | a course introducing a new situation or environment |
Sounds | ao.riyehntey'shahn | |
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Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... |
Meaning | The act of orienting / orienting. | |
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Broader | placement, location, locating, position, positioning, emplacement | The act of putting something in a certain place |
Spanish | orientación | |
Catalan | orientació |
Meaning | An integrated set of attitudes and beliefs. | |
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Narrower | experimentalism | An orientation that favors / favors experimentation and innovation |
orthodoxy | A belief or orientation agreeing with conventional standards | |
political orientation, ideology, political theory | An orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation | |
position, view, perspective | A way of regarding situations or topics etc. | |
religious orientation | An attitude toward religion or religious practices | |
reorientation | A fresh orientation | |
unorthodoxy, heterodoxy, heresy | Any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position | |
wavelength | A shared orientation leading to mutual understanding | |
Broader | attitude, mental attitude | A complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways / ways |
Spanish | orientación | |
Catalan | orientació |
Meaning | Position or alignment relative to points of the compass or other specific directions. | |
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Attributes | horizontal | parallel to or in the plane of the horizon or a base line |
inclined | At an angle to the horizontal or vertical position | |
vertical, perpendicular | At right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line | |
Narrower | attitude | Position of aircraft or spacecraft relative to a frame of reference (the horizon or direction of motion) |
horizontal | Something that is oriented horizontally | |
quarter | One of the four major division of the compass | |
vertical | Something that is oriented vertically | |
Broader | direction | The spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves |
Spanish | orientación, sentido | |
Catalan | orientació |
Meaning | A predisposition in favor of something. | |
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Example | "showed a Marxist orientation" | |
Synonyms | predilection, preference | |
Broader | predisposition | An inclination beforehand to interpret statements in a particular way |
Spanish | orientación, predilección, preferencia | |
Catalan | predilecció, preferència |
Meaning | A person's awareness of self with regard to position and time and place and personal relationships. | |
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Broader | self-awareness | awareness of your own individuality |
Meaning | A course introducing a new situation or environment. | |
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Synonym | orientation course | |
Broader | course, course of study, course of instruction, class | education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings |
Spanish | curso de orientación, orientación | |
Catalan | curs d'orientació |
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