to orient
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4.1
- verb
- /ˈɔːriənt/
:
orientarse
- It's a dizzying moment as we try to orient ourselves to their new position.
- remain oriented
And I use it just to kind of Orient myself in time.
- And I use it just to kind of Orient myself in time.
- Because you, you're the structure that you use to Orient yourself and your life is dependent on your values.
- And the bats then hear these echoes and they turn this information into an acoustic image, and this enables them to Orient in complete darkness.
- They they start to Orient themselves, their whole orientation of how do I be a man in the world?
- And of course they can fly and Orient themselves all over the globe, which we could never do, like a kind of inbuilt GPS.
- There's more facts than there are things you can't Orient yourself.
- It takes her about an hour to Orient herself properly because she's trying to be grateful.
Examples
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And so in order to get to the shop, you have to Orient your body in the correct direction.
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The group seemed to orient more and more toward meeting deadlines imposed by the program.
Academic text (1990) -
And I use it just to kind of Orient myself in time.
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When you exit the air lock, take a moment to orient yourself.
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The ancient Egyptians were already using an instrument like this one to orient themselves in the desert by following the stars.
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- Perhaps before deciding on any action, you'd want to know more about the people, to orient yourself in a strange environment.
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It takes her about an hour to Orient herself properly because she's trying to be grateful.
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And the bats then hear these echoes and they turn this information into an acoustic image, and this enables them to Orient in complete darkness.
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An ambulance, she realized, orienting herself, the wail of a siren diminishing in the distance.
Fiction book (1995) -
When you exit the air lock, take a moment to orient yourself.
Synonyms
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4.9
To find where you are and what to do in a new place
To find your position and get used to a new place or situation
Giving information that helps people find their position or direction, for example with a map
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Etymology
Orient comes from the old Latin oriens meaning 'east' or 'rising', when people used the sunrise as a simple direction. That's why to orient yourself now means to find your direction or position in a place.