orientational
6.6
Information that helps someone find their way in a new place or situation
- adjective
- /ˌɔːriənˈteɪʃənl/
:
orientativo
- orientational differences
- orientational and structural
Synonyms
instructive
vsorientational
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4.1
Giving useful information that helps you learn
focuses on guiding someone to find their way or get familiar
orienting
vsorientational
5.3
Helping someone find directions and learn about a new place or situation
relates to helping someone become familiar with a place or situation
Antonyms
How Helpful
Surface Forms
orientational positive
Morphology
orientational = orientation (transparent) = orient + ation + al
The adjective is formed regularly from 'orientation' with '-al', and the guidance/familiarization meaning is easy to infer from the base.
Etymology
Orientational comes from orient, which first meant 'east' or 'to face the east' because people used the rising sun to find direction, and the same root is in the common word orientation. So an orientational session gives you guidance to 'find your way' or become familiar with a place or situation.