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orienting

orienting

5.3
Helping someone find directions and learn about a new place or situation
  • adjective
  • /ˈɔːrɪˌɛntɪŋ/
translation icon : orientador
  • The teacher used an orienting activity to help students understand the layout of the campus.

It was a set of corridor systems oriented towards a single centre.

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Examples

  • OK, so first and foremost, just the key orienting mechanism is to understand what the underlying technology is.

    Tom Bilyeu

  • One people, one sky and that's very hopeful, very peace orienting thought there.

  • The orienting workshop provided valuable insights into navigating the new company structure.

  • That map is an orienting tool that shows visitors where to find the main attractions.

Synonyms

orientational
vsorienting
6.6

Information that helps someone find their way in a new place or situation

guides direction or position relative to a reference system

Antonyms

disorienting
8 6.0

Making someone feel confused and unable to find their way

misguidance
1 7.1

Wrong advice or information that makes someone make a bad decision

How Guiding

directive
1 5.9
orienting
5.3
unclear
207 3.9
misleading
148 4.4

Surface Forms

orienting positive

Morphology

orienting = orient (transparent) = orient + ing

The adjective is directly formed from the verb 'orient' with the productive suffix '-ing' indicating an action or serving to provide orientation, which a B1 learner can infer.

Etymology

Orienting comes from the Latin oriens, from oriri meaning 'to rise', because people used the rising sun to find the 'east'. That's why orienting, like orientation, is about finding or showing direction and position and helping you adjust to a new place.