orient :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

Nouns (1)

eastern hemisphere

n. the hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia

Verbs (6)

orientate

v. determine one's position with reference to another point

cause to point

v. cause to point; "Orient the house towards the West"

reorient, change orientation

v. set or arrange in a new or different determinate position; "Orient the house towards the South"

point, be oriented

v. be oriented; "The weather vane points North"; "the dancers toes pointed outward"

Adverbs (0)

Adjectives (1)

orient

adj. (poetic) eastern; "the orient sun"

Fuzzynyms (10)

acclimatize, acclimate, get used to the climate, acclimatise

v. get used to a certain climate; "They never acclimatized in Egypt"

habituate, accustom, make used

v. make psychologically or physically used (to something); "She became habituated to the background music"

familiarize, familiarise, make familiar

v. make familiar or acquainted; "you should acquaint yourself with your new computer"; "We familiarized ourselves with the new surroundings"

Synonyms (2)

Asian, oriental

adj. denoting or characteristic of the biogeographic region including southern Asia and the Malay Archipelago as far as the Philippines and Borneo and Java; "Oriental politeness"; "for people of South and East Asian ancestry the term `Asian' is preferred to `Oriental'"; "Asian ancestry"

Antonyms (3)

disorient, disorientate, cause to be lost

v. cause to be lost or disoriented

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