Definition for Orientation:

• The process of determining the east point in taking bearings; the placing towards the east, as the altar of a church.

Synonyms for Orientation:

• n.

  •
  • object,
  • intention,
  • goal,
  • role,
  • target,
  • way,
  • purpose,
  • introduction,
  • bearings,
  • objective.
  •
  • angle,
  • at,
  • alignment,
  • situation,
  • in place,
  • place.
  •
  • frame of reference,
  • doctrine,
  • culture,
  • ism,
  • philosophy,
  • theory,
  • ideology,
  • dogma,
  • the spirit of the times/age,
  • ground.
  •
  • exposure.
  •act (noun)
  • orientation.
  •adjustment (noun)
  • re-pairings,
  • organizings,
  • re-dresses,
  • regulatings,
  • re pairing,
  • re dress,
  • re pairings,
  • correctings,
  • re adjustment,
  • re-pairing,
  • re-dress,
  • repairings,
  • re adjustments,
  • re dresses.
  •assimilation (noun)
  • settling ins.
  •bearing (noun)
  • fix,
  • bearing,
  • vector,
  • course,
  • location,
  • aim,
  • inclination,
  • position,
  • heading.
  •bearing/bearings (noun)
  • point compass.
  •course, route (noun)
  • direction(s).
  •direction (noun)
  • that-a-way,
  • region.
  •orientation (noun)
  • preference,
  • predilection,
  • orientation course.
  •point of view (noun)
  • private opinion,
  • optique,
  • way of thinking.
  •state of mind (noun)
  • temper.
  •temper (noun)
  • dis position,
  • frame mind,
  • dis-position,
  • dis-positions,
  • dis positions.
  •vantage (noun)
  • vantage.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • upskilling,
  • located,
  • mentoring,
  • consciousness-raising,
  • bidirectional,
  • pedagogy,
  • directional,
  • situated.
  •
  • coaching,
  • tuition,
  • education,
  • teaching.
  •
  • training,
  • instruction,
  • initiation.
  •state of mind
  • attitude.

Paraphrases for Orientation:

• Forward Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    positions.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    position.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    men, concentration, nature, sexuality, location.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    guidance, direction, directions, trades, drivers, causes, deals, Guidelines, steering, counselling, stance, initiation.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    guidance, direction, inclination, vocation, preference, Focuses, Foci, orienting, orienteering, persuasion, re-orientation, attitude, Familiarization, Aimer, Guidelines, steering, counselling, trajectory, tilt, coaching, stance, redirection, bias, emphasis, destination, initiation.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    guidance, counselling.

Antonyms for Orientation:

• n.

  • introduction, adjustment
    mix-up, disorientation.

Orientation Sentence Examples:

• He started along the corridor, trying to figure out its orientation in relation to that all - important nerve center.

• Humanistic nursing, viewed as a lived dialogue, offers a frame of orientation that places the center of our universe at the nurse - patient inter subjective transaction.

Hypernym for Orientation:

• n.

  • cognition
    wavelength, heresy, position, reorientation, political orientation, orthodoxy, view, experimentalism, heterodoxy, religious orientation, political theory, unorthodoxy, ideology, perspective.
  • linkdef
    attitude, vertical, horizontal, quarter.

Hyponym for Orientation:

• n.

  • act
    locating, location, emplacement, positioning, placement, position.
  • cognition
    self-awareness, mental attitude, attitude.
  • linkdef
    direction.