orient

Orient
    n 1: the countries of Asia [syn: {East}, {Orient}]
    2: the hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia
       [syn: {eastern hemisphere}, {orient}]
    v 1: be oriented; "The weather vane points North"; "the dancers
         toes pointed outward" [syn: {orient}, {point}]
    2: determine one's position with reference to another point; "We
       had to orient ourselves in the forest" [syn: {orient},
       {orientate}] [ant: {disorient}, {disorientate}]
    3: cause to point; "Orient the house towards the West"
    4: familiarize (someone) with new surroundings or circumstances;
       "The dean of students tries to orient the freshmen"
    5: adjust to a specific need or market; "a magazine oriented
       towards young people"; "tailor your needs to your
       surroundings" [syn: {tailor}, {orient}]
    

Orient \O"ri*ent\ ([=o]"r[i^]*ent), a. [F., fr. L. oriens,
   -entis, p. pr. of oriri to rise. See {Origin}.]
   1. Rising, as the sun.
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            Moon, that now meet'st the orient sun. --Milton.
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   2. Eastern; oriental. "The orient part." --Hakluyt.
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   3. Bright; lustrous; superior; pure; perfect; pellucid; --
      used of gems and also figuratively, because the most
      perfect jewels are found in the East. "Pearls round and
      orient." --Jer. Taylor. "Orient gems." --Wordsworth.
      "Orient liquor in a crystal glass." --Milton.
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Orient \O"ri*ent\, n.
   1. The part of the horizon where the sun first appears in the
      morning; the east.
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            [Morn] came furrowing all the orient into gold.
                                                  --Tennyson.
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   2. The countries of Asia or the East. --Chaucer.
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            Best built city throughout the Orient. --Sir T.
                                                  Herbert.
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   3. A pearl of great luster. [R.] --Carlyle.
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Orient \O"ri*ent\ ([=o]"r[i^]*[e^]nt), v. t. [F. orienter. Cf.
   {Orientate}.]
   1. To define the position of, in relation to the orient or
      east; hence, to ascertain the bearings of.
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   2. Hence: To acquaint with new surroundings or a new
      situation.
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   3. Fig.: To correct or set right by recurring to first
      principles; to arrange in order; to orientate.
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   4. Same as {Orientate}, 2.
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   5. To place (a map or chart) so that its east side, north
      side, etc., lie toward the corresponding parts of the
      horizon; specif. (Surv.), to rotate (a map attached to a
      plane table) until the line of direction between any two
      of its points is parallel to the corresponding direction
      in nature.
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Orient, IA (city, FIPS 59565)
  Location: 41.20283 N, 94.41788 W
  Population (1990): 376 (173 housing units)
  Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 50858
Orient, IL (city, FIPS 56536)
  Location: 37.91641 N, 88.97536 W
  Population (1990): 428 (201 housing units)
  Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Orient, NY
  Zip code(s): 11957
Orient, OH (village, FIPS 58800)
  Location: 39.80562 N, 83.15149 W
  Population (1990): 273 (101 housing units)
  Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 43146
Orient, SD (town, FIPS 47460)
  Location: 44.90286 N, 99.08833 W
  Population (1990): 59 (45 housing units)
  Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 57467
    

Orient, NY -- U.S. Census Designated Place in New York
   Population (2000):    709
   Housing Units (2000): 673
   Land area (2000):     5.092565 sq. miles (13.189682 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    1.025585 sq. miles (2.656254 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    6.118150 sq. miles (15.845936 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            55321
   Located within:       New York (NY), FIPS 36
   Location:             41.145410 N, 72.288689 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     11957
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Orient, NY
    Orient
    

Orient, OH -- U.S. village in Ohio
   Population (2000):    269
   Housing Units (2000): 102
   Land area (2000):     0.124061 sq. miles (0.321317 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.124061 sq. miles (0.321317 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            58800
   Located within:       Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
   Location:             39.804906 N, 83.154567 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     43146
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Orient, OH
    Orient
    

Orient, IL -- U.S. city in Illinois
   Population (2000):    296
   Housing Units (2000): 147
   Land area (2000):     0.750009 sq. miles (1.942515 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.005603 sq. miles (0.014511 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.755612 sq. miles (1.957026 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            56536
   Located within:       Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
   Location:             37.918839 N, 88.975973 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):    
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Orient, IL
    Orient
    

Orient, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
   Population (2000):    402
   Housing Units (2000): 179
   Land area (2000):     0.465587 sq. miles (1.205864 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.465587 sq. miles (1.205864 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            59565
   Located within:       Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
   Location:             41.202702 N, 94.418794 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     50858
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Orient, IA
    Orient
    

Orient, SD -- U.S. town in South Dakota
   Population (2000):    57
   Housing Units (2000): 38
   Land area (2000):     0.311181 sq. miles (0.805954 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000153 sq. miles (0.000395 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.311334 sq. miles (0.806349 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            47460
   Located within:       South Dakota (SD), FIPS 46
   Location:             44.901922 N, 99.088595 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     57467
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Orient, SD
    Orient
    

70 Moby Thesaurus words for "orient":
      acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, accustom, adapt, adjust,
      aglow, assess, beaming, beamy, blushing, break, break in,
      bright and sunny, burning, candescent, case harden, condition,
      confirm, domesticate, domesticize, east, eastern, establish,
      familiarize, fix, flushing, gentle, gleaming, gleamy, glinting,
      glowing, habituate, harden, housebreak, illuminant, incandescent,
      inure, irradiative, lamping, light as day, luciferous, lucific,
      luciform, luminant, luminative, luminiferous, luminificent,
      luminous, lustrous, naturalize, orient the map, oriental,
      orientate, radiant, rutilant, rutilous, season, shining, shiny,
      starbright, starlike, starry, streaming, suffused, sunny, sunshiny,
      tame, train, wont

    

26 Moby Thesaurus words for "Orient":
      Africa, America, Antipodes, Asia, Asia Major, Asia Minor,
      Australasia, East, Eastern Hemisphere, Eurasia, Europe, Far East,
      Levant, Middle East, Near East, New World, Occident, Oceania,
      Old World, West, Western Hemisphere, continent, down under,
      eastland, landmass, the old country