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01. It will take a few days to [orient] you to the routine in our office.
02. Our salesmen are very success-[oriented], and are largely responsible for the continued success of our enterprise.
03. During [orientation] week, the students will be introduced to all the facilities available to them during their studies here.
04. After receiving a blow to the head, the player was confused and [disoriented], and had to leave the game.
05. According to some research, one in four gay men has been physically assaulted as a result of his perceived sexual [orientation].
06. The [orientation] of new students in our program is the responsibility of the socio-cultural coordinator.
07. The house is [oriented] towards the south, so it gets lots of sun.
08. Living in a new culture can be a very [disorienting] experience.
09. There will be an [orientation] meeting for new employees on Tuesday.
10. The child seemed dizzy and [disoriented], and wasn't able to stand up.
11. The office is putting together some [orientation] materials to help new students adjust to life on campus.
12. In the early days of Islam, worshippers prayed in any available space, provided it was [oriented] towards Mecca.
13. People's behavior is [oriented] to their culture and its rules.
14. Schools play a vital role in [orienting] children to their society.
15. If your son shows any signs of nausea or [disorientation] this evening, you must take him to the hospital to get that bump on his head looked at.
16. He is very family-[oriented], and isn't interested in getting promoted if it means he will have less time to spend with his children.
17. Feelings of alienation and [disorientation] are common signs of culture shock.
18. A certain kind of flower makes bees so drunk that they become [disoriented], and then dump their load of pollen on the flower.
19. It is illegal to discriminate against someone based on their race, sex, age or sexual [orientation].
20. In Korea's male-[oriented] society divorce is relatively uncommon because the consequences are generally so negative for women.
21. I've never seen him with a woman, and I'm actually a little unsure as to his sexual [orientation].
22. Alvin Toffler described future shock as the shattering stress and [disorientation] that we induce in individuals by subjecting them to too much change in too short a time.
23. Camille Paglia once suggested that never in history have women had more freedom of choice in regard to dress, behavior, career, and sexual [orientation].
24. The hikers were able to use the stars to [orientate] themselves, and eventually find a road.
25. People's behavior is generally [oriented] to their culture and its rules.
26. The personal [disorientation] experienced when one is immersed in a foreign culture is known as culture shock.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • orient — [ ɔrjɑ̃ ] n. m. • 1080; lat. oriens, p. prés. de oriri « surgir, se lever » I ♦ 1 ♦ Poét. Côté de l horizon où le soleil se lève. ⇒ levant; est. L orient et l occident. Fig. « Tant de choses éclatantes ont eu leur orient et leur couchant »… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Orient — (von lat. oriens ‚Osten‘, ‚Morgen‘, dies Partizip Präsens von oriri‚ aufgehen, sich erheben‘; eigentlich sol oriens, ‚aufgehende Sonne‘), später auch Morgenland genannt, ist dem Okzident (Abendland, von occidens sol, ‚untergehende Sonne‘), der… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Orient — Watch Co. Ltd …   Википедия

  • orient — ORIENT. s. m. Le point du Ciel, la partie du Ciel où le Soleil se leve sur l horison. L orient d esté. l orient d hyver. On dit, qu Un pays est à l orient de l autre, pour dire, qu Il est situé du costé de l Orient à son égard. La Suisse est à l… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Orient — 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.… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • orient — ORIÉNT s.n. Unul dintre cele patru puncte cardinale, situat în direcţia în care răsare soarele; răsărit, est; p. ext. spaţiul geografic situat la est faţă de un punct de referinţă (îndeosebi Asia şi estul Africii); nume generic pentru ţările sau… …   Dicționar Român

  • orient — orient, oriental Both words now sound dated and have an exotic 18c or 19c aura more associated with the world of empire and romantic adventure than with factual description. In ordinary writing it is often better to use more neutral terms such as …   Modern English usage

  • Orient — Sm std. (12. Jh.), mhd. orient Entlehnung. Ist entlehnt aus l. oriēns (orientis), Partizip von l. orīrī sich erheben, aufgehen , wohl aus Wendungen wie l. in oriente sōle in Richtung der aufgehenden Sonne . Einwohnerbezeichnung: Orientale;… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • 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. [1913 Webster] Moon, that now meet st the orient sun. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Eastern; oriental. The orient part. Hakluyt.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Orĭent — (lat.), zunächst die Himmelsgegend, wo die Sonne scheinbar ausgeht, der Osten oder Morgen; dann soviel wie Morgenland, im Gegensatz zum Abendland (s. Okzident). Obwohl der Begriff O. im Laufe der Geschichte je nach dem Standpunkte des… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • orient — (v.) c.1727, originally to arrange facing east, from Fr. s orienter to take one s bearings, lit. to face the east (also the source of Ger. orientierung), from O.Fr. orient east, from L. orientum (see ORIENT (Cf. Orient) (n.)). Meaning determine… …   Etymology dictionary

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