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How to pronounce “orient”
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Pronunciation guide for orient
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of orient with real speech in context.
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- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- The Time Paradox
oriented if most of your decisions are
- Definition summary
- The part of the horizon where the sun first appears in the morning; the east.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce orient
The Time Paradox
oriented if most of your decisions are
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “orient”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- The part of the horizon where the sun first appears in the morning; the east.
- (obsolete) A pearl originating from the Indian region, reputed to be of great brilliance; (by extension) any pearl of particular beauty and value. [19th c.]
- (by extension) The brilliance or colour of a high-quality pearl.
- [Adjective]
- (dated, poetic, also figuratively) Rising, like the morning sun.
- (dated, poetic) Of the colour of the sky at daybreak; bright in colour, from red to yellow.
- (obsolete except poetic) Of, facing, or located in the east; eastern, oriental.
- (obsolete except poetic) Of a pearl or other gem: of great brilliance and value; (by extension) bright, lustrous.
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To build or place (something) so as to face eastward.
- (transitive, by extension) To align or place (a person or object) so that his, her, or its east side, north side, etc., is positioned toward the corresponding points of the compass; (specifically, surveying) 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.
- (transitive) To direct towards or point at a particular direction.
- (transitive, reflexive) To determine which direction one is facing.
- (transitive, often reflexive, figuratively) To familiarize (oneself or someone) with a circumstance or situation.
- (transitive, figuratively) To set the focus of (something) so as to appeal or relate to a certain group.
- (intransitive) To change direction to face a certain way.
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