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What does orient mean?

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Verb
  1. (transitive) To familiarize with a situation or circumstance.
  2. (transitive, figuratively) To set the focus of so as to relate or appeal to a certain group.
  3. (transitive) To point at or direct towards.
  4. (transitive) To determine which direction one is facing.
  5. (transitive) To place or build so as to face eastward.
  6. (intransitive) To change direction so as to face east.
  7. (by extension) To change direction to face a certain way.
  8. (transitive) To place (a map or chart) so that its east side, north side, etc., lie toward the corresponding parts of the horizon; (surveying) specifically, 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.
Noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Orient [from 14th c.]
  2. The part of the horizon where the sun first appears in the morning; the east.
  3. (obsolete) A pearl of orient. [19th c.]
Adjective
  1. (obsolete, poetic) Rising, like the sun.
  2. eastern; oriental
  3. Bright; lustrous; superior; pure; perfect; pellucid; used of gems and also figuratively, because the most perfect jewels are found in the East.
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