- [uncountable, countable] a person’s basic beliefs or feelings about a particular subject
- religious/political orientation
- a person’s sexual orientation (= whether they are attracted to men, women or both)
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- [uncountable, countable] the type of aims or interests that a person or an organization has; the act of directing your aims towards a particular thing
- The course is essentially theoretical in orientation.
- orientation to/towards something Companies have been forced into a greater orientation to the market.
- People over 55 tended to have a strong leisure orientation.
- [uncountable] training or information that you are given before starting a new job, course, etc.
- an orientation session/program/course
- [countable] (specialist) the direction in which an object faces
- The orientation of the planet's orbit is changing continuously.
Word Originmid 19th cent.: apparently from orient.
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