Orientation
noun
The direction or position of something, or the direction of someone's thoughts or ideas.
She has a positive orientation towards her work.
Often appears as...
- positive orientation
- negative orientation
noun
A person's basic beliefs or feelings in relation to a particular subject.
Her political orientation is quite conservative.
Often appears as...
- political orientation
- sexual orientation
noun
The process of someone learning about and becoming part of an organization, group, etc.
New employees undergo a one week orientation to learn about the company's policies.
Often appears as...
- orientation program
- employee orientation
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Business
noun
The position of something in relation to its surroundings.
The orientation of the house allows for maximum sunlight.
Often appears as...
- orientation of house
- orientation of buildings
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Technical
noun
The direction or position of something, or the direction of someone's thoughts or ideas.
She has a positive orientation towards her work.
Often appears as...
- positive orientation
- negative orientation
noun
A person's basic beliefs or feelings in relation to a particular subject.
Her political orientation is quite conservative.
Often appears as...
- political orientation
- sexual orientation
noun
The process of someone learning about and becoming part of an organization, group, etc.
New employees undergo a one week orientation to learn about the company's policies.
Often appears as...
- orientation program
- employee orientation
Usage tips
Business
noun
The position of something in relation to its surroundings.
The orientation of the house allows for maximum sunlight.
Often appears as...
- orientation of house
- orientation of buildings
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Thought Direction
Refers to someone's approach or attitude towards tasks, goals, or work.
His creative orientation helps him solve complex problems.
Pro Tip 2/2Opinion Inference
Can imply the underlying reasons behind someone's decisions or preferences.
Given her environmental orientation, she always opts for public transport.
Pro Tip 1/2Thought Direction
Refers to someone's approach or attitude towards tasks, goals, or work.
His creative orientation helps him solve complex problems.
Pro Tip 2/2Opinion Inference
Can imply the underlying reasons behind someone's decisions or preferences.
Given her environmental orientation, she always opts for public transport.
Pro Tip 1/2Thought Direction
Refers to someone's approach or attitude towards tasks, goals, or work.
His creative orientation helps him solve complex problems.
Pro Tip 2/2Opinion Inference
Can imply the underlying reasons behind someone's decisions or preferences.
Given her environmental orientation, she always opts for public transport.
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Jackson Katz: Violence...
As if white people don't have some sort of racial identity or belong to some racial category or construct, as if heterosexual people don't have a sexual orientation, as if men don't have a gender. This is one of the ways that dominant systems maintain and reproduce themselves, which is to say the dominant group is rarely challenged
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How to speed up chemical...
and knock the books out of their hands. Now, you're probably already aware that not all collisions lead to dates for the dance, thankfully. The collisions must have two important One, correct orientation that allows books to be knocked from one's hands; and two, enough energy to knock the books out.
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An Art Made of Trust,...
It's something so old-fashioned, but if you don't respect your own word of honor and you leave before -- that's not my problem. But it's six hours, the experience. And then after you finish, you get a certificate of accomplishment, so get home and frame it if you want. This is orientation hall.
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Meet the dazzling flying...
As a result, it is ambivalent to orientation. This gives it an extraordinary capability. It can move anywhere it wants in space irrespective of where it is facing and even of how it is rotating. It has its own complexities, mainly having to do with the interacting flows
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Bryan Stevenson: We need...
to the people who they victimized. I believe we need to do more to help people who are victimized by crime, not do less. And I think our current punishment philosophy does nothing for no one. And I think that's the orientation that we have to change.
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Computing with fluids PIPE...
itself now you realize that you can make any shape you want I just drew a tee you put that in a magnetic field and it will actually magnetize but then when the field changes the magnetization orientation would change and you end up
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Why it’s so hard to cure...
Unprotected sex and contaminated needles are the leading cause of transmission. It, fortunately, cannot spread through air, water, or casual contact. Individuals of any age, sexual orientation, gender and race can contract HIV.
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Can you solve the alien...
and at any orientation. It can also break itself apart and reassemble into any other orientation. Now comes your job. The probe will need a special protective coating for each of the extreme environments it passes through.
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Aomawa Shields: How...
from many types of atmospheres and orientations of its orbit. So I'd like future telescopes to follow up on this planet to look for signs of life. Ice on a planet's surface is also important for climate.
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Uranus 101 PIPE National...
compared to other planets, making the blue world the solar system's coldest. In addition to its extreme temperatures and orbit, Uranus has a dramatic orientation.
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Jackson Katz: Violence...
As if white people don't have some sort of racial identity or belong to some racial category or construct, as if heterosexual people don't have a sexual orientation, as if men don't have a gender. This is one of the ways that dominant systems maintain and reproduce themselves, which is to say the dominant group is rarely challenged
Video examples
How to speed up chemical...
and knock the books out of their hands. Now, you're probably already aware that not all collisions lead to dates for the dance, thankfully. The collisions must have two important One, correct orientation that allows books to be knocked from one's hands; and two, enough energy to knock the books out.
Video examples
An Art Made of Trust,...
It's something so old-fashioned, but if you don't respect your own word of honor and you leave before -- that's not my problem. But it's six hours, the experience. And then after you finish, you get a certificate of accomplishment, so get home and frame it if you want. This is orientation hall.
Video examples
Meet the dazzling flying...
As a result, it is ambivalent to orientation. This gives it an extraordinary capability. It can move anywhere it wants in space irrespective of where it is facing and even of how it is rotating. It has its own complexities, mainly having to do with the interacting flows
Video examples
Bryan Stevenson: We need...
to the people who they victimized. I believe we need to do more to help people who are victimized by crime, not do less. And I think our current punishment philosophy does nothing for no one. And I think that's the orientation that we have to change.
Video examples
Computing with fluids PIPE...
itself now you realize that you can make any shape you want I just drew a tee you put that in a magnetic field and it will actually magnetize but then when the field changes the magnetization orientation would change and you end up
Video examples
Why it’s so hard to cure...
Unprotected sex and contaminated needles are the leading cause of transmission. It, fortunately, cannot spread through air, water, or casual contact. Individuals of any age, sexual orientation, gender and race can contract HIV.
Video examples
Can you solve the alien...
and at any orientation. It can also break itself apart and reassemble into any other orientation. Now comes your job. The probe will need a special protective coating for each of the extreme environments it passes through.
Video examples
Aomawa Shields: How...
from many types of atmospheres and orientations of its orbit. So I'd like future telescopes to follow up on this planet to look for signs of life. Ice on a planet's surface is also important for climate.
Video examples
Uranus 101 PIPE National...
compared to other planets, making the blue world the solar system's coldest. In addition to its extreme temperatures and orbit, Uranus has a dramatic orientation.
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Justin Simien
American Director
I often have to play a role to get what I want in my life. At the same time, I can't do that without also nourishing who I really am and being aware of my true self and the ways in which I'm not bound by my race or sexual orientation or class or country or whatever.
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Oscar Munoz
American Businessman
It's so important that we tell customers what's going on as best as we can. And we're trying to do that. We don't often know ourselves, for so many different factors, but reliability, flexibility, and information are the three critical customer service orientations.
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Kylie Bunbury
Canadian Actress
I think that TV and film are very important mediums to show what people of all races, ethnicities, sexual orientations can do, and I think that, as women, we are still in the process of proving what we can do, what we can accomplish, and who we are.
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Evan Glodell
American Director
I went to engineering school, which I thought was what I wanted to do, for about two weeks. We had an orientation class and we met this guy where he worked and stuff and it was cool, but I was like, 'There is no way this is going to be my life.
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Ronnie Musgrove
American Politician
If you are fortunate in life, age and knowledge breed compassion. And as I have gotten older, I came to understand, that a person's sexual orientation has absolutely nothing to do with their ability to be a good parent.
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Ralph Allen
British Politician
At that time, the academic orientation was rather technical contrary to that of the university, where art theory is very important. The teachers were renowned artists and among the best of that time.
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Rajon Rondo
American Athlete
There is no place on or off the court for language that disrespects anyone's sexual orientation. That is not who I am or what I believe, and I will strive every day to be a better person.
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Yance Ford
American Director
It would be easier for people to grasp that gender, sex, and sexual orientation are different things if we had as much imagination in real life as we do when we are making our movies.
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Hayley Kiyoko
Japanese Actress
I'm grateful to the LGBTQ community for giving me the courage to write music about who I am and not just about my sexual orientation.
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James Forman, Jr.
American Lawyer
I think I've always had that orientation to try to understand the humanity behind people with whom I disagree.
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Justin Simien
American Director
I often have to play a role to get what I want in my life. At the same time, I can't do that without also nourishing who I really am and being aware of my true self and the ways in which I'm not bound by my race or sexual orientation or class or country or whatever.
Quote examples
Oscar Munoz
American Businessman
It's so important that we tell customers what's going on as best as we can. And we're trying to do that. We don't often know ourselves, for so many different factors, but reliability, flexibility, and information are the three critical customer service orientations.
Quote examples
Kylie Bunbury
Canadian Actress
I think that TV and film are very important mediums to show what people of all races, ethnicities, sexual orientations can do, and I think that, as women, we are still in the process of proving what we can do, what we can accomplish, and who we are.
Quote examples
Evan Glodell
American Director
I went to engineering school, which I thought was what I wanted to do, for about two weeks. We had an orientation class and we met this guy where he worked and stuff and it was cool, but I was like, 'There is no way this is going to be my life.
Quote examples
Ronnie Musgrove
American Politician
If you are fortunate in life, age and knowledge breed compassion. And as I have gotten older, I came to understand, that a person's sexual orientation has absolutely nothing to do with their ability to be a good parent.
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Ralph Allen
British Politician
At that time, the academic orientation was rather technical contrary to that of the university, where art theory is very important. The teachers were renowned artists and among the best of that time.
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Rajon Rondo
American Athlete
There is no place on or off the court for language that disrespects anyone's sexual orientation. That is not who I am or what I believe, and I will strive every day to be a better person.
Quote examples
Yance Ford
American Director
It would be easier for people to grasp that gender, sex, and sexual orientation are different things if we had as much imagination in real life as we do when we are making our movies.
Quote examples
Hayley Kiyoko
Japanese Actress
I'm grateful to the LGBTQ community for giving me the courage to write music about who I am and not just about my sexual orientation.
Quote examples
James Forman, Jr.
American Lawyer
I think I've always had that orientation to try to understand the humanity behind people with whom I disagree.
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