orientationnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌɔː.ri.enˈteɪ.ʃən/us/ˌɔːr.i.enˈteɪ.ʃən/orientation noun [ U ] (PREFERENCES)
C2 the particular things that a person prefers, believes, thinks, or usually does:
We employ people without regard to their political or sexual orientation.
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Goals and purposes
- affordance
- aim
- ambition
- aspiration
- avail
- cause 1
- dedicated
- deliverable
- end
- KPI
- object
- objective
- order
- point
- poodle
- poodle around (sth)
- prize
- should
- use
- utility
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orientation noun [ U ] (AIMS)
the particular interests, activities, or aims of an organization or business:
the company's new eco-friendly orientation
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Goals and purposes
- affordance
- aim
- ambition
- aspiration
- avail
- cause 1
- dedicated
- deliverable
- end
- KPI
- object
- objective
- order
- point
- poodle
- poodle around (sth)
- prize
- should
- use
- utility
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orientation noun [ U ] (TRAINING)
C2 training or preparation for a new job or activity:
The department has arranged an orientation session.
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Learning & knowing
- assimilate
- autodidact
- blended learning
- bone up
- brain training
- by-heart
- deskill
- feel
- gen up
- hear tell (of) idiom
- know better (than sb) idiom
- knowable
- mug
- mug (sth) up
- pick sth up
- quick
- reskill
- revision
- specialize
- tell
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orientation noun [ U ] (ARRANGEMENT)
C1 formal arrangement or direction:
The building has an east-west orientation (= it is built on a line between east and west).
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General location and orientation
- -oriented
- about
- along
- anterior
- around
- back onto sth
- far
- front
- frontal
- hind
- left-hand
- nearside
- offside
- on-site
- orientated
- overleaf
- position
- round
- side-on
- spot
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