adj
Meaning 1
Arising again.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, obsolete
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
reorient
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CMU ARPABET: R IY0 AO1 R IY0 EH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To orient again; to make or become oriented after dislocation or disorientation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
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verb
Meaning 3
set or arrange in a new or different determinate position
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Orient the house towards the South
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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Broader terms: change
Narrower terms: align, aline, line up, adjust, skew
verb
Meaning 4
cause to turn
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: turn
Narrower terms: tip
verb
Meaning 5
orient once again, after a disorientation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: reorientate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: orient, orientate
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English orient English reorient From re- + orient.