noun
Meaning 1
A new orientation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
reorientation
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noun
Meaning 2
The act of changing the direction of something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
the act of changing the direction in which something is oriented
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: change of direction
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change
Narrower terms: turn, reversion, reverse, reversal, turnabout, turnaround, change of course
noun
Meaning 4
a fresh orientation; a changed set of attitudes and beliefs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: orientation
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English orientation English reorientation From re- + orientation.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: пераарыента́цыя (pjeraaryjentácyja) — the act of reorienting
- Catalan: reorientació — the act of reorienting
- French: réorientation — the act of reorienting
- Galician: reorientación — the act of reorienting
- Greek: αναπροσανατολισμός (anaprosanatolismós) — the act of reorienting
- Italian: riorientamento — the act of reorienting
- Italian: riorientazione — the act of reorienting
- Polish: reorientacja — the act of reorienting
- Russian: переориента́ция (pereorijentácija) — the act of reorienting
- Spanish: reorientación — the act of reorienting
- Ukrainian: переорієнтація (pereorijentacija) — the act of reorienting
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