Found 4 items, similar to Orient.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: orient
mengorientasikan
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: orient
berkilap, berkilau, berseri, timur
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Orient
Orient
n 1: the countries of Asia [syn:
East]
2: the hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and
Australia [syn:
eastern hemisphere]
v 1: be oriented;
“The weather vane points North” [syn:
point]
2: determine one's position with reference to another point
[syn:
orientate] [ant:
disorient]
3: cause to point;
“Orient the house towards the West”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Orient
Orient
\O"ri*ent\ ([=o]"r[i^]*[e^]nt), v. t. [F. orienter. Cf.
Orientate.]
1. To define the position of, in relation to the orient or
east; hence, to ascertain the bearings of.
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2. Hence: To acquaint with new surroundings or a new
situation.
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3. Fig.: To correct or set right by recurring to first
principles; to arrange in order; to orientate.
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4. Same as
Orientate, 2.
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5. To place (a map or chart) so that its east side, north
side, etc., lie toward the corresponding parts of the
horizon; specif. (Surv.), to rotate (a map attached to a
plane table) until the line of direction between any two
of its points is parallel to the corresponding direction
in nature.
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Orient
\O"ri*ent\ ([=o]"r[i^]*ent), a. [F., fr. L. oriens,
-entis, p. pr. of oriri to rise. See
Origin.]
1. Rising, as the sun.
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Moon, that now meet'st the orient sun. --Milton.
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2. Eastern; oriental.
“The orient part.” --Hakluyt.
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3. Bright; lustrous; superior; pure; perfect; pellucid; --
used of gems and also figuratively, because the most
perfect jewels are found in the East.
“Pearls round and
orient.” --Jer. Taylor.
“Orient gems.” --Wordsworth.
“Orient liquor in a crystal glass.” --Milton.
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Orient
\O"ri*ent\, n.
1. The part of the horizon where the sun first appears in the
morning; the east.
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[Morn] came furrowing all the orient into gold.
--Tennyson.
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2. The countries of Asia or the East. --Chaucer.
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Best built city throughout the Orient. --Sir T.
Herbert.
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3. A pearl of great luster. [R.] --Carlyle.
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