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orient
/ˈɔ.ɹi.ənt/
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What does orient mean?
noun
- The part of the horizon where the sun first appears in the morning; the east.
- The brilliance or colour of a high-quality pearl.
adjective
- Of, facing, or located in the east; eastern, oriental.
More meanings (26)
adjective
- Of a pearl or other gem: of great brilliance and value; (by extension) bright, lustrous.
- (dated, figuratively) Rising, like the morning sun.
- (dated) Of the colour of the sky at daybreak; bright in colour, from red to yellow.
verb
- To build or place (something) so as to face eastward.
- To align or place (a person or object) so that his, her, or its east side, north side, etc., is positioned toward the corresponding points of the compass; (specifically, surveying) 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.
- To direct towards or point at a particular direction.
- To determine which direction one is facing.
- (figuratively) To familiarize (oneself or someone) with a circumstance or situation.
- (figuratively) To set the focus of (something) so as to appeal or relate to a certain group.
- To change direction to face a certain way.
noun
- A pear cultivar from the United States
- (obsolete) A pearl originating from the Indian region, reputed to be of great brilliance; (by extension) any pearl of particular beauty and value.
proper noun
- Usually preceded by the: alternative letter-case form of Orient (“a region or a part of the world to the east of a certain place; countries of Asia, the East (especially East Asia)”)
- Usually preceded by the: a region or a part of the world to the east of a certain place; countries of Asia, the East (especially East Asia).
- A minor city in Denning Township, Franklin County, Illinois.
- A township and minor city therein, in Adair County, Iowa.
- A town in Aroostook County, Maine.
- A township in Osceola County, Michigan.
- A census-designated place and hamlet in Suffolk County, New York.
- A census-designated place in Scioto Township, Pickaway County, Ohio.
- A census-designated place in Multnomah County, Oregon.
- A small town in Faulk County, South Dakota.
- An unincorporated community in Tom Green County, Texas.
- A census-designated place in Ferry County, Washington.
- A rural locality in the Shire of Hinchinbrook, Queensland, Australia.
- (dated) The countries east of the Mediterranean.
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IPA pronunciation
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G——, at this solemn moment, resembled the king in that tale of the Orient who was flesh above and marble below.
It was at the period of the great discoveries that the European people began to know more about the extreme Orient.
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I, from the orient to the drooping west, Making the wind my post-horse, still unfold The acts commenced on this ball of earth.
And he beareth also about his neck a ruby orient, noble and fine, that is a foot of length and five fingers large.
Her assaults on a pet Canary were condoned for the reason that in her native Orient she had been used to despotic example.