ORIENTATION

• (noun) a course introducing a new situation or environment

  synonyms : orientation course

  The orientation was approved by the dean of the university. -added by naila_inlas

• (noun) the act of orienting

  The company gave a two-day orientation to the new recruits. -added by naila_inlas

• (noun) a person's awareness of self with regard to position and time and place and personal relationships

  Due to her nervous breakdown she was having problems with orientation. -added by naila_inlas

• (noun) a predisposition in favor of something

  "a predilection for expensive cars", "his sexual preferences", "showed a Marxist orientation"

  synonyms : predilection , preference

  She has a predilection for the latest perfumes and cosmetics. -added by naila_inlas

  Everybody was surprised by her predilection for Mumbai over Delhi. -added by priyavanjeri

• (noun) an integrated set of attitudes and beliefs

  The lecture was open to all, whatever their political orientation. -added by naila_inlas

• (noun) position or alignment relative to points of the compass or other specific directions

  The orientation of the apartment is facing east. -added by naila_inlas

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