1. The hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia
   "Many of the world's oldest civilizations originated in the orient";
   - eastern hemisphere

1. Familiarize (someone) with new surroundings or circumstances
   "The dean of students tries to orient the freshmen"
    
2. Adjust to a specific need or market
   "a magazine oriented towards young people";
   - tailor
    
3. Determine one's position with reference to another point
   "We had to orient ourselves in the forest";
   - orientate [Brit]
    
4. Cause to point
   "Orient the house towards the West"
    
5. Be oriented in a particular direction
   "The building orients toward the east";
   - point

1. The countries of Asia
   - East

Derived forms: orients, orienting, oriented

See also: eastern

Type of: accommodate, acquaint, adapt, Asia, decide, determine, familiarise [Brit], familiarize, hemisphere, lie, make up one's mind, position

Antonym: disorient

Encyclopedia: Orient, Queensland