1. Adjusted or located in relation to surroundings or circumstances; sometimes used in combination
   "helping freshmen become oriented to college life"; "the book is value-oriented throughout"; "the house had its large windows oriented toward the ocean view";
   - orientated [Brit]

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

See also: adjusted, bound, destined, directed, familiarised [Brit], familiarized, headed, homeward, homeward-bound, minded, orientating, orienting

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

Antonym: disorient

Encyclopedia: Oriented