1. Positioning with respect to a reference system or determining your bearings physically or intellectually
   "an orienting program for new employees"; "noticed the bee's momentary orienting pause before heading back to the hive";
   - orientating

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: aligning, dimensioning, familiarising [Brit], familiarizing, homing, orientated [Brit], oriented, positioning

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

Antonym: disorient

Encyclopedia: Orient, Queensland