OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 4306

orient

/ˈɔː.ɹɪˌɛnt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
orientar
To direct towards or point at a particular direction.
The present methods of manufacture of fiber boards tend to orient the fibers so that they are most effective for insulation.
The workers oriented all the signs to face the road.
orientarse
To familiarize (oneself or someone) with a circumstance or situation.
Give him time to orient himself within the new hierarchy.
Thus the thought-world is a symbol, or system of symbols, which serves the organic beings of the real world for orienting themselves in the world of actual being, and is the means…