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adjective

oriented, orientated adj.

Adjusted or aligned to surroundings or circumstances; sometimes used in combination; as, to get oriented on one's first day at a new job.

Headed or intending to head in a certain direction; as, college-oriented students. Opposite of unoriented.

Synonyms: directed, minded.

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Etymology of 'Oriented'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Oriented" Quotes from Famous Books

... Argentina benefits from rich natural resources, a highly literate population, an export-oriented agricultural sector, and a diversified industrial base. However, when President Carlos MENEM took office in 1989, the country had piled up huge external debts, inflation had reached 200% per month, ...

— The 2002 CIA World Factbook • US Government

... mind does not know what is in front, what behind, what to the right, and what to the left. To call also this sensory illusion, would again be wrong, since the mind is not fully awake, and sufficiently orientated to know clearly its condition. The matter is different when we do not properly estimate an uncustomary sense-impression. A light touch in an unaccustomed part of the body is felt as a heavy weight. After the loss of a tooth we feel an enormous cave in the mouth, and ...

— Robin Hood • J. Walker McSpadden

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