EGAVE

oriented

Academic Word List, sublist 5.

About 22.90 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Having a specific orientation (positioning or direction).
    During assembly, keep the tab oriented toward the slot that it will later enter.
  2. adjective Having had an orientation (an introduction to a topic or place).
    They are now oriented with the main campus.
  3. adjective In any of various technical senses, admitting or being equipped with a notion of handedness (i.e. of distinguishing clockwise and anticlockwise). See Orientability on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  4. adjective Having (something) as a primary concern or guiding principle; focused on (something).
    a Marxist-oriented approach to economics
  5. verb simple past and past participle of orient

Similar words

directed adjusted headed minded bound destined homeward familiarized homeward-bound orientated

Often followed by

toward to and towards in programming approach research design

Word family

orient orientate orientated orientates orientating orientation orienting orients

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