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{
"term": "orientation",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a person’s basic beliefs or feelings about a particular subject",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "**religious/political orientation**"
},
{
"text": "a person’s **sexual orientation** *(= whether they are attracted to men, women or both)*"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the type of aims or interests that a person or an organization has; the act of directing your aims towards a particular thing",
"sensetop": "orientation to/towards something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The course is essentially theoretical in orientation."
},
{
"text": "Companies have been forced into a greater orientation to the market.",
"contextForm": "orientation to/towards something"
},
{
"text": "People over 55 tended to have a strong leisure orientation."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "training or information that you are given before starting a new job, course, etc.",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "an orientation session/program/course"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "the direction in which an object faces",
"labels": "(specialist)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The orientation of the planet's orbit is changing continuously."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌɔːriənˈteɪʃn/",
"audio": "or/orientation/orientation__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌɔːriənˈteɪʃn/",
"audio": "or/orientation/orientation__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "mid 19th cent.: apparently from orient."
}