orient
• noun /ori nt/ (the Orient) literary the countries of the East, especially east Asia. • adjective /orint/ literary oriental. • verb /orient/ 1 align or position relative to the points of a compass or other specified positions. 2 (orient oneself) find one’s position in relation to unfamiliar surroundings. 3 tailor to specified circumstances. — ORIGIN from Latin oriens ‘rising or east’, from oriri ‘to rise’.
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