oriented

English

Alternative forms

• (UK) orientated (sometimes proscribed)

Pronunciation

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Adjective

oriented (comparative more oriented, superlative most oriented)

2. Having a specific orientation (positioning or direction).

   During assembly, keep the tab oriented toward the slot that it will later enter.

4. (often with with or in) Having had an orientation (an introduction to a topic or place).

   They are now oriented with the main campus.

   I am no expert in geometry, but I am suitably oriented in it.

5. (geometry, topology) 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
6. (in compounds) Having (something) as a primary concern or guiding principle; focused on (something).

   Synonym: focused

Hyponyms

Hyponyms of oriented

• agent-oriented
• aspect-oriented
• attribute-oriented
• component-oriented
• customer-oriented
• data-oriented
• document-oriented
• language-oriented
• message-oriented
• object-oriented
• process-oriented
• project-oriented
• prototype-oriented
• result-oriented
• role-oriented
• service-oriented
• sexually-oriented
• solution-oriented
• subject-oriented
• task-oriented

 

Derived terms

Derived terms of oriented

• album-oriented radio
• album-oriented rock
• album-oriented soul
• goal-oriented
• oriented graph
• oriented knot
• oriented link
• oriented matroid
• oriented surface
• prototype-oriented programming
• return-oriented programming
• role-oriented language
• search-oriented architecture
• service-oriented architecture

 

Translations

having a specific orientation

• Azerbaijani: yönümlü
• Finnish: sävyttynyt, -painotteinen (fi), suuntautunut (fi)
• Hungarian: orientált (hu)

Verb

oriented

1. simple past and past participle of orient

Anagrams

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