oriented
UK/ˈɔː.ɹɪˌɛn.tɪd/US/ˈo.ɹiˌɛn.tɪd/
oriented adjective: having a specific orientation (positioning or direction). Also the simple past and past participle of orient.
Adjective
oriented (comparative more oriented, superlative most oriented)
- Having a specific orientation (positioning or direction).
- During assembly, keep the tab oriented toward the slot that it will later enter.
- 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.
- 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
- Having (something) as a primary concern or guiding principle; focused on (something).
- a Marxist-oriented approach to economics
- Synonyms:
- focused
Also used as
oriented is also the simple past and past participle of orient.
oriented meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Telugu
oriented in Hindi
- उन्मुख, उन्मुखीकृत
oriented in Tamil
- நோக்குநிலையான
oriented in Marathi
- ओरिएन्टेड
oriented in Telugu
- ఓరియెంటెడ్, ఓరియంటెడ్
More languagesFewer languages
- oriented in Malayalam
- ഓറിയന്റഡ്, ഓറിയൻ്റഡ്
- oriented in Gujarati
- લક્ષી
- oriented in Nepali
- उन्मुख, अभिमुखीकृत
Examples of oriented in a sentence
- The workers oriented all the signs to face the road.
- They reported she was "conscious and oriented times four." What does that mean?
- Evidently the Pliny-emblem playfully teaches a moral lesson to the scholarlily oriented reader.
Synonyms of oriented
Forms of oriented
| comparative | more oriented |
|---|---|
| superlative | most oriented |
| alternative UK | orientated |
Words formed from oriented
- A&O assessment
- adult-oriented rock
- album-oriented radio
- album-oriented rock
- album-oriented soul
- alert and oriented
- attribute-oriented programming
- bioriented
- block-oriented terminal
- cell-oriented programming
- conscious and oriented
- contraoriented
- disoriented
- goal-oriented
- grammar-oriented programming
- maloriented
- misoriented
- monooriented
- nonoriented
- oriented graph
- oriented knot
- oriented link
- oriented matroid
- orientedness
- oriented surface
- preoriented
- prototype-oriented programming
- return-oriented programming
- role-oriented language
- search-oriented architecture
- semantic-oriented programming
- service-oriented architecture
- tourist-oriented destination sign
- unoriented
Phrases with oriented
Questions about oriented
- What does oriented mean?
- Oriented means having a specific orientation (positioning or direction).
- What is oriented in Hindi?
- Oriented in Hindi is उन्मुख, उन्मुखीकृत. See Oriented meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is oriented?
- Oriented is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce oriented?
- Oriented is pronounced /ˈɔː.ɹɪˌɛn.tɪd/ (UK).
Words near oriented in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: oriented (page history and authors); oriented (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); oriented (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); oriented (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); oriented (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); oriented (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); oriented (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); oriented (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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