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Plural of orientation

regular plural

The plural of orientation is orientations.

Forms of orientation

Singularorientation /ˌɔː.ɹi.ənˈteɪ.ʃən/
Pluralorientations
Countablecountable and uncountable

Orientations in a sentence

  • Analyses all required a planar mathematical discretization of a region containing a prescribed number of cells with prescribed orientations.From the entry discretization
  • There are more romantic orientations than simple homoromanticism and heteroromanticism.From the entry romantic orientation
  • Early gastric bypass descriptions were of horizontal orientations and often nondivided staple lines.2014, Ninh T. Nguyen, Robin P. Blackstone, John M. Morton, The ASMBS Textbook of Bariatric Surgery, →ISBN. From the entry nondivided
  • Orientations of megaripple and sandwave crestline appear to be controlled by the mean current direction.1973, Selected Water Resources Abstracts 1973-08-15: Volume 6 Issue 16, Superintendent of Government Documents, page 27. From the entry megaripple
  • In recent years, bisexuality has become only one of various orientations identifying with attraction to more than one gender.2017, Gerald P. Mallon, Social Work Practice with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People. From the entry lesbiflexible

Meaning of orientation

  1. noun The determination of the relative position of something or someone.
  2. noun The relative physical position or direction of something.
  3. noun The construction of a Christian church to have its aisle in an east-west direction with the altar at the east end.

Full definition of orientation

Questions about the plural of orientation

What is the plural of orientation?
The plural of orientation is orientations.
Is orientation countable?
Orientation is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: orientation (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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