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reorienting

reorienting is the present participle and gerund of reorient.

Meaning of reorient

Verb

reorient (third-person singular simple present reorients, present participle reorienting, simple past and past participle reoriented)

  1. (ambitransitive) To orient again; to make or become oriented after dislocation or disorientation.
    • The Institute is re-orienting its program and will endeavor to carry on its training and research along lines originally planned for, though modified by such exigencies as the present national crisis has brought forth. Communications with the Institute may be directed to Shapingpa, Chungking, China.[1938 December, “Current Items”, in American Sociological Review, volume 3, number 6, American Sociological Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 879

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Questions about reorienting

What is reorienting the present participle and gerund of?
Reorienting is the present participle and gerund of reorient.

Words near reorienting in the dictionary

  1. reorientating
  2. reorientation
  3. reorientational
  4. reorientations
  5. reoriented
  6. reorienting
  7. reorients
  8. reornament
  9. reornamentation
  10. reornamented
  11. reornamenting

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