orient

Meanings

1. Usually preceded by the: alternative letter-case form of Orient (“a region or a part of the world to the east of a certain place; countries of Asia, the East (especially East Asia)”)

1. The part of the horizon where the sun first appears in the morning; the east.
2. A pearl originating from the Indian region, reputed to be of great brilliance; (by extension) any pearl of particular beauty and value.
3. The brilliance or colour of a high-quality pearl.

1. Rising, like the morning sun.
2. Of the colour of the sky at daybreak; bright in colour, from red to yellow.
3. Of, facing, or located in the east; eastern, oriental.
4. Of a pearl or other gem: of great brilliance and value; (by extension) bright, lustrous.

1. To build or place (something) so as to face eastward.
2. To align or place (a person or object) so that his, her, or its east side, north side, etc., is positioned toward the corresponding points of the compass; (specifically, surveying) to rotate (a map attached to a plane table) until the line of direction between any two of its points is parallel to the corresponding direction in nature.
3. To direct towards or point at a particular direction.
4. To determine which direction one is facing.
5. To familiarize (oneself or someone) with a circumstance or situation.
6. To set the focus of (something) so as to appeal or relate to a certain group.
7. To change direction to face a certain way.

1. Usually preceded by the: a region or a part of the world to the east of a certain place; countries of Asia, the East (especially East Asia).
2. The countries east of the Mediterranean.

1. A number of places in the United States:
2. A minor city in Denning Township, Franklin County, Illinois.
3. A township and minor city therein, in Adair County, Iowa.
4. A town in Aroostook County, Maine.
5. A township in Osceola County, Michigan.
6. A census-designated place and hamlet in Suffolk County, New York.
7. A census-designated place in Scioto Township, Pickaway County, Ohio.
8. A census-designated place in Multnomah County, Oregon.
9. A small town in Faulk County, South Dakota.
10. An unincorporated community in Tom Green County, Texas.
11. A census-designated place in Ferry County, Washington.
12. A rural locality in the Shire of Hinchinbrook, Queensland, Australia.

1. A pear cultivar from the United States

Etymology

The noun is derived from Middle English orient, oriente, oryent, oryente, oryentte (“the east direction; eastern horizon or sky; eastern regions of the world, Asia, Orient; eastern edge of the world”), borrowed from Anglo-Norman orient, oriente, and Old French orient (“east direction; Asia, Orient”) (modern French orient), or directly from its etymon Latin oriēns (“the east; daybreak, dawn; sunrise; (participle) rising; appearing; originating”), present active participle of orior (“to get up, rise; to appear, become visible; to be born, come to exist, originate”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (“to move, stir; to rise, spring”). The adjective is derived from Middle English orient (“eastern; from Asia or the Orient; brilliant, shining (characteristic of jewels from the Orient)”), from Middle English orient (noun); see above.