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Adjective orient has 1 sense

orient - (poetic) eastern; "the orient sun"
Antonym: western (indirect, via eastern)

Noun orient has 2 senses

East, Orient - the countries of Asia
--₁ is a kind of Asia
--₁ has parts: Far East
eastern hemisphere, orient - the hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia
--₂ is a kind of hemisphere
--₂ has parts: Old World; Africa; Australia; Eurasia

Verb orient has 3 senses

orient, point - be oriented; "The weather vane points North"
--₁ is one way to lie
Sample sentence:
Something is ----ing PP
orient, orientate - determine one's position with reference to another point
--₂ is one way to decide, make up one's mind, determine
Antonyms: disorient, disorientate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
orient - cause to point; "Orient the house towards the West"
--₃ is one way to position
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something PP