ORIENTING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does orienting mean? 

• ORIENTING (adjective)
  The adjective ORIENTING has 1 sense:

1. positioning with respect to a reference system or determining your bearings physically or intellectually

  Familiarity information: ORIENTING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ORIENTING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Positioning with respect to a reference system or determining your bearings physically or intellectually

Synonyms:

orientating; orienting

Context example:

an orienting program for new employees

Similar:

aligning; positioning (causing to fall into line or into position)

dimensioning (indicating or determining size and position in space)

familiarising; familiarizing (serving to make familiar)

homing (orienting or directing homeward or to a destination)

Also:

orientated; oriented (adjusted or located in relation to surroundings or circumstances; sometimes used in combination)

Antonym:

disorienting (causing loss of physical or intellectual bearings)

 Context examples 

As a protective measure, the spacecraft used its large, dish-shaped high-gain antenna (13 feet or 4 meters across) as a shield, orienting it in the direction of oncoming ring particles.

(Cassini Spacecraft Dives Between Saturn and Its Rings, NASA)