REORIENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reorient mean? 

• REORIENT (verb)
  The verb REORIENT has 3 senses:

1. orient once again, after a disorientation

2. cause to turn

3. set or arrange in a new or different determinate position

  Familiarity information: REORIENT used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REORIENT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they reorient    ... he / she / it reorients   
Past simple: reoriented   
Past participle: reoriented   
-ing form: reorienting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Orient once again, after a disorientation

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

reorient; reorientate

Hypernyms (to "reorient" is one way to...):

orient; orientate (determine one's position with reference to another point)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

reorientation (a fresh orientation; a changed set of attitudes and beliefs)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cause to turn

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "reorient" is one way to...):

turn (cause to move around or rotate)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "reorient"):

tip (cause to tilt)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

reorientation (the act of changing the direction in which something is oriented)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Set or arrange in a new or different determinate position

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

Orient the house towards the South

Hypernyms (to "reorient" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "reorient"):

adjust; align; aline; line up (place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight)

skew (turn or place at an angle)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

reorientation (the act of changing the direction in which something is oriented)

 Context examples 

Studying the microscopic roundworm C. elegans led the researchers to find that defects in one protein cause animals to reorient themselves over and over again.

(Research on repetitive worm behavior has implications for understanding human diseases, National Science Foundation)

These include supporting local, small-scale fisheries and reorienting the global fish trade towards better and more equal distribution of catches.

(Fairer fish trade could fix nutrient deficiencies in coastal countries, SciDev.Net)