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REORIENT

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Set or arrange in a new or different determinate position

Example:

Orient the house towards the South

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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)

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:

Orient once again, after a disorientation

Synonyms:

reorient; reorientate

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

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)

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