orientation
the process of becoming familiar with a new situation, or the determination of one's position relative to surroundings
Word origin: From Latin oriens, the rising sun or east.
Orientation in a sentence
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The new employees attended a two-day orientation before starting their assigned roles.
A thorough orientation helped the visiting fellows navigate both the archive's catalog and the city's transit system.
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Verbal · Text Completion
Although the senator's memoir was marketed as a frank reckoning with his failures, reviewers found it relentlessly blank, dwelling on grievances and recasting every setback as the fault of his adversaries.
Using “orientation” well
Orientation can mean the process of getting familiar with a new situation or the determination of one's position relative to surroundings. The two senses share the idea of finding one's bearings.
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