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ORIENTED

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Adjusted or located in relation to surroundings or circumstances; sometimes used in combination

Example:

the book is value-oriented throughout

Synonyms:

orientated; oriented

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

adjusted; familiarised; familiarized (having achieved a comfortable relation with your environment)

bound; destined (headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in 'college-bound students')

directed ((often used in combination) having a specified direction)

headed (having a heading or course in a certain direction)

homeward; homeward-bound (oriented toward home)

minded ((used in combination) mentally oriented toward something specified)

Also:

orientating; orienting (positioning with respect to a reference system or determining your bearings physically or intellectually)

Antonym:

unoriented (not having position or goal definitely set or ascertained)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Past simple / past participle of the verb orient

Credits

 Context examples: 

To support the career development of investigators who have made a commitment to focus their research endeavors on patient-oriented research.

(Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award, NCI Thesaurus)

When oval the nuclei are oriented perpendicular to the basement membrane.

(Mouse Pancreatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia-1A, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

The HAQ-DI is a generic instrument which focuses on self-reported, patient-oriented outcome measures.

(Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)

Issue associated with a circuit, equipment, or system whereby its functions fail to be properly synchronized or its relative positions properly oriented.

(Failure to Align Medical Device Problem, Food and Drug Administration)

A histologic hallmark of this tumor is the 'specific glioneuronal element', characterized by columns, made up of bundles of axons, oriented perpendicularly to the cortical surface.

(Dysembryoplastic Neuroepithelial Tumor, NCI Thesaurus/Adapted from WHO)

A beta strand is an extended polypeptide chain with the sidechains pointing away from the backbone and oriented on opposite sides of the backbone from one residue to another.

(Beta Strand, NCI Thesaurus)

Depending on how these "doughnuts" are oriented in space, the black holes will take on various appearances.

(NASA's WISE findings poke hole in black hole 'Doughnut' theory, NASA)

The collagenous lamellae are randomly oriented and loosely intertwined.

(Immature Bone, NCI Thesaurus)

It provides policy-oriented solutions for decision-makers in taking adaptation and mitigation actions.

(Bulk of Himalayan glaciers could vanish by 2100, SciDev.Net)

In object-oriented programming, an object is a self-contained entity that consists of both data and procedures to manipulate the data.

(Computer Programming Object, NCI Thesaurus)