What is "orient"

Orient \O"ri*ent\ ([=o]"r[i^]*[e^]nt), v. t. [F. orienter. Cf. Orientate.]

1. To define the position of, in relation to the orient or east; hence, to ascertain the bearings of.

2. Hence: To acquaint with new surroundings or a new situation.

3. Fig.: To correct or set right by recurring to first principles; to arrange in order; to orientate.

4. Same as Orientate, 2.

5. To place (a map or chart) so that its east side, north side, etc., lie toward the corresponding parts of the horizon; specif. (Surv.), to rotate (a map attached to a plane table) until the line of direction between any two of its points is parallel to the corresponding direction in nature.

Orient \O"ri*ent\ ([=o]"r[i^]*ent), a. [F., fr. L. oriens, -entis, p. pr. of oriri to rise. See Origin.]

1. Rising, as the sun.

   Moon, that now meet'st the orient sun.
   --Milton.

2. Eastern; oriental. ``The orient part.''
   --Hakluyt.

3. Bright; lustrous; superior; pure; perfect; pellucid; -- used of gems and also figuratively, because the most perfect jewels are found in the East. ``Pearls round and orient.''
   --Jer. Taylor. ``Orient gems.''
   --Wordsworth. ``Orient liquor in a crystal glass.''
   --Milton.

Orient \O"ri*ent\, n.

1. The part of the horizon where the sun first appears in the morning; the east.

   [Morn] came furrowing all the orient into gold.
   --Tennyson.

2. The countries of Asia or the East.
   --Chaucer.

   Best built city throughout the Orient.
   --Sir T. Herbert.

3. A pearl of great luster. [R.]
   --Carlyle.

c.1300, "the East" (originally usually meaning what is now called the Middle East), from Old French orient "east" (11c.), from Latin orientem (nominative oriens) "the rising sun, the east, part of the sky where the sun rises," originally "rising" (adj.), present participle of oriri "to rise" (see orchestra). The Orient Express was a train that ran from Paris to Istanbul via Vienna 1883-1961, from the start associated with espionage and intrigue.

c.1727, originally "to arrange facing east," from French s'orienter "to take one's bearings," literally "to face the east" (also the source of German orientierung), from Old French orient "east," from Latin orientum (see Orient (n.)). Extended meaning "determine bearings" first attested 1842; figurative sense is from 1850. Related: Oriented; orienting.

1. 1 (context obsolete poetic English) Rising, like the sun. 2 eastern; oriental 3 Bright; lustrous; superior; pure; perfect; pellucid; used of gems and also figuratively, because the most perfect jewels are found in the East. n. 1 (alternative case form of Orient English) (from 14th c.) 2 The part of the horizon where the sun first appears in the morning; the east. 3 (context obsolete English) A pearl of orient. (19th c.) v

2. 1 (context transitive English) To familiarize with a situation or circumstance. 2 (context transitive figurative English) To set the focus of so as to relate or appeal to a certain group. 3 (context transitive English) To point at or direct towards. 4 (context transitive English) To determine which direction one is facing. 5 (context transitive English) To place or build so as to face eastward. 6 (context intransitive English) To change direction so as to face east. 7 (context by extension English) To change direction to face a certain way. 8 (cx transitive English) To place (a map or chart) so that its east side, north side, et

3. , lie toward the corresponding parts of the horizon; (cx surveying English) specifically, to rotate (a map attached to a plane table) until the line of direction between any two of its points is parallel to the corresponding direction in nature.

adj. (poetic) eastern; "the orient sun"

The Orient means the East. It is a traditional (and archaic) designation for anything that belongs to the Eastern world, such as the Middle East ( Near East) or the Far East, in relation to Europe. In English, it is largely a metonym for, and coterminous with, the continent of Asia. In France and other countries of Western Europe, it also denominates the countries of North Africa.

Orient is Latin for "east"

The Orient is usually an archaic term for Asia.

Orient may also refer to:

Orient is a live album by jazz/world music musician Don Cherry recorded in 1971 and released on the BYG label in Japan in 1974, originally untitled. When reissued in the UK by Affinity Records in 1980, it was issued with the title "Orient." Later reissues have continued to use the same title.

Orient'' (German title:Frauenraub in Marokko'') is a 1928 German silent film directed by Gennaro Righelli and starring Dolly Davis, Vladimir Gajdarov and Claire Rommer.

The film's art direction was by Otto Erdmann and Hans Sohnle.