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# oriented

adjective (oriented, -oriented); verb past form (orient → oriented; UK also orientated)

«oriented» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Oriented means pointed or turned in a certain direction. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oriented/#m1)
2. If you oriented yourself, you worked out where you are and which way to go. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oriented/#m2)
3. As part of a compound, -oriented means mainly aimed at or interested in something: family-oriented, goal-oriented. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oriented/#m3)

### In the lessons

In geography and maps it is about lining up a map with north or finding your direction. In maths, a shape oriented differently is turned or rotated. In everyday talk «family-oriented» or «child-oriented» tells who something is made for. Phrases: «oriented towards», «get oriented».

### Examples

- The map is oriented with north at the top. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oriented/#x1)
- The house is oriented to face the sun. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oriented/#x2)
- We used a compass to get oriented in the forest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oriented/#x3)
- This is a family-oriented restaurant. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oriented/#x4)
- The triangle is oriented upside down in the picture. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oriented/#x5)
- She is very goal-oriented and works hard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oriented/#x6)
- The windows are oriented towards the sea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oriented/#x7)
- The museum is oriented to children. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oriented/#x8)

### Note

British English also uses «orientated» (same meaning). Related: orientation, orienteering (a sport of finding your way with a map). In maths a turned shape is the same shape; orientation does not change its size or area.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «oriented» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oriented/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«oriented» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/oriented.html) on Mova free.