reorient

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verb

To orient again; to make or become oriented after dislocation or disorientation.

Similar
reorientate
OriginEnglish orient ← Middle English re- ← Old French re- →
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Meanings

verbreorient (third-person singular simple present reorients, present participle reorienting, simple past and past participle reoriented)

present singular third person reorients · participle present reorienting · participle past reoriented · past reoriented

  1. ambitransitiveTo orient again; to make or become oriented after dislocation or disorientation.

    The Institute is re-orienting its program and will endeavor to carry on its training and research along lines originally planned for, though modified by such exigencies as the present national crisis has brought forth. Communications with the Institute may be directed to Shapingpa, Chungking, China.

    [1938 December, “Current Items”, in American Sociological Review, volume 3, number 6, American Sociological Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 879
adjectivereorient (not comparable)
  1. not comparableobsoleteArising again.

Synonyms & antonyms

verborient once again, after a disorientation

Similar
reorientate
Broader
orientorientate
Also see
redirectreorientateresituate

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishorient
  7. Englishreorient

From re- + orient.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

orienter
Cite this entry
APA

reorient. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reorient

MLA

“reorient.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reorient. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reorient,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reorient.

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