reorient

verb, adj — 2 senses

reorient

verb

Etymology From re- + orient.

1

Ambitransitive To 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:
Derived terms
reorientable

reorient

adj

Etymology From re- + orient.

1

Obsolete Arising again.

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