ˈɔː.ɹɪ.ənt ˈɔ.ɹi.ənt ˈɔː.ɹɪ.ənt ˈɔ.ɹi.ənt ˈteɪlɚ ˈteɪlə adjust to a specific need or market a magazine oriented towards young people tailor your needs to your surroundings familiarize (someone) with new surroundings or circumstances The dean of students tries to orient the freshmen determine one's position with reference to another point We had to orient ourselves in the forest cause to point Orient the house towards the West be oriented The weather vane points North the dancers toes pointed outward the hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia