English edit

Etymology edit

re- +‎ orient

Verb edit

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

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To orient again; to make or become oriented after dislocation or disorientation.
    • [1938 December, “Current Items”, in American Sociological Review[1], volume 3, number 6, American Sociological Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 879:
      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.]

Adjective edit

reorient (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Arising again.

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