orientation
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of orienting
Types & categories
- locating hypernym
Sense 2 noun
an integrated set of attitudes and beliefs
Types & categories
- attitude hypernym
- wavelength hyponym
- experimentalism hyponym
- reorientation hyponym
- view hyponym
- orthodoxy hyponym
- unorthodoxy hyponym
- ideology hyponym
- religious orientation hyponym
Sense 3 noun
position or alignment relative to points of the compass or other specific directions
Types & categories
- direction hypernym
- attitude hyponym
- horizontal hyponym
- vertical hyponym
- quarter hyponym
Related & opposite
- horizontal attribute
- vertical attribute
- inclined attribute
Sense 4 noun
a predisposition in favor of something
a predilection for expensive cars
Types & categories
- predisposition hypernym
Related & opposite
- opt derivation
- preferential derivation
- pet derivation
Sense 5 noun
a person's awareness of self with regard to position and time and place and personal relationships
Types & categories
- self-awareness hypernym
Sense 6 noun
a course introducing a new situation or environment
Types & categories
- course hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | locating |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | attitude |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | wavelength |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | experimentalism |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | reorientation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | view |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | orthodoxy |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | unorthodoxy |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | ideology |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | religious orientation |
| 3 | attribute | Related & opposite | horizontal |
| 3 | attribute | Related & opposite | vertical |
| 3 | attribute | Related & opposite | inclined |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | direction |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | attitude |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | horizontal |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | vertical |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | quarter |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | opt |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | preferential |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | pet |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | predisposition |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | self-awareness |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | course |