Definition of Orient

	Add the "Quote of the Day" to Your Site or Blog Now!
Home - Quote Topics - Quotes of the Day - Quote Keywords - Author Types - Quotation Trivia Authors: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Orient

Same as Orientate, 2.

To place (a map or chart) so that its east side, north side, etc., lie toward the corresponding parts of the horizon;

to rotate (a map attached to a plane table) until the line of direction between any two of its points is parallel to the corresponding direction in nature.

Rising, as the sun.

Eastern; oriental.

Bright; lustrous; superior; pure; perfect; pellucid; -- used of gems and also figuratively, because the most perfect jewels are found in the East.

The part of the horizon where the sun first appears in the morning; the east.

The countries of Asia or the East.

A pearl of great luster.

To define the position of, in relation to the orient or east; hence, to ascertain the bearings of.

Fig.: To correct or set right by recurring to first principles; to arrange in order; to orientate.

Related Definitions:

Also, And, Any, Are, Arrange, As, Ascertain, Attached, Because, Between, Bright, By, Chart, Correct, Corresponding, Countries, Define, Direction, East, Eastern, Fig, First, Found, Gems, Great, Hence, Horizon, In, Is, Lie, Line, Luster, Lustrous, Map, Morning, Most, Nature, North, Of, Or, Order, Orient, Oriental, Orientate, Parallel, Part, Pearl, Pellucid, Perfect, Place, Plane, Position, Pure, Recurring, Relation, Right, Rising, Rotate, Same, Set, Side, So, Sun, Superior, Table, That, The, To, Toward, Two, Until, Used, Where

Orient Quotations

Since the time of Homer every European, in what he could say about the Orient, was a racist, an imperialist, and almost totally ethnocentric.
Edward Said

Who knows who will be on board? A couple of spies, for sure. At least one grand duke; a few beautiful woman, no doubt very rich and very troubled. Anything can happen and usually does on the Orient Express.
Morley Safer

Our trouble is that we drink too much tea. I see in this the slow revenge of the Orient, which has diverted the Yellow River down our throats.
J. B. Priestley

No white group has founded a major religion on this planet. The major religious were started in the Orient and the Middle East, not in Greece and Rome. I always knew you racists didn't have a prayer.
Jane Elliot

Orient Translations

orient in French is orientent, orientons, orientez
orient in German is Osten, orientieren, ausrichten
Orient in Italian is oriente
orient in Portuguese is oriente
orient in Spanish is oriente
orient in Swedish is orienten

Quotes