{
    "term": "orientation",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a person’s basic beliefs or feelings about a particular subject",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**religious/political orientation**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a person’s **sexual orientation** *(= whether they are attracted to men, women or both)*"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the type of aims or interests that a person or an organization has; the act of directing your aims towards a particular thing",
            "sensetop": "orientation to/towards something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The course is essentially theoretical in orientation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Companies have been forced into a greater orientation to the market.",
                    "contextForm": "orientation to/towards something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "People over 55 tended to have a strong leisure orientation."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "training or information that you are given before starting a new job, course, etc.",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an orientation session/program/course"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "the direction in which an object faces",
            "labels": "(specialist)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The orientation of the planet's orbit is changing continuously."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌɔːriənˈteɪʃn/",
                "audio": "or/orientation/orientation__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌɔːriənˈteɪʃn/",
                "audio": "or/orientation/orientation__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 19th cent.: apparently from orient."
}