The meaning of ORIENTATION is the act or process of orienting or of being oriented. How to use orientation in a sentence.

Orientation is all about the direction you're facing. A house can have an east-facing orientation. Freshman orientation starts you off in a good direction. Your political orientation means your political …

The church has an east-west orientation (= has one main side facing east and the opposite side facing west).

Define orientation. orientation synonyms, orientation pronunciation, orientation translation, English dictionary definition of orientation. n. 1. The act of orienting or the state of being oriented. 2. Location …

an introduction, as a tour, that helps one to adjust to new surroundings: [countable] a twenty-minute orientation to the library facilities. [uncountable] two days of orientation.

There are 12 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun orientation, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

Orientation definition: Location or position relative to the points of the compass.