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- Dictionaryreorient/ˌriːˈɔːrɪɛnt/
verb
- 1. change the focus or direction of: "the country began reorienting its economic and social policies in 1988"
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to change the aim or purpose of something so that it is directed at a different person or thing: The entire organization must reorient its focus in order to deliver an improved service. The plan is to reorient homeless services toward a " housing first" approach. Fewer examples.
The meaning of REORIENT is to orient (someone or something) again or differently. How to use reorient in a sentence.
In fact the verb orient meant to face East, so reorient literally means to face East again. Today, reorient is to adjust to new circumstances or positions. The curriculum will reorient student learning goals, but it also means you have to learn the new, new, new math.
Reorient definition: to orient again or anew.. See examples of REORIENT used in a sentence.
to adjust or align (something) in a new or different way. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Derived forms. reorientation (ˌreorienˈtation) noun. Word Frequency. reorient in American English. (riˈɔriˌent, -ˈour-) transitive verb or intransitive verb. 1. to orient again or anew. adjective. 2. rare. rising anew.
reorient somebody/something (to/towards/away from somebody/something) to change the focus or direction of somebody/something. Other governments may reorient their foreign policies away from the United States.
to change what something is like, or what it is directed towards: re-orient sth towards sth Companies that were dependent on exports are having to reorient sales towards domestic consumers.
