reorient
pronunciation
How to pronounce reorient in British English:
UK [ˌri:'ɔ:rɪent]
How to pronounce reorient in American English:
US [ˌri'ɔrɪent]
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- Verb:
- orient once again, after a disorientation
- cause to turn
- set or arrange in a new or different determinate position
Word Origin
- reorient (v.)
- also re-orient, 1897 (transitive), 1937 (intransitive), from re- "back, again" + orient (v.). Related: Reoriented; reorienting. Alternative reorientate also is recorded from 1913.
Example
- 1. We all need to take another look at lamar odom and reorient our thinking .
- 2. It is necessary to reorient the villager self-governance internal system in law .
- 3. On the way there and back , I was alert to things that would reorient me to america .
- 4. China has some painful decisions to make if it is to reorient its economy away from investment .
- 5. Since for a lengthy period of time you had written more pessimistic works , how did you reorient your mind or do differently to write more optimistically ?