reorient

/riˈɔriənt/

Other forms: reorienting; reoriented

When you get lost, you can reorient yourself with a compass. Reorient can also be used figuratively. You got off track with your college plans, but now you have reoriented yourself, and you are applying for the fall semester.

The verb reorient has orient as its base. Orient is from the Latin word orientem, which refers to the sun rising in the East. 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.

Definitions of reorient

1. verb

   orient once again, after a disorientation
   synonyms: reorientate

   type of:

   orient, orientate

   determine one's position with reference to another point
2. verb

   set or arrange in a new or different determinate position
   types:

   adjust, align, aline, line up

   place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight

   skew

   turn or place at an angle

   address

   adjust and aim (a golf ball) at in preparation of hitting

   synchronise, synchronize

   cause to indicate the same time or rate

   realign, realine

   align anew or better

   true, true up

   make level, square, balanced, or concentric

   collimate

   adjust the line of sight of (an optical instrument)

   concenter, concentre, focalise, focalize, focus

   bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions

   type of:

   change

   undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
3. verb

   cause to turn
   types:

   tip

   cause to tilt

   bank

   tip laterally

   type of:

   turn

   cause to move around or rotate