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orientamento — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • alignment noun The arrangement of things in a straight line, or the state of being correctly positioned relative to each other.
  • drift noun A slow, gradual movement or change, often without direct control.
  • guidance noun Help or advice given to someone, often about direction in life or a specific decision.
  • orientation noun An introductory session or programme that familiarises new students, employees or members with a place and its procedures.
  • orienteering noun The act of racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass.
  • sway verb To move slowly and rhythmically from side to side.
  • trim verb To cut away excess from something to neaten it.

Senses

orientamento is used for these senses in English:

  • alignment The process of adjusting a mechanism such that its parts are aligned; the condition of having its parts so adjusted.
  • drift The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence, also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim.
  • guidance The act or process of guiding.
  • orientation (countable) The determination of the relative position of something or someone.
  • orientation (education) Events to orient new students at a school; events to help new students become familiar with a school.
  • orienteering (sport) The act of racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass.
  • sway (transitive) To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; to warp.
  • trim (nautical) The fore-and-aft angle of the vessel to the water, with reference to the cargo and ballast; the manner in which a vessel floats on the water, whether on an even keel or down by the head or stern.

alignment — full definition

  1. noun The arrangement of things in a straight line, or the state of being correctly positioned relative to each other.
  2. noun Agreement or cooperation between people, groups, or goals.

drift — full definition

  1. noun A slow, gradual movement or change, often without direct control.
  2. noun A large mound of snow, sand, or debris piled up by wind or current.
  3. noun The general meaning or intention of something said.
  4. verb To move slowly and without control, carried by wind, water, or circumstance.

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