reorient
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iˌɛnt, -ˈoʊr- adjective
2.
Rare. rising anew.
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reorient (riːˈɔːrɪənt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| to adjust or align (something) in a new or different way | |
| reorien'tation | |
| —n | |
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Reorient
is always a great word to know.
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| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
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Word Origin & History
reorient
1933 (trans.), 1937 (intrans.), from re- "back, again" + orient (v.) (q.v.). Reorientate is recorded from 1933; reorientation is from 1920.
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Example sentences
These regimes wanted to completely reorient the relation between material life, the individual, and the state.
We have got to basically reorient our economy toward the future.
Instead, it was a call for me to reorient my perception.
The question that has plagued plant scientists is how these cells reorient in order to flow around the wound.
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