know vs orient

know

verb
  • To be acquainted or familiar with; to have encountered. 

  • To perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of or that. 

  • To experience. 

  • To understand or have a grasp of through experience or study. 

  • To be or become aware or cognizant. 

  • To be able to play or perform (a song or other piece of music). 

  • To be aware of; to be cognizant of. 

  • To recognize as the same (as someone or something previously encountered) after an absence or change. 

  • To have knowledge; to have information, be informed. 

noun
  • Knowledge; the state of knowing. 

  • Knowledge; the state of knowing; now confined to the fixed phrase ‘in the know’ 

orient

verb
  • To familiarize (oneself or someone) with a circumstance or situation. 

  • To set the focus of (something) so as to appeal or relate to a certain group. 

  • To change direction to face a certain way. 

  • To direct towards or point at a particular direction. 

  • To build or place (something) so as to face eastward. 

  • To align or place (a person or object) so that his, her, or its east side, north side, etc., is positioned toward the corresponding points of the compass; (specifically, surveying) to rotate (a map attached to a plane table) until the line of direction between any two of its points is parallel to the corresponding direction in nature. 

  • To determine which direction one is facing. 

name
  • Usually preceded by the: alternative letter-case form of Orient (“a region or a part of the world to the east of a certain place; countries of Asia, the East (especially East Asia)”) 

noun
  • The brilliance or colour of a high-quality pearl. 

  • The part of the horizon where the sun first appears in the morning; the east. 

adj
  • Of a pearl or other gem: of great brilliance and value; (by extension) bright, lustrous. 

  • Of, facing, or located in the east; eastern, oriental. 

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