reorient

verb

re·ori·ent (ˌ)rē-ˈȯr-ē-ˌent

reoriented; reorienting

transitive verb

: to orient (someone or something) again or differently: such as

: to change the orientation or direction of (something or someone)

reorient the antenna

reoriented herself so she was facing north

: to reacquaint (someone, especially oneself) with a situation, environment, etc.

woke up and reoriented myself to my surroundings

… returning servicewomen and men struggling to reorient themselves to civilian life.—

Molly Callahan

: to change the goal or emphasis of (something or someone)

… I stumbled into motherhood and was bewildered at … the volte-face required to reorient myself, my values and my way of life …—

Madeleine Bunting

… lacks nearly every resource necessary to reorient its archaic industrial economy …—

David Remnick

The long-term potential of vast databases of genomic data to … reorient the debate on medical priorities …—

Larry Downes and Paul Nunes

also : to direct (something) toward the interests of a different group

… reorienting its policy priorities to the working class. —

Franklin Foer

reorientation

(ˌ)rē-ˌȯr-ē-ən-ˈtā-shən

-ˌen-

noun

plural reorientations

Many soldiers also find blogging a useful way to help deal with reorientation to civilian life … —

Brad Knickerbocker

Examples of reorient in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The reality is there is no easy button for reorienting software development in the AI era—either at the strategic or keyboard level. —

Clint Boulton, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024 In the course of the war, a lot of factories had been reoriented to produce armaments, which meant consumer goods were in short supply. —

John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024 The plan reorients the city's economic development strategy from focusing on employer attraction to what the release states is a more balanced suite of activities aimed at fostering equitable and sustainable economic growth, a school of thought referred to as economic vitality. —

Nwa Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 11 Sep. 2024 Falcon 9's first stage booster will reorient itself after separation and land on a drone ship stationed in the Pacific Ocean where it can be used. —

Brenna Gauchat, The Arizona Republic, 5 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for reorient

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