(~s)
1.
If you talk about the ~ of an organization or country, you are talking about the kinds of aims and interests it has.
...a marketing ~...
To a society which has lost its ~ he has much to offer...
The movement is liberal and social democratic in ~.
= inclination
N-VAR: with supp
2.
Someone’s ~ is their basic beliefs or preferences.
...legislation that would have made discrimination on the basis of sexual ~ illegal.
= inclination
N-VAR: supp N
3.
Orientation is basic information or training that is given to people starting a new job, school, or course.
...a one-day ~ session.
= induction
N-UNCOUNT: oft N n
4.
The ~ of a structure or object is the direction it faces.
Farnese had the ~ of the church changed so that the front would face a square.
N-COUNT: usu with poss