adjective
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be oriented to/towards/around sth/sb
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All the computers we consider are general-purpose, at least in theory, although they may be oriented towards particular application areas.
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Attention will be oriented to the imagery and assumptions about reproductive physiology on which methods of contraception and their evaluation are based.
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First we were oriented towards the orientation building.
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In contrast, pragmatic parties hold more flexible goals and are oriented to moderate or incremental policy change.
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Management involvement in internal operations and problems must be oriented to the environment, its opportunities and demands.
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On the one hand, the questions are oriented towards exposing the discipline, bringing into the open its hidden character.
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The former are oriented to specialized resources while the latter focus on outputs.
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This project is oriented towards education.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Against the changing world envisaged by the consumer oriented enterprise, there are the new poor, the new urban beggars.
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It is suitable for those wishing to combine a serious business oriented course with a holiday in London.
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Loans have more recently been extended to finance education and other socially oriented projects.
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Most traditional style, discipline oriented lectures have been discontinued.
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There are, however, great differences in linguistic style between academically and non-academically oriented children.
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Today we have less confidence than before in the power of more external, socially oriented ideologies to change the world.