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oriented

6 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. oriented (adjective)
  2. orient (verb)
  3. ego-oriented (adjective)
  4. object-oriented (adjective)
  5. object-oriented programming (noun)
  6. self- (combining form)

ori·ent·ed

adj \ˈȯr-ē-ˌen-təd\

Definition of ORIENTED

: intellectually, emotionally, or functionally directed <humanistically oriented scholars> <market-oriented production>
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Examples of ORIENTED

  1. The audience was academically oriented.

First Known Use of ORIENTED

1937

Rhymes with ORIENTED

battlemented, discontented, malcontented, self-contented, unfrequented

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