1. To change the direction or orientation of something.
2. To change a focus, approach or direction of activity.
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Words that belong together
- reorient a panel
- reorient a device
On the page
The technician reoriented the panel toward the light source.
The device was reoriented without changing its location.
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Word forms
- Base
- reorient
- Past tense
- reoriented
- Past participle
- reoriented
- Present participle
- reorienting
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- reorient
- Present continuous
- am/is/are reorienting
- Present perfect
- have/has reoriented
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been reorienting
- Past
- reoriented
- Past continuous
- was/were reorienting
- Past perfect
- had reoriented
- Past perfect continuous
- had been reorienting
- Future
- will reorient
- Future continuous
- will be reorienting
- Future perfect
- will have reoriented
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been reorienting
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: reorient; reorients; reoriented; reoriented; reorienting Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: renewed assessment, explicit formulation, classification and framing. Disciplines: academic writing, formal analysis. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: reorients.
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