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

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But Welker and Gelles have also made changes to the show, some subtle, some not, meant to reorient it to the media environment that is, not the one that was, or that some in TV news wish to be. —

Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2024 Our first episode is all about setting off the bloody inciting incident, reorienting us in the world and rules of the show, and some imperial dudes-rock, Sicario-style action for your trouble. —

Andy Andersen, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2024 His mentality has changed after two brilliant years under coach Mike McDaniel, who reoriented the entire Dolphins offense around his QB’s left-handedness. —

Chris Branch, The Athletic, 9 Aug. 2024 Amazon is reorienting its famous assistant around LLMs. —

Byandrew Nusca, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for reorient