reorient

[ ree-awr-ee-ent, -ohr- ]

/ riˈɔr iˌɛnt, -ˈoʊr- /

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verb (used with or without object)

to orient again or anew.

adjective

Rare. rising anew.

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Origin of reorient

First recorded in 1930–35; re- + orient

Words nearby reorient

reopener, reorder, reordination, reorganization, reorganize, reorient, reorientation, reovirus, rep, repack, repackage

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How to use reorient in a sentence

About a decade later, the telecom agency under Democrats tried to reorient the program.
Lacking a Lifeline: How a federal effort to help low-income Americans pay their phone bills failed amid the pandemic|Tony Romm|February 9, 2021|Washington Post
Kate KayePublishers join the streaming warsAfter pivoting to video on Facebook and then YouTube, publishers are reorienting once again.
Media Briefing: The media industry’s top trends at the moment|Tim Peterson|January 28, 2021|Digiday
In his resignation letter, Pack wrote he was “solely focused upon reorienting the agency toward its missions.”
US broadcasting agency executive director resigns|Kaela Roeder|January 27, 2021|Washington Blade
Instead of reorienting its entire organization around streaming, in October 2020, ViacomCBS formed a new global streaming division and appointed Pluto TV CEO Tom Ryan to oversee that part of the organization.
Change the channel: How ViacomCBS is managing the transition from linear TV to streaming|Tim Peterson|January 5, 2021|Digiday

TikTok users, of course, aren’t the only ones designing, creating and editing productions through remote and collaborative processes in 2020 — Hollywood itself has had to reorient itself for remote work at a much larger scale.
This Week in Apps: Apple bans party app, China loses 39K iOS games, TikTok births a ‘Ratatousical’|Sarah Perez|January 2, 2021|TechCrunch
They cannot easily reorient those commitments now: Perry may be a dead duck, but he refuses to acknowledge it.
Jim DeMint Throws in the Towel|David Frum|January 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST
VIRGO Expect to be flooded by memories, intended to reorient you to earliest hopes and wishes.
What the Stars Hold for Your Week|Starsky + Cox|August 6, 2011|DAILY BEAST
A couple of the blips were over the ocean way south of England and they were trying to contact them by radio to reorient them.
The Biography of a Rabbit|Roy Benson
That would save him much alarm and perplexity when it comes time to reorient himself.
Vital Ingredient|Charles V. De Vet
It is slightly harder to reorient a defiant mind than a willing one.
Highways in Hiding|George Oliver Smith

British Dictionary definitions for reorient

reorient

/ (riːˈɔːrɪənt) /

verb (tr)

to adjust or align (something) in a new or different way

Derived forms of reorient

reorientation, noun

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