orientations
- 1Plural of orientation.
The company runs separate orientations for each new department.
Crystals with different orientations scatter the incoming light in distinct ways.
Note
Only some meanings of orientation can be counted, so only those take this plural. Positions, directions, inclinations and tendencies pluralize freely, and so do adjustments to a new environment, which is why a company can run several orientations for new staff. The church-building sense, laying out a church east to west with the altar at the east end, names a practice rather than a countable thing, so it stays singular.
orientations is a form of orientation
orientation, noun: The relative physical position or facing direction of something compared to its surroundings. Full entry
- Forms
- orientationorientations plural
- Spelling
- orientation → orientations: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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