general orientation

collocation in English

meaningsofgeneralandorientation

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general
adjective
uk
/ˈdʒen.ər.əl/us
/ˈdʒen.ər.əl/
involving or relating to most or all people, things, or places, especially when these are considered as ...
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orientation
noun[U]
uk
/ˌɔː.ri.enˈteɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌɔːr.i.enˈteɪ.ʃən/
the particular things that a person prefers, believes, thinks, or ...
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Nevertheless, large numbers of easily identifiable bone fragments gave us clues to thegeneralorientationof the deposits.
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However, mimetic palatalisation has ageneralorientationtoward the right edge of the word.
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This suggests ageneralorientationto experience self as inferior regardless of whether the ' other ' is a voice or real others.
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The fifth variable isgeneralorientationtowards risk taking.
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Planning for retirement thus appears to a considerable extent to be part of a much moregeneralorientationto life, and planning.
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While the initiators of this genre were no advocates of postmodern physics, theirgeneralorientation has strongly influenced, even determined, the shape of the present-day literature on that subject.
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In practice, this meant that not everybody faced in the same direction, though ageneralorientation towards the pulpit\\chancel was certainly maintained in most churches.$!
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That is what thegeneralorientationof the new service is to be.
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First of all, the forecasts confirm the coherence of the economic strategy recommended by thegeneralorientationof economic policy.
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The shelter offers beds, showers, meals, medical attention, human rights education andgeneralorientationto the migrants.
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As such, it was opposed to thegeneralorientationof linguistics in the sixties and early seventies where language variability was programmatically disregarded.
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The homepage establishment, with no doubt is ageneralorientation.
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One road already appears clearly laid out, at least in itsgeneralorientation.
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The caster, camber, toe-in, andgeneralorientationof the left wheel remain unchanged.
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Thegeneralorientationduring life was most likely head down, with the aperture of the shell facing the general direction of the sea floor and shell carried above.
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Itsgeneralorientationis west to east.
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