oriented

orientado, enfocado

Centrado principalmente en un objetivo, un interés o un grupo de personas.

En inglés sencillo: Having a particular aim, interest, or group of people as the main focus.

• Our team is customer oriented.
• Her approach is oriented toward practical results.
• The course is career oriented.

Cómo se usa: oriented toward something (The programme is oriented toward young adults.); oriented to something (Our work is oriented to the needs of local families.)

Sinónimos: focused, directed

Expresiones frecuentes: oriented toward something, results oriented, customer oriented

orientado

Colocado de modo que mira o apunta hacia una dirección determinada.

En inglés sencillo: Positioned so that it faces or points in a particular direction.

• The panels are oriented south.
• Keep the arrow oriented toward the exit.
• The building is oriented to catch morning sunlight.

Cómo se usa: oriented toward something (The windows are oriented toward the garden.)

Sinónimos: positioned, aligned

Expresiones frecuentes: oriented toward something, oriented north, vertically oriented

familiarizado

Que conoce un lugar o un tema después de recibir información sobre él.

En inglés sencillo: Familiar with a place or subject after receiving information about it.

• The new staff are fully oriented.
• After the tour, I felt oriented to the campus.
• Newly oriented students found their classrooms easily.

Cómo se usa: oriented to something (The trainees are now oriented to the workplace.)

Sinónimos: familiar, informed

Expresiones frecuentes: newly oriented staff, fully oriented, oriented to something

orientado

Con una regla matemática que distingue sentidos opuestos, como el sentido horario y el antihorario.

En inglés sencillo: Having a mathematical rule that distinguishes opposite directions, such as clockwise and anticlockwise.

• The diagram shows an oriented curve.
• We studied an oriented surface in class.
• Each oriented manifold has a chosen orientation.

Expresiones frecuentes: oriented surface, oriented manifold, oriented curve