orientation in WordNet English dictionary

1. the act of orienting
   orientation 
   
2. a course introducing a new situation or environment
   orientation course  orientation 
   
3. an integrated set of attitudes and beliefs
   orientation 
   
4. a person's awareness of self with regard to position and time and place and personal relationships
   orientation 
   
5. a predisposition in favor of something
   "a predilection for expensive cars"; "his sexual preferences"; "showed a Marxist orientation"
   predilection  preference  orientation 
   
6. position or alignment relative to points of the compass or other specific directions
   orientation