orientate en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ˈɒɹi.ənteɪt/ (UK)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From orient + -ate or a back-formation from orientation. Compare French orienter and Italian orientare.
Meanings
- (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, intransitive) To face a given direction.
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(Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, reflexive) To determine one's position relative to the surroundings; to orient (oneself).
He came out of the station and took some time to orientate himself.
He[…]stood for a moment, orientating himself exactly in the light of his knowledge.
1961, John le Carré, Call for the Dead:
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To arrange in order; to dispose or place (a body) so as to show its relation to other bodies, or the relation of its parts among themselves.
The one preferred is to make the dominant forms first order, that is, orientated in such a way as to intersect both horizontal crystallographic axes.
1848, James Dwight Dana, Manual of Mineralogy:
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(Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, transitive) To position (something), to align relative to a given position.
Try to orientate your students towards the science subjects.
- (archaic) To move or turn toward the east; to veer from the north or south toward the east.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| orientating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| orientated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| orientated | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| orientates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Deriveds
orientating response · reorientate · orientative · orientator · misorientate · disorientate
Relateds
orienate · origin · Orient · abortion
Synonyms
Translations (2)
el προσανατολίζω (to face a given direction) · pl skierować się (to face a given direction)