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orientate

verb
/ˈɒɹi.ənteɪt/UK

Etymology

From orient + -ate or a back-formation from orientation. Compare French orienter and Italian orientare.

  1. inherited from orient — “eastern; from Asia or the Orient; brilliant, shining (characteristic of jewels from the Orient)”
  2. derived from *h₃er-✻ — “to move, stir; to rise, spring”
  3. derived from oriēns — “the east; daybreak, dawn; sunrise; (participle) rising; appearing; originating”
  4. derived from orient — “east direction; Asia, Orient”
  5. derived from orient
  6. inherited from orient
  7. suffixed as orientate — “orient + ate”

Definitions

  1. To face a given direction.

  2. To determine one's position relative to the surroundings

    To determine one's position relative to the surroundings; to orient (oneself).

    • He[…]stood for a moment, orientating himself exactly in the light of his knowledge.
    • He came out of the station and took some time to orientate himself.

  3. To arrange in order

    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.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. To position (something), to align relative to a given position.

      • Try to orientate your students towards the science subjects.

    2. To move or turn toward the east

      To move or turn toward the east; to veer from the north or south toward the east.

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Derived

disorientate, misorientate, orientating response, orientative, orientator, reorientate

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA