Definition of Orientate

1. Verb. Determine one's position with reference to another point. "We had to orient ourselves in the forest"

Exact synonyms: Orient
Generic synonyms: Decide, Determine, Make Up One's Mind
Specialized synonyms: Guide, Guide On, Reorient, Reorientate
Antonyms: Disorient

Definition of Orientate

1. v. t. To place or turn toward the east; to cause to assume an easterly direction, or to veer eastward.

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

Definition of Orientate

1. Verb. (UK intransitive) To face (a given direction). ¹

2. Verb. (UK reflexive) To determine one's position relative to the surroundings; to orient (oneself). ¹

3. Verb. (UK transitive) To position (something), to align relative to a given position. ¹

4. Verb. (archaic) To move or turn toward the east; to veer from the north or south toward the east. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Orientate

1. [v -TATED, -TATING, -TATES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Orientate

oriental turtle doves
orientalia
orientalise
orientalism
orientalisms
orientalist
orientalists
orientality
orientalize
orientalized
orientalizes
orientalizing
orientally
orientals
orientanol
orientate (current term)
orientated
orientates
orientating
orientating response
orientation
orientation chamber
orientation course
orientational
orientationally
orientationists
orientations
oriented
orientedness

Literary usage of Orientate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Cyclopædia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1874)
"... orientate, a perennial composite from the island of Crete (and formerly called ... orientate ..."

2. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"Oriental See ASIAN, ASIATIC, ORIENTAL orientate orientate, first attested in 1 849 in the same issue of the same journal that first used orientation. has ..."

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