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orientate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb orientate has 1 sense
- orientate(v = verb.perception) orient - determine one's position with reference to another point; "We had to orient ourselves in the forest" is one way to decide, determine, make up one's mind
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
CIDE DICTIONARY
orientate, v. t. [From Orient.].
- To place or turn toward the east; to cause to assume an easterly direction, or to veer eastward. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]"A crystal is orientated when placed in its proper position so as to exhibit its symmetry." [1913 Webster]
- Same as orient{2}. [PJC]
orientate, v. i.
To move or turn toward the east; to veer from the north or south toward the east. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
orientate, v.tr. & intr. = ORIENT v.
Etymology
prob. back-form. f. ORIENTATION
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