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orientate

[ awr-ee-uh n-teyt, -en-, ohr- ]

/ ˈɔr i ənˌteɪt, -ɛn-, ˈoʊr- /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR orientate ON THESAURUS.COM

verb (used with or without object), o·ri·en·tat·ed, o·ri·en·tat·ing. Chiefly British.

orient(defs 4–12).

Origin of orientate

1840–50; < French orient(er) “to orient” + -ate¹

OTHER WORDS FROM orientate

re·o·ri·en·tate, verb (used with object), re·o·ri·en·tat·ed, re·o·ri·en·tat·ing.

Words nearby orientate

oriental scops owl, oriental topaz, orientalia, orientalism, orientalize, orientate, orientation, oriente, orienteer, orienteering, orienting reflex

Example sentences from the Web for orientate

He was just beginning to orientate himself and to feel that he was not wholly an intruder.

Martin Eden |Jack London
Such facts are convincing proof that we do not orientate ourselves entirely by means of the labyrinth, important as it is for us.

Popular scientific lectures |Ernst Mach
It took him but a moment to orientate himself, and presently rohorse and riders were headed in the direction of the highway.

A Knyght Ther Was |Robert F. Young
Exhausted by his efforts, he gained the edge of the pool at last, and stopped, trying to orientate himself.

Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 |Various

Inquiry at the information-desk helped her to orientate herself.

Find the Woman |Arthur Somers Roche

British Dictionary definitions for orientate

orientate

/ (ˈɔːrɪɛnˌteɪt) /

verb

a variant of orient

Medical definitions for orientate

orientate

[ ôr′ē-ən-tāt′ ]

v.

To orient.