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orientate

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

/ ˈɔr i ənˌteɪt, -ɛn-, ˈoʊr- /

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 orientated

Naturally, it is horizontal only when the head is orientated in the manner above stated.

Pedagogical Anthropology |Maria Montessori
The orientated head is perfectly upright; and the line in question marks its level.

Pedagogical Anthropology |Maria Montessori
These variations are due to multiple causes, which have orientated the imagination now in one direction, now in another.

Essay on the Creative Imagination |Th. Ribot
It may even be the sign of an inborn vocation and indicate in what direction the creative activity will be orientated.

Essay on the Creative Imagination |Th. Ribot

We laid the compass on the mound, and found it was orientated accurately magnetic east and west, not allowing for the variation.

Through Arctic Lapland |Cutcliffe Hyne

British Dictionary definitions for orientated

orientate

/ (ˈɔːrɪɛnˌteɪt) /

verb

a variant of orient

Medical definitions for orientated

orientate

[ ôr′ē-ən-tāt′ ]

v.

To orient.