orientate

== English == === Etymology === From orient +‎ -ate or a back-formation from orientation. Compare French orienter and Italian orientare. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɒɹi.ənteɪt/ === Verb === orientate (third-person singular simple present orientates, present participle orientating, simple past and past participle orientated) (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, intransitive) To face a given direction. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, reflexive) To determine one's position relative to the surroundings; to orient (oneself). He came out of the station and took some time to orientate himself. 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. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, transitive) To position (something), to align relative to a given position. (archaic) To move or turn toward the east; to veer from the north or south toward the east. ==== Usage notes ==== Generally considered an error in American English. Compare developmentation. ==== Synonyms ==== orient ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Anagrams === retinoate == Italian == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== orientate inflection of orientare: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative === Etymology 2 === ==== Participle ==== orientate f pl feminine plural of orientato == Spanish == === Verb === orientate second-person singular voseo imperative of orientar combined with te