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Orientate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To orient: "He . . . stood for a moment, orientating himself exactly in the light of his knowledge” ( John le Carré).

verb-intransitive. To face or turn to the east.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To face (a given direction).

v. To determine one's position relative to the surroundings; to orient (oneself).

v. To position (something), to align relative to a given position.

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

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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

v. 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.

v. Same as orient{2}.

verb-intransitive. To move or turn toward the east; to veer from the north or south toward the east.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To turn or cause to turn toward the east; cause to assume an easterly direction or aspect; orient; specifically, to place (a church) with its altar-end toward the east. See orient, v., 2.

To determine or ascertain the position of, especially with reference to the east; determine or fix the position or bearings of; figuratively, to take one's proper bearings mentally.

To place, as a crystal, in such a position as to show clearly the true relation of the several parts.

To assume an easterly direction; turn or veer toward the east; specifically (ecclesiastical), to be so constructed that the end nearest the altar or high altar (ecclesiastically accounted the eastern end) is directed toward a certain point of the compass; especially, to be so placed that the conventional eastern end is directed toward the geographical east.

To worship toward the east; especially, to celebrate the eucharist in the eastward position — that is, facing the altar. See eastward, a.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. determine one's position with reference to another point

Word Usage

"Some decades ago, Eric Partridge noted in Usage and Abusage that orientate is correct as an intransitive (“to face in a particular direction”), but that orient is preferable in all other senses."

Verb Form

orientated orientates orientating

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

decide determine make up one's mind

Variant

orient

Hyponym

guide reorient guide on reorientate

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

adjust orient