reorientatev.

Brit.

/rɪˈɔːrɪənteɪt/,

/ˌriːˈɔːrɪənteɪt/,

/rɪˈɒrɪənteɪt/,

/ˌriːˈɒrɪənteɪt/, U.S.

/riˈɔriənˌteɪt/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: re- prefix, orientate v.

Etymology: < re- prefix + orientate v. Compare earlier reorient v.

1. transitive. = reorient v. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > intention > intend [verb (transitive)] > direct actions, speech, etc., towards > redirect

redirect1778

reorient1877

reorientate1913

recanalize1927

re-route1978

the world > space > direction > direct [verb (transitive)] > give (a person) bearings

reorientate1981

1913 O. M. Hueffer Vagabond in N.Y. i. 32 By about the fourth day I began to re-orientate my position.

1933 Planning 6 June 2 The most urgent necessity..for a common and intensive effort by all parties to reorientate their various points of view.

1959 B. Wootton Social Sci. & Social Pathol. viii. 267 Glueck's object in treating criminality as a disease is to concentrate attention..on the practical problem of how his [sc. the offender's] behaviour may be re~orientated.

1981 P. McCutchan Shard calls Tune xv. 163 [He] came to a small town... He knew where he was... He was re-orientated nicely.

1993 A. S. Rosenbaum Prosecuting Nazi War Criminals iv. 44 The postwar efforts at denazifying (or reeducating or even reorientating Germany) were largely unsuccessful.

a. transitive (reflexive). = reorient v. 2a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > adaptability to circumstances > adapt to circumstances [verb (reflexive)]

applya1500

apt1545

lend1854

adjust1874

reorient1914

reorientate1914

fit1919

1914 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 25 330 The child usually soon re-orientates itself and falls asleep with little recollection of the experience in the morning.

1940 Scrutiny 9 196 We may perhaps hope that Scotland will be able to reorientate itself with the end of the epoch that has seen its cultural disintegration.

1959 M. Summerton Small Wilderness xiv. 174 Struggling to reorientate myself..I tried to place myself in his shoes.

1979 J. Wainwright Duty Elsewhere xvi. 47 Cooke had reorientated himself a little. He was still dizzy.

1998 R. Callick Comrades & Capitalists ix. 156 As returns on property diminish, the medium and small firms that have traditionally been traders may start to reorientate themselves towards their former core business.

b. intransitive. = reorient v. 2b.

ΚΠ

1934 Nature 21 July 104/1 This failure to re-orientate is correlated with the possession of the very long spines characteristic of the larvæ.

1990 Jrnl. Exper. Bot. 41 874/1 The spermatozoids reorientated towards the pheromone source when they, due to their curved paths, were moving away from it.

2006 Biol. Bull. 210 78/2 A cell..will reorientate upward at an angular rate.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	reorientate
释义	reorientatev. Brit. /rɪˈɔːrɪənteɪt/, /ˌriːˈɔːrɪənteɪt/, /rɪˈɒrɪənteɪt/, /ˌriːˈɒrɪənteɪt/, U.S. /riˈɔriənˌteɪt/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: re- prefix, orientate v. Etymology: < re- prefix + orientate v. Compare earlier reorient v. 1. transitive. = reorient v. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > intend [verb (transitive)] > direct actions, speech, etc., towards > redirect redirect1778 reorient1877 reorientate1913 recanalize1927 re-route1978 the world > space > direction > direct [verb (transitive)] > give (a person) bearings reorientate1981 1913 O. M. Hueffer Vagabond in N.Y. i. 32 By about the fourth day I began to re-orientate my position. 1933 Planning 6 June 2 The most urgent necessity..for a common and intensive effort by all parties to reorientate their various points of view. 1959 B. Wootton Social Sci. & Social Pathol. viii. 267 Glueck's object in treating criminality as a disease is to concentrate attention..on the practical problem of how his [sc. the offender's] behaviour may be re~orientated. 1981 P. McCutchan Shard calls Tune xv. 163 [He] came to a small town... He knew where he was... He was re-orientated nicely. 1993 A. S. Rosenbaum Prosecuting Nazi War Criminals iv. 44 The postwar efforts at denazifying (or reeducating or even reorientating Germany) were largely unsuccessful. 2. a. transitive (reflexive). = reorient v. 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > adaptability to circumstances > adapt to circumstances [verb (reflexive)] applya1500 apt1545 lend1854 adjust1874 reorient1914 reorientate1914 fit1919 1914 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 25 330 The child usually soon re-orientates itself and falls asleep with little recollection of the experience in the morning. 1940 Scrutiny 9 196 We may perhaps hope that Scotland will be able to reorientate itself with the end of the epoch that has seen its cultural disintegration. 1959 M. Summerton Small Wilderness xiv. 174 Struggling to reorientate myself..I tried to place myself in his shoes. 1979 J. Wainwright Duty Elsewhere xvi. 47 Cooke had reorientated himself a little. He was still dizzy. 1998 R. Callick Comrades & Capitalists ix. 156 As returns on property diminish, the medium and small firms that have traditionally been traders may start to reorientate themselves towards their former core business. b. intransitive. = reorient v. 2b. ΚΠ 1934 Nature 21 July 104/1 This failure to re-orientate is correlated with the possession of the very long spines characteristic of the larvæ. 1990 Jrnl. Exper. Bot. 41 874/1 The spermatozoids reorientated towards the pheromone source when they, due to their curved paths, were moving away from it. 2006 Biol. Bull. 210 78/2 A cell..will reorientate upward at an angular rate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1913
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