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orientate
o·ri·en·tate O0119800 (ôr′ē-ĕn-tāt′, -ən-)v. o·ri·en·tat·ed, o·ri·en·tat·ing, o·ri·en·tates Usage Problem v.tr. To orient: "He ... stood for a moment, orientating himself exactly in the light of his knowledge" (John le Carré).v.intr. To face or turn to the east.Usage Note: The use of orientate rather than orient is not uncommon, especially in British English, but it is strongly stigmatized in American English. Those who object to orientate sometimes justify their position by arguing that the -ate is a needless syllable, though one rarely hears similar objections to the use of illuminate rather than illumine. Whatever the reason, disapproval of orientate is strong. In our 2014 survey, 80 percent of the Usage Panel found On emerging from the subway station, I had to take a moment to orientate myself unacceptable, with a similar percentage disapproving of The architect orientated the building on an east-west axis and The building is orientated on an east-west axis. orientate (ˈɔːrɪɛnˌteɪt) vb a variant of oriento•ri•en•tate (ˈɔr i ənˌteɪt, -ɛn-, ˈoʊr-)
v. -tat•ed, -tat•ing. v.t. 1. to orient. v.i. 2. to turn toward the east. [1840–50; < French orient(er)] orientate
Past participle: orientated
Gerund: orientating
| Imperative |
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| orientate | | orientate |
| Present |
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| I orientate | | you orientate | | he/she/it orientates | | we orientate | | you orientate | | they orientate |
| Preterite |
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| I orientated | | you orientated | | he/she/it orientated | | we orientated | | you orientated | | they orientated |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am orientating | | you are orientating | | he/she/it is orientating | | we are orientating | | you are orientating | | they are orientating |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have orientated | | you have orientated | | he/she/it has orientated | | we have orientated | | you have orientated | | they have orientated |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was orientating | | you were orientating | | he/she/it was orientating | | we were orientating | | you were orientating | | they were orientating |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had orientated | | you had orientated | | he/she/it had orientated | | we had orientated | | you had orientated | | they had orientated |
| Future |
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| I will orientate | | you will orientate | | he/she/it will orientate | | we will orientate | | you will orientate | | they will orientate |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have orientated | | you will have orientated | | he/she/it will have orientated | | we will have orientated | | you will have orientated | | they will have orientated |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be orientating | | you will be orientating | | he/she/it will be orientating | | we will be orientating | | you will be orientating | | they will be orientating |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been orientating | | you have been orientating | | he/she/it has been orientating | | we have been orientating | | you have been orientating | | they have been orientating |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been orientating | | you will have been orientating | | he/she/it will have been orientating | | we will have been orientating | | you will have been orientating | | they will have been orientating |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been orientating | | you had been orientating | | he/she/it had been orientating | | we had been orientating | | you had been orientating | | they had been orientating |
| Conditional |
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| I would orientate | | you would orientate | | he/she/it would orientate | | we would orientate | | you would orientate | | they would orientate |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have orientated | | you would have orientated | | he/she/it would have orientated | | we would have orientated | | you would have orientated | | they would have orientated |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | orientate - determine one's position with reference to another point; "We had to orient ourselves in the forest"orientdecide, make up one's mind, determine - reach, make, or come to a decision about something; "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations"guide on, guide - use as a guide; "They had the lights to guide on"reorient, reorientate - orient once again, after a disorientation |
Translationsorientate (ˈoːriənteit) (American) orient (ˈoːriənt) verb1. to get (oneself) used to unfamiliar surroundings, conditions etc. 使...適應... 使...适应...2. to find out one's position in relation to something else. The hikers tried to orientate themselves before continuing their walk. 辨認方向 辨认方向，确定方位 ˌorienˈtation noun 定位 定位EncyclopediaSeeorientationorientate
or·i·en·tate (ôr′ē-ən-tāt′)v. To orient.orientate
Related to orientate: conversateSynonyms for orientateverb determine one's position with reference to another pointSynonymsRelated Words- decide
- make up one's mind
- determine
- guide on
- guide
- reorient
- reorientate
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