orientate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb determine one's position with reference to another point
    orient.
    • We had to orient ourselves in the forest

WordNet

O"ri*en*tate transitive verb
Etymology
From Orient.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Orientated ; present participle & verbal noun Orientating
Definitions
  1. To place or turn toward the east; to cause to assume an easterly direction, or to veer eastward.
  2. 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.
    A crystal is orientated when placed in its proper position so as to exhibit its symmetry. E. S. Dana.
O"ri*en*tate intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To move or turn toward the east; to veer from the north or south toward the east.

Webster 1913