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Meaning of "disorientate" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DISORIENTATE

disorientate  [dɪsˈɔːrɪənˌteɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DISORIENTATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Disorientate is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb disorientate in English.

WHAT DOES DISORIENTATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of disorientate in the English dictionary

The definition of disorientate in the dictionary is to cause to lose his bearings. Other definition of disorientate is to perplex; confuse.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DISORIENTATE

PRESENT

Present
I disorientate
you disorientate
he/she/it disorientates
we disorientate
you disorientate
they disorientate
Present continuous
I am disorientating
you are disorientating
he/she/it is disorientating
we are disorientating
you are disorientating
they are disorientating
Present perfect
I have disorientated
you have disorientated
he/she/it has disorientated
we have disorientated
you have disorientated
they have disorientated
Present perfect continuous
I have been disorientating
you have been disorientating
he/she/it has been disorientating
we have been disorientating
you have been disorientating
they have been disorientating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I disorientated
you disorientated
he/she/it disorientated
we disorientated
you disorientated
they disorientated
Past continuous
I was disorientating
you were disorientating
he/she/it was disorientating
we were disorientating
you were disorientating
they were disorientating
Past perfect
I had disorientated
you had disorientated
he/she/it had disorientated
we had disorientated
you had disorientated
they had disorientated
Past perfect continuous
I had been disorientating
you had been disorientating
he/she/it had been disorientating
we had been disorientating
you had been disorientating
they had been disorientating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will disorientate
you will disorientate
he/she/it will disorientate
we will disorientate
you will disorientate
they will disorientate
Future continuous
I will be disorientating
you will be disorientating
he/she/it will be disorientating
we will be disorientating
you will be disorientating
they will be disorientating
Future perfect
I will have disorientated
you will have disorientated
he/she/it will have disorientated
we will have disorientated
you will have disorientated
they will have disorientated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been disorientating
you will have been disorientating
he/she/it will have been disorientating
we will have been disorientating
you will have been disorientating
they will have been disorientating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would disorientate
you would disorientate
he/she/it would disorientate
we would disorientate
you would disorientate
they would disorientate
Conditional continuous
I would be disorientating
you would be disorientating
he/she/it would be disorientating
we would be disorientating
you would be disorientating
they would be disorientating
Conditional perfect
I would have disorientate
you would have disorientate
he/she/it would have disorientate
we would have disorientate
you would have disorientate
they would have disorientate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been disorientating
you would have been disorientating
he/she/it would have been disorientating
we would have been disorientating
you would have been disorientating
they would have been disorientating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you disorientate
we let´s disorientate
you disorientate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to disorientate
Past participle
disorientated
Present Participle
disorientating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DISORIENTATE


acetate
ˈæsɪˌteɪt
annotate
ˈænəʊˌteɪt
archontate
ˈɑːkɒnˌteɪt
bidentate
baɪˈdɛnˌteɪt
capacitate
kəˈpæsɪˌteɪt
commentate
ˈkɒmənˌteɪt
decantate
diːˈkænˌteɪt
dementate
dɪˈmɛnˌteɪt
facilitate
fəˈsɪlɪˌteɪt
fragmentate
ˈfræɡmənˌteɪt
hesitate
ˈhɛzɪˌteɪt
imitate
ˈɪmɪˌteɪt
irritate
ˈɪrɪˌteɪt
meditate
ˈmɛdɪˌteɪt
orientate
ˈɔːrɪɛnˌteɪt
potentate
ˈpəʊtənˌteɪt
precipitate
prɪˈsɪpɪˌteɪt
reorientate
riːˈɔːrɪənˌteɪt
segmentate
ˈsɛɡmənˌteɪt
sustentate
ˈsʌstənˌteɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DISORIENTATE

disorderedness
disorderliness
disorderly
disorderly conduct
disorderly house
disordinate
disordinately
disorganic
disorganise
disorganiser
disorganization
disorganize
disorganized
disorganizer
disorient
disorientated
disorientating
disorientation
disoriented
disorienting

WORDS THAT END LIKE DISORIENTATE

ambidentate
amphidentate
cantate
city-state
dentate
edentate
estate
interstate
multidentate
out-of-state
placentate
predentate
prostate
real estate
rotate
simplicidentate
solid-state
state
tridentate
Under-Secretary of State

Synonyms and antonyms of disorientate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DISORIENTATE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «disorientate» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of disorientate

Translation of «disorientate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DISORIENTATE

Find out the translation of disorientate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of disorientate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «disorientate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

迷失方向
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

desorientar
570 millions of speakers

English

disorientate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गुमराह करना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تضليل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

дезориентировать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

desorientar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চিনিতে না দেত্তয়া
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

désorienter
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Disorientate
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

desorientieren
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

混乱し
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

성단이 동쪽을 향하지 않게 짓다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Disorientate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lúng túng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குழப்புவதை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दुर्लक्ष करणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

şaşırtmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

disorientate
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dezorientować
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дезорієнтувати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dezorienta
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αποπροσανατολίζουν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

disoriënteer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vilse
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

disorientate
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of disorientate

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DISORIENTATE»

The term «disorientate» is normally little used and occupies the 130.772 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of disorientate
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «disorientate».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DISORIENTATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «disorientate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «disorientate» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about disorientate

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DISORIENTATE»

Discover the use of disorientate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to disorientate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Disorientate-tion on a Weekday Morning: a totally ...
DISORIENTATE-TION. ON. A. WEEKDAY. MORNING. THE FIRST PERSON TO NOTICE THE Accident-That-Never-Happened, as a particular Freak later called it on her incident report to give her boss a migraine, was Tamantha Keleanor ...
Misty White
2
Stand-Out Shorts
... continuity editingmight becalled reductive editing. When creating montage, always gofor adding shots in ratherthan taking them out.You mightneed to make eachshot shorter andfaster, butthat helpsto disorientate the viewer.
Russell Evans, 2012
3
The Stylistics of Poetry: Context, Cognition, Discourse, History
At this point, we seem to have every reason to believe that this attempt to disorientate the reader is deliberate because, in conjunction with the speaker's detached and impersonal manner, it not only reinforces the feelings of distance and ...
Peter Verdonk, 2013
4
The Penguin Writer's Manual
See disc or disk? disorient or disorientate? Both forms of the word are correct. Disorient is more often used in American English, disorientate in British English. disorientate or disorient? See disorient or disorientate? dispatch or despatch?
Martin Manser, Stephen Curtis, 2004
5
Gould's Book of Fish: A Novel in Twelve Fish
In the early nineteenth century, forger and thief William Buelow Gould lands in prison in Australia, where the prison doctor utilizes his painting talents to create an illustrated taxonomy of the country's exotic sea creatures.
Richard Flanagan, 2001
6
Reading Sin in the World: The Hamartigenia of Prudentius and ...
of Israel's enemies: 'Another example of how double reference (doppio riferimento) can disorientate the reader is provided by the section of the Hamartigenia which runs from 409–423. For this section Bergman and Lavarenne refer the scholar ...
Anthony Dykes, 2011
7
Good Word Guide: The Fast Way to Correct English - Spelling, ...
After years of being institutionalized she was disoriented/disorientated after her discharge. Disorient is preferred by some users as the shorter and simpler alternative; it is also the standard form in American English, while disorientate is more ...
Martin Manser, 2011
8
Conspiracy Encyclopedia
A powerful handheld strobe light could have been used to disorientate the driver. The car could have been forced into the wall of the tunnel by another car. The driver Henri Paul could have been killed by Trevor Rees-Jones, the Princess's ...
Thom Burnett, 2006
9
Defender of Stargor
This may disorientate you for a while,' he said, placing his hands on either side of her temples. She shied away, holding up her hands in defence. 'Wait a minute, what do you mean disorientate me? I think that's already happened. How could it  ...
Toya Richardson, 2011
10
English/German Dictionary of Idioms: Supplement to the ...
Laden: den (ganzen) Laden durcheinander bringen to bethrown into disorder Reihe:ausder Reihekommen disorientate to disorientate s.o. bringen: jn./etw. durcheinander bringen disparaging to reply/...witha disparaging/dismissive/...
Professor Hans Schemann, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DISORIENTATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term disorientate is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Bats And Bishops: Making Friends With Bats In London
Lights left on at night can disorientate bats and their prey, and new urban development fragments corridors of green space that the creatures ... «Londonist, Jul 15»
2
Catalysts And Snags For Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK)
Both Huawei and Ericsson (ADR) (NASDAQ:ERIC) appear to have panicked and are currently trying to disorientate Nokia by waging pricing ... «InvestCorrectly, Jul 15»
3
Blood Cells | Movie review
Close-up shots at awkward angles serve to disorientate yet familiarise viewers, by drawing them in and enveloping them as much as the lead ... «The Upcoming, Jul 15»
4
The Back to the Future Trilogy: 88 Things You Might Have Missed
It's also worth noting the cassette tape Marty uses to disorientate George: it's clear to see that the name 'Edward' has been hastily added to ... «Den of Geek!, Jul 15»
5
Chance The Rapper
While not a criticism in itself, the change of pace appears to disorientate an audience still caught in the hype of earlier sing-alongs. Of course ... «Music News, Jun 15»
6
1984 by George Orwell - Adapted by Robert Icke and Duncan …
... where blinding flashes of light combine with a cacophany of sounds from shrieking sirens to pulses of deep vibrations, thrill yet disorientate. «Independent Catholic News, Jun 15»
7
Airfield Profile: Gloucestershire
“Having three runways in use can disorientate people,” he says. “The default is to join overhead, but if you want to join direct, ask on your first ... «PilotWeb, Jun 15»
8
Ministry to start 'Save Turtles' drive
The ministry will also exert efforts to reduce unwarranted use of lights during the nesting season, as it tends to disorientate turtles and ... «Peninsula On-line, Jun 15»
9
Unprecedented Exhibition of Scale by Mona Hatoum at Centre …
Instead, her work seeks to disorientate and challenge audiences, speaking to an unstable universe. From June 24, the Centre Georges ... «BLOUIN ARTINFO, Jun 15»
10
Afghan migrant 'struggled for air'
The court has been told the Afghans had been asked to meet in Lokeren, a small city in Flanders, before being driven around to disorientate ... «Belfast Telegraph, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Disorientate [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/disorientate>. Apr 2024 ».
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