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Meaning of "orientate" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ORIENTATE

orientate  [ˈɔːrɪɛnˌteɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ORIENTATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Orientate 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 orientate in English.

WHAT DOES ORIENTATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Orientate

Orientate is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2002 Breeder's Cup Sprint and was voted the U.S. Champion Sprint Horse of 2002. A descendant of the great Nearco through his son Royal Charger, Orientate was bred by Gainesway Thoroughbreds Ltd. and raced by Bob & Beverly Lewis. He was sired by American multiple stakes winner Mt. Livermore and out of the Cox's Ridge mare, Dream Team. Trained by U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee D. Wayne Lukas, Orientate retired from racing having won ten of his nineteen starts with earnings of US$1,716,950.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ORIENTATE

PRESENT

Present
I orientate
you orientate
he/she/it orientates
we orientate
you orientate
they orientate
Present continuous
I am orientating
you are orientating
he/she/it is orientating
we are orientating
you are orientating
they are orientating
Present perfect
I have orientated
you have orientated
he/she/it has orientated
we have orientated
you have orientated
they have orientated
Present perfect continuous
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
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 orientated
you orientated
he/she/it orientated
we orientated
you orientated
they orientated
Past continuous
I was orientating
you were orientating
he/she/it was orientating
we were orientating
you were orientating
they were orientating
Past perfect
I had orientated
you had orientated
he/she/it had orientated
we had orientated
you had orientated
they had orientated
Past perfect continuous
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
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will orientate
you will orientate
he/she/it will orientate
we will orientate
you will orientate
they will orientate
Future continuous
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
Future perfect
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 perfect continuous
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
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

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

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you orientate
we let´s orientate
you orientate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to orientate
Past participle
orientated
Present Participle
orientating
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 ORIENTATE


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

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ORIENTATE

oriental frill
oriental rug
oriental topaz
Orientalisation
Orientalise
Orientalism
Orientalist
Orientalistic
orientality
Orientalization
Orientalize
orientally
orientated
orientation
orientation course
orientational
orientationally
orientator

WORDS THAT END LIKE ORIENTATE

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 orientate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «orientate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ORIENTATE

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

Translator English - Chinese

泽泻
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

orientar
570 millions of speakers

English

orientate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मालूम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

توجيه
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Ориентировать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

orientar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গতিক বুঝে চলা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

orienter
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berorientasikan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

orientieren
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

でorientate
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

동쪽을 향하게
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Orientasi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

định hướng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கிழக்கு முகமாகத்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ओरिएंटेट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

doğrultmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

orientare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Orientacja
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

орієнтувати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

orientându
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

προσανατολιστείτε
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oriënteer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

orientera
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

orientate
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of orientate

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ORIENTATE»

The term «orientate» is quite widely used and occupies the 34.949 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ORIENTATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «orientate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «orientate» 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 orientate

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ORIENTATE»

Discover the use of orientate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to orientate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Critical Theories in Education: Changing Terrains of ...
However, in order to develop his argument for the ability to orientate oneself logically he builds a description of orientation with space as constitutive of the subjective aspects of reason itself. In other words, how we think is linked to where we ...
Thomas Popkewitz, 2013
2
Learn to Write Badly: How to Succeed in the Social Sciences
The verb 'orientate' has become a noun — 'orientations'. The authors present the three sentences as if they lead one to another without substantial change. But we can look for possible changes, especially to see what using 'orientate' might ...
Michael Billig, 2013
3
The annals and magazine of natural history, zoology, botany ...
P. orientate bracteatum, characterized by its height, its bracteae, its large and deep red petals, and its uniformly perfect seeds. 2. P. orientate preecox, the common " Monkey Poppy" of the old gardeners, and the most common variety in  ...
‎1843
4
The Ecclesiologist
It has often been assumed that the Roman use was to orientate churches always to the west ; that is, to have the apse and altar at the west part of the building, and the chief entrance at the east end. This way would be the direct reverse of our ...
‎1849
5
Animal Migration: Remarkable Journeys in the Wild
Migrants look for familiar geographical features, orientate by the Sun, and interpret the movement of stars in the night sky, enabling them to steer the right course over great distances with pinpoint accuracy time after time. rientation — the ability ...
Ben Hoare, 2009
6
The American Journal of Science, & C
-PtTRSH and Michaux mention only one species of American Xanthium, the X. strumarium, while there are three noticed in the catalogue of Dr. Muhlenberg, the above species, and the X. orientate, and X. spinosum. The first and the last are ...
‎1818
7
That Or Which, and Why: A Usage Guide for Thoughtful Writers ...
Surprisingly and redundantly, it's both. A number of dictionar- ies include “ orientate,” along with “orient,” to mean to get one's bearings, literally or figuratively; to align something with points of the compass; or (by the root meaning “east”) to put ...
Evan Jenkins, 2007
8
An Introduction to Animal Behaviour
Yet another effect that stimuli have on animals - which again differs from a straightforward prod — is to orientate their behaviour in particular directions. Animals respond almost all the time to the basic physical qualities of their environment ...
Aubrey Manning, Marian Stamp Dawkins, 2012
9
The gardeners dictionary: Containing the methods of ...
Sphondylium Orientate maximum. Tourn. Cor. Grcateit Eastern Cow-parsnep. 10. Sphondylium Orientals, amplijjtmo folio, eault brevi. Tourn. Cor. Eastern Cow- parsnep, with a very large Leaf, and a short Stalk. 11. Sphondylium Orientals ...
Philip Miller, 1754
10
American Journal of Science
356. describes, under the name of X. 'macrocarpon, a species found in France, and which he takes to be the real X. orientate of Linnaeus. He has changed its name, because, he says, that it is not certain that the X. orientule grows in Asia; or , ...
‎1818

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ORIENTATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term orientate is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Expat Ellie: Culture shock when living abroad
Here are some simple tips to help you adapt and orientate yourself in order to reduce the effect of culture shock on your wonderful new life in ... «Peru this Week, Jul 15»
2
As I traverse the ancient glacial ice, each step is a plan and a wish
... at the bottom – a canal barely a width of one boot; there is no way to climb through the ice completely upright, I struggle to orientate my torso, ... «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»
3
NASA's Kepler Telescope Has Potentially Found 'Another Earth' On …
... NASA had to deal with a fault in the spacecraft's stabilising systems, which meant the telescope could not orientate itself to observe stars with ... «Huffington Post UK, Jul 15»
4
Using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy for In Situ …
While lignin and proteins are water inaccessible, polar aliphatic groups and carbohydrates orientate towards the water. Lignin and proteins ... «News-Medical.net, Jul 15»
5
Sierra Leone News : DEC-SEC Holds Orientation Workshop For …
As a follow-up measure, on Tuesday 14th July, a one-day workshop was held to orientate MDA staff in the DSDP funded sectors to raise their ... «Awareness Times, Jul 15»
6
Newman government planning agency dilutes environment advice …
Wests' Rugby Union Club plans to demolish its clubhouse, build a new 100-metre long building, re-orientate its playing field 45 degrees, dig ... «Brisbane Times, Jul 15»
7
NDP gov't honours Alberta carbon capture projects despite election …
“It's a great opportunity to help orientate the government on what some of the key issues are and where some opportunities may lie.”. «Edmonton Journal, Jul 15»
8
Mt Eden Corrections Facility—Performance-related Fees
Hon BILL ENGLISH : No, and just to orientate the member, as the Reserve Bank has said today, the outlook is a bit softer but the economy is ... «Scoop.co.nz, Jul 15»
9
YRMC mock-ups are a preview of the future ER
In addition to the opportunity to revise floor plans, the mock rooms will give doctors and staff an opportunity to orientate themselves with the new ... «Yuma Sun, Jul 15»
10
How to pull in tourists all year round
But we should no longer think just in terms of skiing; to survive long-term, we need to re-orientate our activities throughout the year.” He insists ... «swissinfo.ch, Jul 15»

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