orientating
present participle oforientate
orientate
verb[Tusually+ adv/prep]
mainlyUKuk/ˈɔː.ri.ən.teɪt/us/ˈɔːr.i.ən.teɪt/(also mainlyUSorient)orientateverb[T usually + adv/prep](AIM)
toaimsomething at someone or something, or make somethingsuitablefor aparticulargroupofpeople:
It isessentialthat thepublicsectororientates itselfmoretowardstheconsumer.
Planning, expecting and arranging
- accidentally
- accidentally on purposeidiom
- advertent
- advisedly
- aim atsomething
- bargain
- I might have knownidiom
- I'll/we'll cross that bridge when I/we come/get to itidiom
- insomeone'scrosshairsidiom
- in the pipelineidiom
- in the worksidiom
- pencil
- provision
- purposefully
- purposely
- put the cart before the horseidiom
- puttheirheads togetheridiom
- rearrange
- settle
- sleeve
orientateverb[T usually + adv/prep](FIND POSITION)
orientateyourselfmainlyUK(USusuallyorient)
todiscoveryourpositioninrelationto what is around you:
If you getlostwhile you are outwalking,tryto use thesunto orientate yourself.
Finding and discovering
- a fishing expeditionidiom
- ascertain
- break (fresh/new) groundidiom
- breakthrough
- bringsomethingto lightidiom
- catchsomeonered-handedidiom
- flush
- flushsomeone/somethingout
- fossick
- found
- geocache
- putsomeoneontosomething
- rake
- rakesomethingout
- red-handed
- rediscover
- rediscovery
- rumble
- scent
- uncover
Examplesoforientating
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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
The possible applications of this robot include a wrist mechanism, anorientatingdevice for a machine tool bed, a surgical force-feedback, and others.
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There are alsoorientatingnames in other spheres of human activity.
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Firstly, we may say that religion has to do with whatever is involved in suitablyorientatingoneself to the divine, even participating in the divine.
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There are huge advantages to single rooms,66 the most important being the potential for anorientatingspace that a single room provides.
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It's important to note that besides the proper names a number of common nouns develop theorientatingfunction.
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Only one of the five children ever engaged in a sharing look, although all five showed checking looks and three showedorientatinglooks.
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The mechanism could be used as anorientatingdevice, in which the platform is treated as an output link.
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We do feel that only byorientatingsuch educational events to the individual and her case-load can we hope to promote increased activity on her part.
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Rule set fororientatingthe turret.
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A review is under way to establish the feasibility oforientatingpurchases and contracts in directions which will aid technological progress.
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I should also like to ask him what is meant by, "orientatingthe project more strongly towards through rail services".
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This study measured response time fororientatingtowards a source.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The danger of gaining mere superficial knowledge is prevented byorientatingstudies and subject matters to the students own academic organisation and their own personal profile.
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