Associations to the word «Orientate»

Wiktionary

ORIENTATE, verb. (UK) (intransitive) To face (a given direction).
ORIENTATE, verb. (UK) (reflexive) To determine one's position relative to the surroundings; to orient (oneself).
ORIENTATE, verb. 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.
ORIENTATE, verb. (UK) (transitive) To position (something), to align relative to a given position.
ORIENTATE, verb. (archaic) To move or turn toward the east; to veer from the north or south toward the east.

Dictionary definition

ORIENTATE, verb. Determine one's position with reference to another point; "We had to orient ourselves in the forest".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King