Antonyms for orientate
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : awr-ee-uh n-teyt, -en-, ohr- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɔr i ənˌteɪt, -ɛn-, ˈoʊr- |
Definition of orientate
Origin :- 1849, back-formation from orientation. Related: Orientated; orientating.
- As in orient : verb familiarize
- As in relate : verb correlate, pertain
- Inquiry at the information-desk helped her to orientate herself.
- Extract from : « Find the Woman » by Arthur Somers Roche
- He was just beginning to orientate himself and to feel that he was not wholly an intruder.
- Extract from : « Martin Eden » by Jack London
- It took him but a moment to orientate himself, and presently rohorse and riders were headed in the direction of the highway.
- Extract from : « A Knyght Ther Was » by Robert F. Young
- Exhausted by his efforts, he gained the edge of the pool at last, and stopped, trying to orientate himself.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 » by Various
- But it is necessary to orientate oneself very carefully in the East.
- Extract from : « In Mesopotamia » by Martin Swayne
- Such facts are convincing proof that we do not orientate ourselves entirely by means of the labyrinth, important as it is for us.
- Extract from : « Popular scientific lectures » by Ernst Mach
Synonyms for orientate
- acclimatize
- adapt
- adjust
- affect
- align
- ally
- appertain
- apply
- ascribe
- assign
- associate
- be joined with
- be relevant to
- bear upon
- bracket
- combine
- compare
- concern
- conform
- conjoin
- connect
- consociate
- coordinate
- correspond to
- couple
- credit
- determine
- direct
- get one's bearings
- have reference to
- have to do with
- identify with
- impute
- interconnect
- interdepend
- interrelate
- join
- link
- locate
- orient
- orientate
- pertain
- refer
- tie in with
- touch
- turn
- unite
- yoke
Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019