orientate

verb

(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, reflexive) To determine one's position relative to the surroundings; to orient (oneself).

(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, transitive) To position (something), to align relative to a given position.

(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, intransitive) To face a given direction.

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.

(archaic) To move or turn toward the east; to veer from the north or south toward the east.

Roots

oriororient- · Latin · rise, arise

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