Orientate

In most cases, though, this slight differentiation seems likely to be increasingly eroded, if the development of orient and orientate is anything to go by. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Some decades ago, Eric Partridge noted in Usage and Abusage that orientate is correct as an intransitive (“to face in a particular direction”), but that orient is preferable in all other senses. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Also, if you orientate the set so the coffee shop's counter is the focus, the stage picture wouldn't just cause nostalgia pangs for Friends, but would subconsciously remind viewers of another great NBC juggernaut: Cheers. ❋ Meghan O'Keefe (2012)

In the thick fog, only sounds helped him orientate himself. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This comment is just to clear up a little confusion in your opening paragraphs, and to orientate any readers unfamiliar with Chinese territorial administration: the province at hand is Fujian, on the southeast coast; there is no “Minxin province”. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Start with your idea or premise and keep it by you on a sticky note to orientate yourself. ❋ Unknown (2010)

American commentators continue to object to orientate (used more frequently by the British), mainly because orient is shorter but also because the figurative use is outstripping the literal one. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He was just beginning to orientate himself and to feel that he was not wholly an intruder. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Since then orientate has been used by writers such as Aldous Huxley, Margaret Mead, [...] ‘Not a word’ is not an argument « Sentence first says: ❋ Unknown (2009)

Since then, orientate has been used by writers such as Aldous Huxley, Margaret Mead, Tennessee Williams, and Randolph Quirk, but this has not stopped it from being criticised. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"At that point, I sort of was just trying to come around and kind of orientate myself to what was going on," Arias explained. ❋ Unknown (2011)

So our priority is to orientate the whole system around patients, service users and carers through our Outcomes Framework. ❋ Unknown (2012)

Orient (v) and orientate (v) are all but interchangeable. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Plant leaves and stems orientate themselves towards the light. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Ms. D'Amour created the piece with her PearlD'Amour collaborator, Katie Pearl, as well as the visual artist Shawn Hall, two sound designers, two lighting designers, 11 builders and three "rangers" who orientate audience members to the forest. ❋ Lizzie Simon (2011)

"I have to go to my [law school] next week to get [orientated]" "[first year] students have to come a week early to orientate themselves" ❋ Alyssa (2005)

Annoying [used car] [huckster] in [Phoenix], heard recently on the radio: "We're customer orientated..." ❋ Workinglate (2006)

[i'm looking] for a [thai] restaurant. is there an orienteer [in the house]? ❋ Lexicali Slim (2009)

I'm [going] orienteering [today]. ❋ K90 (2007)

[Orientalism] is [historically] an expression of the [curiosity] of an imperialistic mindset, though this is becoming less so. ❋ LudwigVan (2003)

Correct usage: There's an [Oriental rug] store on Derbe Drive. or Are you going to the [Oriental] market? Incorrect usage: Is that dude [oriental]? or Orientals are known to be [bad drivers]. ❋ Sean-Paul (2003)

I went to orientation to become [orientated]. I'm not redneck-orientated. I know how to speak English. Everytime I hear the word "[Orientated]" I want to cringe. It's as bad as hearing the word "ain't" or "[warsh]." ❋ MadamexXx (2009)

1. "Oriental" is a term generally applied to the "race"/ethnicities that inhabit the region from [Myanmar] (formerly [Burma]) all the way to Korea and Japan. It's a term referring to geography ("East") and is not an offensive or slur word. Some politically correct people in America think it is but I've known some Koreans, Japanese, Vietnamese and others from [the Orient] in college and they do not find the word to be offensive at all. 2. There are groceries and restaurants that specialize in [East Asian] food. Many of them use the word "Oriental" on their signs, so apparently they don't see that word as a racial slam, do they? 3. [Rugs] made in Iran or India are still called "Oriental [rugs]". They are nice, huge, heavy and expensive. 4. There's been an Oriental presence and influence in America for a long time. There are Chinatowns, [Japanese-American] communities, Vietnamese neighborhoods and Korean neighborhoods on the West Coast states (especially California) and they have been in America for over 160 years. Like all ethnic groups here they have played an important role in making the U.S.A. the great nation that it is today. 5. Also in the Pacific West coast states the Native American peoples have oral traditions detailing of contact with Oriental people long ago. The [travellers] were probably Chinese, Japanese and others. Relations with those visitors were pretty good. 6. Oriental nations have given the world many contribution in the fields of sciences, arts, military strategy, medicine and more. ❋ I Saw U2 Live Twice (2009)

UK Person: Look at those Oriental people over there. US Person: You shouldn't call them Oriental. You should call them Asian. UK Person: But they're Japanese. They aren't Indian. They're Oriental. US Person: [Rugs] are Oriental. People are not. UK Person: YOU are a [rug]. Learn more about the English language outside of [your stupid] country. ❋ Kijsjaan08 (2008)

The [honky] suffers from [Orientalism]. ❋ Ding Dong (2004)