Definitions
Wiktionary
- adj. having a specific orientation
- v. Simple past tense and past participle of orientation.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Adjusted or aligned to surroundings or circumstances; sometimes used in combination.
- adj. headed or intending to head in a certain direction. Opposite of
unoriented .
WordNet 3.0
- adj. adjusted or located in relation to surroundings or circumstances; sometimes used in combination
Examples
“I think the first step in becoming customer orientated is to admit faults exist and to not hide them from the public, especially considering how the public (read customer) could react to being over-billed.”
“You, David Copperfield, Sergeant, and PC Bloggs are the true voices of the Police, not the spin orientated, politicised ACPO machine that spews out the mindless crap at the behest of the Home Office.”
“We have also spent a lot of time studying how bear market rallies in the past have manifested themselves, and they tend to resemble the current experience, a strong move thrust off short-term orientated wishful thinking such as 'Green Shoots'.”
“He said: Indigo children are right-brain orientated.”
“The word use is action orientated, that is a wheelchair is a tool of independence.”
“On the issue of intersex (Not intersexuality, I am not "orientated" or thinking about who tI can sleep with, but annoyed with the way I was treated as a child)”
“I still feel that there is a culture of treating it as a 'ham radio' or academic-orientated which is an uphill struggle.”
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bilby How about dilatation? Oct 5, 2008
frindley I'm Australian (Sydney born and bred) and I use orient/oriented and, of course, disoriented. But I certainly do hear, in Australia, usage such as: "I need to orientate myself" and even "I felt disorientated", which always makes me twitch a bit.
When I lived in America (eastern edge of the Midwest) I think I heard "orientated" at least as frequently as "oriented".
My Shorter OED says that orientate is most likely a 19th-century back-formation from orientation and refers the reader to orient.
And isn't it a wonderful word, with that idea of facing east, and the specific meaning coming from church architecture? (St Andrews Anglican Cathedral in Sydney has only just recently reoriented its altar to the eastern end of the building after moving it at some point in its history to avoid seeming popish.)
PS. This discussion has made me think of acclimate vs acclimatize, the former being almost exclusively US, the latter Australian/British. Oct 5, 2008
plethora I think I say disoriented but use orientated in other situations. Oct 5, 2008
awils1 I’m interested in the regional usage of this; personally, I’m Australian and I use orientated instead of oriented.
Postscript: a quick Google search has informed me that orientated is common British usage, whereas oriented is common US usage, as well as in technical fields. Oct 5, 2008
seanahan I prefer to use oriented. Sep 19, 2008
~(* I know this is real word, but it sounds wrong to me. Sep 18, 2008