orientateverb [ T usually + adv/prep ]
uk/ˈɔː.ri.ən.teɪt/us/ˈɔːr.i.ən.teɪt/mainly UK also mainly US orientorientate verb [ T usually + adv/prep ] (AIM)
to aim something at someone or something, or make something suitable for a particular group of people:
It is essential that the public sector orientates itself more towards the consumer.
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Planning, expecting and arranging
- accidentally
- accidentally on purpose idiom
- advertent
- advisedly
- aim
- aim at sth
- calculate
- chart
- engineer
- I might have known idiom
- in the pipeline idiom
- intend
- intent
- intention
- promise
- scheme
- scientific
- see sth coming idiom
- set sth up
- strategic
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orientate verb [ T usually + adv/prep ] (FIND POSITION)
orientate yourself mainly UK US usually orient
to discover your position in relation to what is around you:
If you get lost while you are out walking, try to use the sun to orientate yourself.
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Finding and discovering
- a fishing expedition idiom
- alight
- ascertain
- break fresh/new ground idiom
- breakthrough
- catch sb red-handed idiom
- flush
- get hold of idiom
- get wind of sth idiom
- happen
- happen on/upon sth/sb
- have a (good) nose for sth idiom
- root sth/sb out
- run sb/sth to ground idiom
- scent
- search
- search sth/sb out
- smell
- sniff sth out
- stumble
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