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Meanings of orientate in English

Determine one's position with reference to another point.

Usage of orientate in English
1
Without clocks he had lost his ability to orientate himself in time.
Metro 2033
2
So it's not them that the beetles are using to orientate themselves.
BBC
3
Research says that when we need to orientate ourselves, we first locate landmarks.
The Guardian
4
Later on I set off on foot to orientate myself with my new surroundings.
The South African
5
Silus shouted, giving the crew no time to orientate themselves.
The call of kerberos: twilight of kerberos
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Scientists involved study how bees orientate themselves and navigate at the Queensland Brain Institute.
Radio NZ
7
The ants orientate themselves in relation to the objects in the stored mental image.
The Irish Times
8
Come here to look down on the city, orientate yourself and breathe Kathmandu's freshest air.
BBC
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The only valid question is how to orientate modernity to accelerate the emancipation of individuals.
The Guardian
10
I paused mid-field to orientate myself using my phone.
Foxglove Summer
11
All was silent, and he tried to orientate himself.
Depths
12
He was just beginning to orientate himself and to feel that he was not wholly an intruder.
Martin Eden
13
Let me help you orientate yourself.'
Slow decay
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This study explores the hypothesis that leptocephali are able to swim and orientate to reach their specific growth areas.
Pubmed
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The woman didn't struggle or recoil, allowing him to orientate himself in the half-light, his filmy eyes slowly focusing.
The Information Officer
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It took him a couple of seconds to orientate himself because the landscape wasn't the one he was used to.
Coalition's End
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Orientate through the time