1.
[syn: oriented, orientated]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
orientated \orientated\ oriented \oriented\adj.
1. Adjusted or aligned to surroundings or circumstances;
sometimes used in combination; as, to get oriented on
one's first day at a new job.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. headed or intending to head in a certain direction; as,
college-oriented students. Opposite of unoriented.
Syn: directed, minded.
[WordNet 1.5] orientating
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Orientate \O"ri*en*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Orientated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Orientating.] [From Orient.]
[1913 Webster]
1. To place or turn toward the east; to cause to assume an
easterly direction, or to veer eastward.
[1913 Webster]
2. 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.
[1913 Webster]
A crystal is orientated when placed in its proper
position so as to exhibit its symmetry. --E. S.
Dana.
[1913 Webster]
3. Same as orient[2].
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
orientated
adj 1: adjusted or located in relation to surroundings or
circumstances; sometimes used in combination; "the house
had its large windows oriented toward the ocean view";
"helping freshmen become oriented to college life"; "the
book is value-oriented throughout" [syn: oriented,
orientated] [ant: unoriented]