Possible Duplicate: Oriented vs. Orientated Both orienting and orientating seem to be in common use. Is there any difference in meaning or usage? Is orientating just a common misspelling?

Feb 9, 2011 · People say orientated because they hear the word orientation and think that's the verb made from it. It's called a "back-formation". (See Why are "colleagues" becoming "work …

Feb 22, 2014 · Oxford Dictionaries give 'orientate' as 'another term for orient'. Both are used in Britain. But this is a bit like 'connotate/connote' which came up in discussion elsewhere on the …

Feb 7, 2025 · Unfortunately, I don't think the OP does. They are clearly orienting their search towards misfeasance words linked to specific professions. But that isn't how iatrogenic aligns. …

Dec 12, 2023 · Generic NPs are fine as subjects, it's indefinites referring to an actual single entity that are problematic (because the listener has to create an image of the individual thing with …

Oct 27, 2014 · In the U.S., we seemingly prefer the former to the latter. However, I was sitting with my friends when one of them stated that he was "disorientated" while we were playing a video …

I would use "oriented toward " or "focused on ", since these are the correct prepositions in their non-metaphorical meanings. The word "oriented" isn't completely dissociated from its non …

Before there were clocks, what did people say to describe the clockwise and anti/counter-clockwise directions? Whilst we're on the subject, when was the word "clockwise" first used?

Oct 1, 2015 · 2 orienting From the definition of orient at Dictionary.com: to familiarize (a person) with new surroundings or circumstances, or the like: lectures designed to orient the new …

Oct 14, 2012 · Also, many of the hits were simply orienting the reader, this this one: The main towers, from south to north, are Sister Superior, North Sister, Chimney Spire, and Baby Sister. …