ORIENTATING

orienting, orientating

(adjective) positioning with respect to a reference system or determining your bearings physically or intellectually; “noticed the bee’s momentary orienting pause before heading back to the hive”; “an orienting program for new employees”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

orientating

present participle of orientate

Adjective

orientating (not comparable)

That changes an orientation.

Anagrams

• integration

Source: Wiktionary


ORIENTATE

O"ri*en*tate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Orientated; p. pr. & vb. n. Orientating.] Etym: [From Orient.]

1. To place or turn toward the east; to cause to assume an easterly direction, or to veer eastward.

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. A crystal is orientated when placed in its proper position so as to exhibit its symmetry. E. S. Dana.

O"ri*en*tate, v. i.

Definition: To move or turn toward the east; to veer from the north or south toward the east.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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LEAVE

(verb) go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; “She left a mess when she moved out”; “His good luck finally left him”; “her husband left her after 20 years of marriage”; “she wept thinking she had been left behind”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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