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main entry: ori-ent-ed
pronunciation: 'or-e-"en-t&d, 'or-
function: adjective
date: 1944
: intellectually, emotionally, or functionally directed
main entry: ori-en-tate
pronunciation: 'or-e-&n-"tat, 'or-, -"en-
function: verb
inflected form(s): -tat-ed; -tat-ing
date: 1849
transitive senses : orient
intransitive senses : to face or turn to the east
either or is ok. i use oriented, or abbreviate "a & o"
cokie
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what words do you hear consistently mispronounced.....my pet peeve is when people wish to say oriented, as in alert and oriented, and they actually say orientated....where are they getting the extra a and t......