Verb

(orientat)

(UK) To face (a given direction).

(UK, reflexive) To determine one's position relative to the surroundings; to orient (oneself).

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He…stood for a moment, orientating himself exactly in the light of his knowledge.

He came out of the station and took some time to orientate himself.

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.

* E. S. Dana

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

(UK) To position (something), to align relative to a given position.

Try to orientate your students towards the science subjects.

(archaic) To move or turn toward the east; to veer from the north or south toward the east.

Verb

(locat)

To place; to set in a particular spot or position.

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The captives and emigrants whom he brought with him were located in the trans-Tiberine quarter.

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To find out where something is located.

* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author=Kevin Heng

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The Bat—they called him the Bat.. Most lone wolves had a moll at any rate—women were their ruin—but if the Bat had a moll, not even the grapevine telegraph could locate her.

To designate the site or place of; to define the limits of; as, to locate' a public building; to '''locate''' a mining claim; to '''locate (the land granted by) a land warrant (''Note : the designation may be purely descriptive: it need not be prescriptive.)

* (Herbert Spencer)

That part of the body in which the sense of touch is located .

(colloquial) To place one's self; to take up one's residence; to settle.(intransitive)