Meaning

3 senses

  1. (transitive)To position (something) incorrectly, especially so that it faces in the wrong direction.

  2. (intransitive)To become incorrectly positioned, especially to face in the wrong direction.

  3. (reflexive)To become confused about one's position relative to one's environment; to become disoriented.

Origin

From mis- + orientate.

From mis- + orientate.

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Forms

misorientates, misorientating, misorientated, misorientated
Base formmisorientate · to misorientate
3rd person singularmisorientates
Present participlemisorientating
Past simplemisorientated
Past participlemisorientated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymisorientate
he, she, itmisorientates

Past simpleLesson

all personsmisorientated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave misorientated
he, she, ithas misorientated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill misorientate

Synonyms

2 synonyms
misorientmisposition

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
misogynistmisogynisticmisogynymisplaceC1misprintmispronounce
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