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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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difference between disoriented and disorientated?
  

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I don't think "orientated" is a word, but I'll check. " Edit. Well I'll be hornswoggled!

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  • I don't think "orientated" is a word, but I'll check.
  • " Edit.
  • Well I'll be hornswoggled!
  • Scrabble likes it!
  • My 1980's American Heritage Dictionary lists the verb "to orientate" as an optional version of "to orient," so the past participle "orientated" would theoretically be available as an adjective.
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I don't think "orientated" is a word, but I'll check. It may be a corruption of the noun, "oriientation."

Edit. Well I'll be hornswoggled! Scrabblelikes it!
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