Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

orientative

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ori-en-ta-tive
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Serving to orient or orientate.

adj

Transmitting the sense of orientation towards an entity.

Example Sentences

"An activities coordinator named Suzy Ghosh came by with orientative tidings and registration forms for the afternoon’s outings in Newport, Rhode Island."
"In our view, this approach to care ethics can be operationalized through an innovative account of two basic orientative principles and their systemic interrelation: autonomy, on the one hand, and the principle of vulnerability, on the other."
"The orientative case indicates that an entity or event is oriented towards or around the referent."

Etymology

From orientate + -ive or orient + -ative.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: orientate, orient

Derived Forms

orientativity

Questions

What does orientative mean?: Serving to orient or orientate.
Where does orientative come from?: From orientate + -ive or orient + -ative.

How to pronounce orientative

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