Pronunciation: 'Or-E-&n-"tAt·ed
Function: verb
Thought by many to be a misspelling of the common word ‘
oriented’, orientated is indeed a word of it’s own, and
a worthy word at that. According to
Merriam-Webster’s
online dictionary (
http://m-w.com) it dates from
1849 and has two usages:
Transitive sense : Same as oriented.
Intransitive sense : Faced or turned to the east.
Side note: The revelation of the veracity of this word resulted in wharfinger eating a (supposed) bug.