"disorientate" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: disorientates [present, singular, third-person], disorientating [participle, present], disorientated [participle, past], disorientated [past]
Etymology: Back-formation from disorientation. Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|disorientation}} Back-formation from disorientation Head templates: {{en-verb}} disorientate (third-person singular simple present disorientates, present participle disorientating, simple past and past participle disorientated)
  1. Alternative form of disorient Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: disorient Related terms: disorientation Translations: eksyttää (Finnish), harhauttaa (Finnish), rugla í ríminu (Icelandic), gera ringlaðan (Icelandic), láta tapa áttum (Icelandic), gera áttavilltan (Icelandic), öksyttää (Ingrian), дезориентировать (dezorijentirovatʹ) (Russian), dezorijentírati (Serbo-Croatian)

Inflected forms

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