etymology - Oriented vs. orientated - English Language Usage . . . Orientated is easier to pronounce in British English Try to say it in an accent (real or otherwise) Oriented The t sound drops off too fast because of the word ending Orientated Both t sounds are emphasized because they form the sound tayt and demand to be articulated
“Oriented” vs. “orientated” - English Language Usage Stack . . . Orientated is not an incorrect word, it is perfectly acceptable If anything I would have thought it was the original, which has since been shortened to 'oriented' If anything I would have thought it was the original, which has since been shortened to 'oriented'
Is orientate a word? Does it matter where you are when using it? Oxford Dictionaries give 'orientate' as 'another term for orient' Both are used in Britain But this is a bit like 'connotate connote' which came up in discussion elsewhere on the site yesterday
verbs - English Language Usage Stack Exchange In the U S , we seemingly prefer the former to the latter However, I was sitting with my friends when one of them stated that he was "disorientated" while we were playing a video game My theory,
oriented on (a subject) - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Stack Exchange Network Stack Exchange network consists of 183 Q A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their knowledge, and build their careers
programming - Object oriented vs. object orientated - English . . . In thirty years of being a programmer, this is the very first time I see or hear "object orientated" Never once heard or saw it before Not even from people who didn't know the first thing about English, or the first thing about programming, or both But that is not SE's opinion That is my personal fact –
grammar - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Broadly, and particularly in your example, 'oriented toward(s)' is correct While 'oriented for' might be understood, it's not useful in English BTW, I suspect that's more clear in British English, using 'orientated' rather than the US American 'oriented ' –
adjectives - Word for someone who isnt detail-oriented - English . . . Stack Exchange Network Stack Exchange network consists of 183 Q A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their knowledge, and build their careers