orientative

English

Etymology

From orientate +‎ -ive or orient +‎ -ative.

Adjective

orientative

1. Serving to orient or orientate.
   • 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:

     An activities coordinator named Suzy Ghosh came by with orientative tidings and registration forms for the afternoon’s outings in Newport, Rhode Island.

   • 2021 June 16, Pirni A., Balistreri M., Capasso M., Umbrello S., Merenda F., “Robot Care Ethics Between Autonomy and Vulnerability: Coupling Principles and Practices in Autonomous Systems for Care.”, in Frontiers in robotics and AI, volume 8, →DOI, 654298:

     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.

3. (grammar) Transmitting the sense of orientation towards an entity.
   • 2011 July 15, Dibella Wdzenczny, “The case for fewer cases in pre-chukotko-kamchatkan: Grammaticalization and semantics in internal reconstruction”, in Digital Commons @ EMU, retrieved 2022-02-28, Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations: 333:

     The orientative case indicates that an entity or event is oriented towards or around the referent.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.rjen.taˈti.ve/
• Rhymes: -ive
• Hyphenation: o‧rien‧ta‧tì‧ve

Adjective

orientative

1. feminine plural of orientativo

Anagrams

• orientatevi