orientieren

Definitions of orientieren
  1. verb
    impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to
    synonyms: bekanntgeben, bekanntmachen, benachrichtigen, informieren, mitteilen, unterrichten
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    beibringen, instruieren, lehren, unterrichten
    impart skills or knowledge to
    fehlinformieren
    give false or misleading information to
    denunzieren, verraten, verzinken
    give away information about somebody
    warnen
    notify of danger, potential harm, or risk
    zutragen
    inform (somebody) of something
    einarbeiten
    make familiar or conversant with
    anmahnen, erinnern, gemahnen
    assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned
    einbringen, präsentieren, vorlegen, vorstellen
    cause to come to know personally
    anzeigen, deuten, hinweisen, zeigen
    indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
    nahe liegen, naheliegen
    suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine
    aufklären, erklären, erläutern
    make plain and comprehensible
    erzählen
    let something be known
    erzählen
    narrate or give a detailed account of
    berichten, darlegen, darstellen, referieren, schildern, sprechen
    to give an account or representation of in words
    ankündigen, anmelden, ansagen, kundgeben, verkünden, verkündigen, vermelden
    make known; make an announcement
    hinweisen
    present and urge reasons in opposition
    aufzeigen, aussagen, zeigen
    provide evidence for
    ausbilden, bilden, einarbeiten, einführen, einweisen, unterweisen
    create by training and teaching
    abweichen
    lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking
    aufzeigen, demonstrieren, vorführen, vormachen, zeigen
    provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes
    belehren, dozieren, lesen
    deliver a lecture or talk
    belügen, lügen
    tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive
    androhen, drohen
    to utter intentions of injury or punishment against:"He threatened me when I tried to call the police"
    alarmieren
    warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness
    einfühlen
    familiarize oneself thoroughly with
    ankündigen
    be a signal for or a symptom of
    anzeigen, sein
    indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
    deuten, weisen
    point out carefully and clearly
    beibringen, entdecken, enthüllen, eröffnen, offenbaren, preisgeben, verraten
    make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
    aufhellen, aufklären, beleuchten, bereinigen, erhellen, klarlegen, klarmachen, klarstellen, klären
    make clear and (more) comprehensible
    herausbringen, herausgeben, publizieren
    make public
    nachsprechen, wiederholen
    to say, state, or perform again
    ankünden, anmelden, ansagen, verheißen
    foreshadow or presage
    ausrufen
    call out loudly, as of names or numbers
    ausschreiben
    call attention to
    bezeichnen
    advance evidence for
    angeben, bekanntmachen, kundmachen, melden, nahe bringen, nahebringen, vermitteln, zeigen, übermitteln
    transmit (knowledge or skills)
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    kommunizieren
    transmit thoughts or feelings
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