one's bearings

*one's bearings

the knowledge of where one is; the knowledge of how one is oriented to one's immediate environment. (*Typically: get ~; find ~; have ~; lose ~; tell one ~.) After he fell, it took Ted a few minutes to get his bearings. Jean found her compass and got her bearings almost immediately.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Aravind	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Tamil
Walker	WAWK-ər	English
Sophos	-	Ancient Greek
Myrtle	MUR-təl	English
Hussein	-	Arabic
Hiroshi	hee-ṙo-shee	Japanese