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
Germaine	-	French
Dzvonimir	-	Macedonian
Mihajlo	-	Serbian, Croatian
Septimius	-	Ancient Roman
Badurad	-	Ancient Germanic
Nikolas	-	Greek, English