getting one's bearings (verb) orient: familiarize
Detalii: the Occident is the region of the sky where the sun sets - the west (the opposite of Orient, the east)to orient was originally to make something face east (to the Orient), especially a church; use 'orient,' not 'orientate'
Sinonime: be at cross purposes, be bewildered, be confused, be perplexed, confound, confuse, fail, get signals crossed, get signals mixed, get wrong, get wrong impression, misapply, misapprehend, miscalculate, miscomprehend, misconstrue, misinterpret, misjudge, misknow, misread, misreckon, miss the point, miss*, mistake, not register, take amiss, take wrongly
Antonime: disorient