take one's bearings

  • 1To lose one's bearings — Bearing Bear ing (b[^a]r [i^]ng), n. 1. The manner in which one bears or conducts one s self; mien; behavior; carriage. [1913 Webster] I know him by his bearing. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Patient endurance; suffering without complaint. [1913… …

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  • 2bearings — parts of a machine which bear the friction, 1791, from prp. of BEAR (Cf. bear) (v.). Meaning direction from a point of reference is from 1630s; to take (one s) bearings is from 1711 …

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  • 3To take bearings — Bearing Bear ing (b[^a]r [i^]ng), n. 1. The manner in which one bears or conducts one s self; mien; behavior; carriage. [1913 Webster] I know him by his bearing. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Patient endurance; suffering without complaint. [1913… …

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  • 4To bring one to his bearings — Bearing Bear ing (b[^a]r [i^]ng), n. 1. The manner in which one bears or conducts one s self; mien; behavior; carriage. [1913 Webster] I know him by his bearing. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Patient endurance; suffering without complaint. [1913… …

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  • 5Ball bearings — Bearing Bear ing (b[^a]r [i^]ng), n. 1. The manner in which one bears or conducts one s self; mien; behavior; carriage. [1913 Webster] I know him by his bearing. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Patient endurance; suffering without complaint. [1913… …

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  • 6To take the field — Field Field (f[=e]ld), n. [OE. feld, fild, AS. feld; akin to D. veld, G. feld, Sw. f[ a]lt, Dan. felt, Icel. fold field of grass, AS. folde earth, land, ground, OS. folda.] 1. Cleared land; land suitable for tillage or pasture; cultivated ground; …

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  • 8ориентироваться — ОРИЕНТИРОВАТЬСЯ1, несов. (сов. сориентироваться), в чем и без. доп. Узнавать (узнать) свое положение на местности или направление своего движения, следования, определяя их по каким л. хорошо заметным на местности или в окружающем пространстве… …

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  • 9orient — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. orientate; find one s bearings, locate; acquaint, familiarize, adapt, adjust; indoctrinate, educate, train. See direction. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To direct] Syn. determine, turn, locate; see lead 1 …

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  • 10orient — (v.) c.1727, originally to arrange facing east, from Fr. s orienter to take one s bearings, lit. to face the east (also the source of Ger. orientierung), from O.Fr. orient east, from L. orientum (see ORIENT (Cf. Orient) (n.)). Meaning determine… …

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