orient

familiariser

Aider quelqu’un, ou soi-même, à comprendre un nouvel endroit ou une nouvelle situation.

En anglais simple : To help someone, or yourself, understand a new place or situation.

• The tour helps orient new students.
• She needed time to orient herself to the role.
• A short meeting oriented the team to the new procedures.

Comment l'utiliser : orient oneself to something (It took me a week to orient myself to the new system.); orient someone to something (The manager oriented us to the company's procedures.)

Synonymes : familiarize, acquaint

Expressions courantes : orient new staff, orient yourself, orient new students

orienter

Placer quelque chose pour qu’il soit tourné dans une direction précise.

En anglais simple : To place something so it faces a particular direction.

• Orient the map toward north.
• They oriented the house to face the sea.
• Can we orient the windows toward the garden?

Comment l'utiliser : orient something toward something (Orient the solar panels toward the sun.)

Synonymes : align, position

Expressions courantes : orient a building, orient something north, orient a map

s'orienter

Déterminer où l’on se trouve et dans quelle direction on regarde.

En anglais simple : To work out where you are and which direction you are facing.

• I stopped to orient myself.
• She oriented herself using a compass.
• Can you orient yourself without a map?

Comment l'utiliser : orient oneself (I used the church tower to orient myself.)

Synonymes : get one's bearings

Expressions courantes : orient yourself, orient yourself outdoors