orient

familiarizar, orientar

Ayudar a alguien, o a uno mismo, a conocer y entender un lugar o una situación nuevos.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Cómo se usa: 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.)

Sinónimos: familiarize, acquaint

Expresiones frecuentes: orient new staff, orient yourself, orient new students

orientar

Colocar algo de manera que mire hacia una dirección determinada.

En inglés sencillo: 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?

Cómo se usa: orient something toward something (Orient the solar panels toward the sun.)

Sinónimos: align, position

Expresiones frecuentes: orient a building, orient something north, orient a map

orientarse

Averiguar dónde estás y hacia qué dirección miras.

En inglés sencillo: 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?

Cómo se usa: orient oneself (I used the church tower to orient myself.)

Sinónimos: get one's bearings

Expresiones frecuentes: orient yourself, orient yourself outdoors