Usually means: Navigation sport using map, compass.
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General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. orienteering: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. orienteering: Merriam-Webster
  3. orienteering: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. orienteering: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. orienteering: Collins English Dictionary
  6. Orienteering, orienteering: Wordnik
  7. orienteering: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. orienteering: Wiktionary
  9. orienteering: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. orienteering: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. orienteering: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. orienteering: Dictionary.com
  13. Orienteering (scouting), Orienteering: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. orienteering: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. orienteering: Encyclopedia

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  1. orienteering: Urban Dictionary

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Hiking Terms (No longer online)
  2. Orienteering: Sports Definitions

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▸ noun:  (sports) The act of racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass.

Similar:
radiosport, rogaining, geodashing, obstacle race, assault course, footracing, loppet, autocross, relay race, road game, more...

Opposite:
disorientation, lost, confused, unfamiliarity

Types:
foot, mountain bike, ski, trail, more...

Phrases:
ski orienteering, European Orienteering Championships, International Orienteering Federation, Orienteering at the 2022 World Games, Orienteering map, more...

Adjectives:
competitive, successful, grammatical, conversational, such



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Similar:
radiosport, rogaining, geodashing, obstacle race, assault course, footracing, loppet, autocross, relay race, road game, more...

Opposite:
disorientation, lost, confused, unfamiliarity

Types:
foot, mountain bike, ski, trail, more...

Phrases:
ski orienteering, European Orienteering Championships, International Orienteering Federation, Orienteering at the 2022 World Games, Orienteering map, World Orienteering Championships, Foot orienteering, more...

Adjectives:
competitive, successful, grammatical, conversational, such



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