Orienteering

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass. uncountable

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orienteerer

Example

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"Please forget about the orienteering that you did at that outdoors school. Well, actually, you don't have to forget it, but the orienteering that we're doing here is completely different."

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish orientering, from orientera (“orient, orientate”) + -ing.

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ski orienteering

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