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o·ri·en·teer·ing (ôr

n-tîr

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n. Sports

A cross-country race in which competitors use a map and compass to find their way through unfamiliar territory.

[Alteration of Swedish orientering, from orientera, to orient, from French orienter, from orient, east; see orient.]

ori·en·teer n.

orienteer [ˌɔːrɪənˈtɪə]

vb (intr)

(Individual Sports, other than specified) to take part in orienteering

(Individual Sports, other than specified) a person who takes part in orienteering

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No references found			However, they had to eventually settle for second behind Forth Valley Orienteers, who retained the national title. Trio lead way in national finals by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) YOUNG orienteers in Northallerton found themselves coming face to face with sporting hero Rachael MacKenzie last week. Kids meet Thai boxing champion by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England) Today and tomorrow the event will switch to the Kyloe area of north Northumberland where competitors will follow courses through the woodland, moorland and hills which is the usual terrain of the orienteer. We're really on the map now; Orienteering event comes to the North by The Journal (Newcastle, England)			Oriental emerald Oriental garlic oriental person oriental plane Oriental poppy Oriental radish oriental roach Oriental rug Oriental scops owl oriental sore oriental spruce Oriental Studies Oriental topaz orientalia orientalise Orientalism Orientalist Orientality orientalize orientate orientated orientating orientation orientation course oriented orienteer orienteering orienting Orientness orifice orifice meter Oriflamb oriflamme orig. origami origan origanum Origanum dictamnus Origanum majorana Origanum vulgare Origen Origenism Origenist origin Origin of coordinate axes Originable original original costs original destination original equipment manufacturer original negative			oriented oriented oriented oriented Oriented Active Shape Model Oriented API Oriented bounding box oriented core Oriented Global Coherence Field oriented graph Oriented Line Integral Convolution Oriented Nuclei Oriented Polyamide Oriented Polypropylene Film Oriented Polystyrene Oriented Probabilistic Relational Model Oriented Scintillation Spectrometer Experiment oriented simplex oriented simplicial complex Oriented strand board Oriented Strand Lumber Oriented Structural Straw Board Oriented Times Three oriented to person, place & time Oriented to Person, Place, and Time Oriented to Time, Place and Person oriented-strategic research orienteer orienteered orienteering orienteering Orienteering Association of British Columbia Orienteering Association of China Orienteering Association of Hong Kong Orienteering Association of New South Wales Orienteering Association of Nova Scotia Orienteering Association of South Australia Orienteering Association of Western Australia Orienteering Australia Orienteering Cincinnati Orienteering New Brunswick Orienteering North America Orienteering Problem Orienteering Queensland Orienteering USA orienteers Oriënterend Fertiliteits Onderzoek Orientia Orientia tsutsugamushi Orientierungstauchen mit Orientierungspunkten orienting orienting orienting orienting Orienting Line Orienting New Teaching Assistants Program

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