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orienteer

orienteer noun: someone who takes part in the sport of orienteering.

Noun

orienteer (plural orienteers)

  1. Someone who takes part in the sport of orienteering.
    • She is an expert orienteer.
    Synonyms:
    orienteerer

Verb

orienteer (third-person singular simple present orienteers, present participle orienteering, simple past and past participle orienteered)

  1. to race across unfamiliar countryside using a map and compass
    • She travels worldwide to orienteer.

Synonyms of orienteer

Forms of orienteer

Noun
pluralorienteers
Verb
third-person singular presentorienteers
present participleorienteering
past participleorienteered
pastorienteered

Origin of orienteer

Borrowed from Swedish orientera.

Words formed from orienteer

Questions about orienteer

What does orienteer mean?
Orienteer means someone who takes part in the sport of orienteering.
What part of speech is orienteer?
Orienteer can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of orienteer?
The plural of orienteer is orienteers.

Words near orienteer in the dictionary

  1. oriented
  2. oriented graph
  3. oriented graphs
  4. orientedness
  5. orientee
  6. orienteer
  7. orienteered
  8. orienteerer
  9. orienteerers
  10. orienteering
  11. orienteers

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