| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | o·ri·en·teer·ing |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  ôr  - n-tîr  ng, - n-,  r- |
| NOUN: | Sports A cross-country race in which competitors use a map and compass to find their way through unfamiliar territory. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Alteration of Swedish orientering, from orientera, to orient, from French orienter, from orient, east. See orient. | | OTHER FORMS: | ori·en·teer —NOUN
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