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What is orienteering?
A few years ago I got the Big Oxford Illustrated English Dictionary as a Birthday present. Later one day, looking through the Dictionary a thought shot into my mind - hows orienteering described there, if it is at all. And yes, there it was with the following definition: orienteering -…
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a competitive sport in which runners cross open country with a map, compass, etc. I dont know why, but, actually, I was a bit surprised to find orienteering there... some time passed since that day and recently I decided to make a small survey about how our sport is described in the other different sources. (other dictionaries and on internet). So, now, below you can look on what I have found:Big Oxford Illustrated English DictionaryA competitive sport in which runners cross open country with a map, compass, etc. (orienteering runner = orienteer)Oxford English MinidictionaryThe sport of finding ones way across…
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