"sense of direction" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: senses of direction [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|senses of direction}} sense of direction (plural senses of direction)
  1. An ability to navigate. Translations (the ability to navigate): stedsans [common-gender] (Danish), Ortssinn [masculine] (German), sentido de direção [masculine] (Portuguese), sentido de orientação [masculine] (Portuguese), simț al direcției [neuter] (Romanian), simț al orientării [neuter] (Romanian), чу́вство направле́ния (čúvstvo napravlénija) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-sense_of_direction-en-noun-22DfBGJ2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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