sense of direction
Definition of sense of direction
1 : ability to find one's way around easily in a new place a good/poor sense of direction
2 : ability to know in which direction something is I've got no sense of direction.
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: a meaning conveyed or intended : import, signification
: one of a set of meanings a word or phrase may bear especially as segregated in a dictionary entry
: the faculty of perceiving by means of sense organs
: to perceive by the senses (see 1sense 2)
: to be or become conscious of
: grasp, comprehend
: guidance or supervision of action or conduct : management
: the address placed on the outside of a letter or package to be delivered : superscription
: an explicit instruction : order
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