Meanings
nounsense of direction (plural senses of direction)
plural senses of direction
- An ability to navigate.
I have a terrible sense of direction so I daren't go anywhere without my GPS
Translations
Danish stedsans
- stedsansthe ability to navigate
Finnish suuntavaisto
- suuntavaistothe ability to navigate
German Orientierungssinn, Ortssinn
- Orientierungssinnthe ability to navigate
- Ortssinnthe ability to navigate
Portuguese sentido de direção, sentido de orientação
- sentido de direçãothe ability to navigate
- sentido de orientaçãothe ability to navigate
Romanian simț al direcției, simț al orientării
- simț al direcțieithe ability to navigate
- simț al orientăriithe ability to navigate
Russian чу́вство направле́ния
- чу́вство направле́ния (čúvstvo napravlénija)the ability to navigate
Swedish lokalsinne
- lokalsinnethe ability to navigate
Cite this entry
APA
sense of direction. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sense%20of%20direction
MLA
“sense of direction.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sense%20of%20direction. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sense of direction,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sense%20of%20direction.
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