sense of direction
noun phrase
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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Analysts have warned that the cryptocurrency could slide back to $50,000 in September as traders wait for a sense of direction to emerge about U.S. interest rate cuts and the looming presidential election.
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Tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2024
Maybe my family back in Paris is warmhearted and expressive, poets and painters and singers who are familiar with wrong turns, their sense of direction a disaster.
—David Gilbert, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2024
Studies suggest that people are fairly accurate at evaluating their own sense of direction.
—Bob Holmes, Discover Magazine, 8 July 2024
Indeed, people who enjoy outdoor activities, such as hiking and biking, tend to have a better sense of direction, notes Mary Hegarty, a cognitive psychologist at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
—Bob Holmes, Discover Magazine, 8 July 2024
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Tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2024
Maybe my family back in Paris is warmhearted and expressive, poets and painters and singers who are familiar with wrong turns, their sense of direction a disaster.
—David Gilbert, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2024
Studies suggest that people are fairly accurate at evaluating their own sense of direction.
—Bob Holmes, Discover Magazine, 8 July 2024
Indeed, people who enjoy outdoor activities, such as hiking and biking, tend to have a better sense of direction, notes Mary Hegarty, a cognitive psychologist at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
—Bob Holmes, Discover Magazine, 8 July 2024
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