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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
An instrument for measuring distance travelled, such as an odometer, pedometer, perambulator, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
An instrument for determining direction (and possibly other aspects of one's travel as well).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A guide; A means of determining the direction in which to proceed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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History
Compare German Wegweiser (“a waymark, a guide”), from Weg (“way”) + weisen (“to show, direct”).
