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landing
[lan-ding]
noun
the act of a person or thing that lands.
The pilot brought his plane in for a landing.
a place where persons or goods are landed, as from a ship.
The boat moored at the landing.
Architecture.
a platform between flights of stairs.
the floor at the head or foot of a flight of stairs.
Shipbuilding.
the overlap of two plates or planks, as in a clinker-built shell.
the distance between the center of a rivet hole and the edge of the plate or shape into which it is cut.
landing
/ ˈæԻɪŋ /
noun
the act of coming to land, esp after a flight or sea voyage
( as modifier )
landing place
a place of disembarkation
the floor area at the top of a flight of stairs or between two flights of stairs
Other Word Forms
- postlanding adjective
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
His second shot at the 14th was sublime, landing a foot from the pin, and his fist-pump celebration to raucous cheers after making birdie on 17 showed his heart – and popularity – remain undimmed.
Their son, Irfan - an Air India crew member - didn't call often, but always messaged before takeoff and after landing.
Deputy leader Richard Tice raised concerns Spanish border officials would have "an effective veto" on British citizens from the UK landing in Gibraltar.
It outlasted the wave of westerns that saturated network TV schedules in that era and was still landing in Nielsen’s top 10 prime-time shows in the early 1970s.
First, firefighters used drip torches to simulate embers landing around it.
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When To Use
Landing is the act of returning to the ground after having been in flight or up in the air. It can also be used to refer to the act of returning to the land after having been in water.Landing also commonly refers to an instance of doing this. This especially involves aircraft, as in That was a rough landing. But it can also be applied to a person, as in She’ll have to stick the landing if she wants a perfect score. Landing can also mean a place where ships can dock.It can also refer to the floor at the top of a flight of stairs or the platform between two flights of stairs. The landing often has a bigger surface area than the steps and is usually positioned between flights when they change directions.The word landing comes is also the continuous tense (-ing form) of the verb land, as in We will be landing shortly.Example: I’m much more nervous during the landing than at takeoff.
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