landing
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
landing (plural landings)
- An arrival at a surface, as of an airplane or any descending object.
- Antonym: takeoff
- A place on a shoreline where a boat lands.
- Hyponym: fleet landing
- A level area at the top of a flight of stairs, or connecting one flight with another.
- 1967, Sleigh, Barbara, Jessamy, 1993 edition, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 84:
- She crept up the stairs [...] On she went, across the landing, from which sprang the tall window, and up the next flight until she reached the top.
Usage notes[edit]
When referring to an arrival at a surface by an aircraft or other normally-controllable object, landing is generally reserved for cases in which the object is actually under (at least partial) control; an uncontrolled arrival at the surface by such an object is usually referred to as a crash or impact. In contrast, for uncontrollable objects (such as a meteoroid or artillery shell), landing is generally used (although impact is also usable).
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Verb[edit]
landing
Anagrams[edit]
Cebuano[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English landing, present participle of land (“to land, to touch down”), from Middle English land, lond, from Old English land, lond (“earth, land, soil, ground; defined piece of land, territory, realm, province, district; landed property; country (not town); ridge in a ploughed field”), from Proto-Germanic *landą (“land”), from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: lan‧ding
Verb[edit]
landing
- (aviation) to land; to descend to a surface, especially from the air to touch down
- to come to be in a condition or situation
Quotations[edit]
For quotations using this term, see Citations:landing.
Derived terms[edit]
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Derived from landen + -ing. Compare English landing and German Landung.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
landing f (plural landingen, diminutive landinkje n)
- landing, touchdown of an airplane or any other airborne object
- the act of disembarking a ship, particularly in military contexts
Derived terms[edit]
Norman[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English landing.
Noun[edit]
landing m (plural landings)
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
landing f or m (definite singular landinga or landingen, indefinite plural landinger, definite plural landingene)
- a landing (e.g. by an aircraft)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “landing” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
landing f (definite singular landinga, indefinite plural landingar, definite plural landingane)
- a landing (e.g. by an aircraft)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “landing” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- English 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:English/ændɪŋ
- Rhymes:English/ændɪŋ/2 syllables
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- ceb:Aviation
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