landing

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ˈlændɪŋ/

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• Hyphenation: land‧ing

Noun

Singular landing

Plural landings

1. (countable) A landing is a corridor.
2. (countable) A landing is when an airplane touches the runway; coming to earth.
3. (countable) A landing is a platform in the middle of a staircase.

   We've finally reached the landing halfway up the stairs to the top of the Statue of Liberty!

4. A landing is a place on a shoreline where a boat lands.

Verb

Plain form land

Third-person singular lands

Past tense landed

Past participle landed

Present participle landing

1. The present participle of land.