landing

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlændɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ændɪŋ
• Hyphenation: land‧ing

• Audio (US)

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Noun

landing (plural landings)

1. An arrival at a surface, as of an airplane or any descending object.

   Antonym: takeoff

2. A place on a shoreline where a boat lands.

   Hyponym: fleet landing

3. A level area at the top of a flight of stairs, or connecting one flight with another.

   Hyponym: half-landing

   • 1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →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.

4. (in the plural) The amount of fish caught, as in a specific area or on a particular expedition.
   • 1997, Mark Kurlansky, Cod, page 132:

     The huge quantity of landings was periodically causing fish prices to crash, creating unprecedented havoc in the marketplace.

Usage notes

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).

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

landing

1. present participle and gerund of land

Anagrams

• Ingland, danglin'

Cebuano

Etymology

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

• Hyphenation: lan‧ding

Verb

landing

1. (aviation) to land; to descend to a surface, especially from the air to touch down
2. to come to be in a condition or situation

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:landing.

Derived terms

• landinganan

Dutch

Etymology

Derived from landen +‎ -ing. Compare English landing and German Landung.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑn.dɪŋ/
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• Hyphenation: lan‧ding

Noun

landing f (plural landingen, diminutive landinkje n)

1. landing, touchdown of an airplane or any other airborne object
2. the act of disembarking a ship, particularly in military contexts

Derived terms

• landingsbaan
• landingsgestel
• maanlanding
• noodlanding
• tussenlanding

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from English landing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlan.dɪnɡ/

Noun

landing m (plural landings)

1. landing

Conjugation

Related terms

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English landing.

Noun

landing m (plural landings)

1. (Guernsey) landing

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From lande +‎ -ing.

Noun

landing f or m (definite singular landinga or landingen, indefinite plural landinger, definite plural landingene)

1. a landing (e.g. by an aircraft)

Derived terms

• landingssted
• landingsstripe
• nødlanding

References

• “landing” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From lande +‎ -ing.

Noun

landing f (definite singular landinga, indefinite plural landingar, definite plural landingane)

1. a landing (e.g. by an aircraft)

Derived terms

• landingsstripe
• naudlanding, nødlanding

References

• “landing” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.