Definitions for landing
ˈlæn dɪŋland·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. landingnoun

   an intermediate platform in a staircase

2. landing, landing placenoun

   structure providing a place where boats can land people or goods

3. landingnoun

   the act of coming down to the earth (or other surface)

   "the plane made a smooth landing"; "his landing on his feet was catlike"

4. landingnoun

   the act of coming to land after a voyage

GCIDERate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Landingnoun

   (Aeronautics) The act or process of bringing an aircraft to land after having been in the air; as, the pilot made a perfect three-point landing. Contrasted with take-off.

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. landingnoun

   corridor

2. landingnoun

   coming to earth, as of an airplane or any descending object

3. landingnoun

   an in-between platform or large bottom-most or top-most step of a staircase

4. landingnoun

   a place on a shoreline where a boat lands

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Landing, Landing-placenoun

   The top of stairs.

   Etymology: from land.

   Let the stairs to the upper rooms be upon a fair, open newel, and a fair landing-place at the top. Francis Bacon.

   The landing-place is the uppermost step of a pair of stairs, viz. the floor of the room you ascend upon. Joseph Moxon.

   There is a stair-case that strangers are generally carried to see, where the easiness of the ascent, the disposition of the lights, and the convenient landing, are admirably well contrived. Joseph Addison, Remarks on Italy.

   What the Romans called vestibulum was no part of the house, but the court and landing-place between it and the street. John Arbuthnot, on Coins.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Landing

   Landing is the last part of a flight, where a flying animal, aircraft, or spacecraft returns to the ground. When the flying object returns to water, the process is called alighting, although it is commonly called "landing", "touchdown"a or "splashdown" as well. A normal aircraft flight would include several parts of flight including taxi, takeoff, climb, cruise, descent and landing.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Landing

   of Land

2. Landingadjective

   of, pertaining to or used for, setting, bringing, or going, on shore

3. Landingnoun

   a going or bringing on shore

4. Landingnoun

   a place for landing, as from a ship, a carriage. etc

5. Landingnoun

   the level part of a staircase, at the top of a flight of stairs, or connecting one flight with another

FreebaseRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Landing

   Landing is the last part of a flight, where a flying animal, aircraft, or spacecraft returns to the ground. When the flying object returns to water, the process is called alighting, although it is commonly called "landing," "touchdown" or "splashdown" as well. A normal aircraft flight would include several parts of flight including taxi, takeoff, climb, cruise, descent and landing.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. landing

   In fortification, is the portion of the floor of the gallery between the frames that bound the entrance to a return. The landing is in all cases horizontal.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. landing

   The act and process of to land.

   The landing was peaceful and calm which was a real joy.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 21, 2020  

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. LANDING

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Landing is ranked #51176 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Landing surname appeared 407 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Landing.
   
   67% or 273 total occurrences were White.
   26% or 106 total occurrences were Black.
   4.4% or 18 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.4% or 6 total occurrences were of two or more races.

Matched Categories

1. • Arrival
   • Platform
   • Structure

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'landing' in Nouns Frequency: #1835

Anagrams for landing »

1. Ingland

2. danglin

How to pronounce landing?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of landing in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of landing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of landing in a Sentence

1. Charles Ponzi:

   Even if they never got anything for it, it was cheap at that price. Without malice aforethought I had given them the best show that was ever staged in their territory since the landing of the Pilgrims! It was easily worth fifteen million bucks to watch me put the thing over.

2. Pope Francis:

   The boats landing daily on the shores of Europe are filled with men and women who need acceptance and assistance.

3. Gorham Police Department:

   Number 2, the plane was able to do a belly landing and landed safely in Islip New York.

4. Virgin Atlantic:

   Flight VS43 ... (has) returned to London Gatwick due to a technical issue with one of the landing gears, the aircraft is preparing to implement a non-standard landing procedure at Gatwick airport.

5. Bill Dudley:

   The Fed could try to procrastinate, but if they do that, inflation will likely come back and then they'll have to slam on the brakes even harder. Procrastination doesn't really lead to a good outcome. That just leads to a harder landing down the road.

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