Definitions for landing
ˈlæn dɪŋland·ing

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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

GCIDE(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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.

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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

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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 Gazetteer(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

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.

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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  

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

How to pronounce landing?

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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. Sir Winston Churchill:

   We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.

2. Greg Rutherford:

   We have tried to get it 100 percent ready in time. Sadly I have made it worse on the first landing and I am currently unable to move my neck, the doctor thinks it is a bad whiplash but it won't affect my Double Olympic bid. I am positive the British Athletics medical staff will be able to fix it over the next week.

3. Neil Armstrong:

   A portion of the proceeds from the auction will go to causes that are important to us and we believe were important to our parents, we've often had people come up to us and tell us how the moon landing inspired them. They come up to Rick and I and tell us how they were inspired by the achievement and how it made them want to be better.

4. Bruce Banerdt:

   The first image will be taken less than an hour after touchdown and should be available on Earth within the first day, we should have images of the landing area within a week.

5. Jim Bridenstine:

   I'm the first NASA administrator that was not alive [for the moon landing], i don't have that memory.

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