landing

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English

Etymology

By surface analysis, land + -ing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlændɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ændɪŋ
  • Hyphenation: land‧ing
  • Audio (US):(file)

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

Banggai

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /landiŋ/

Noun

landing

  1. helmeted myna (Basilornis galeatus)

Further reading

Kamus Banggai-Indonesia (Banggai-Indonesian Dictionary)

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English landing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlandiŋ/ [ˈl̪an̪.d̪ɪŋ]
  • Hyphenation: lan‧ding

Verb

lánding (Badlit spelling ᜎᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜅ᜔)

  1. (aviation) to land; to descend to a surface, especially from the air to touch down
    • 2014 — Pareja, Gerard, Children of Icarus (26 July), Salins Hulbot, Opinion, Cebu Daily News
      Inubanan sa iyang amahan nga si Babar, mo lupad silag 26,500 miles, mo landing[sic] og 25 ka higayon sa mga 15 ka nasud.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. to come to be in a condition or situation
    • 2015 — KCS, Kaluha 'nahilo' sa binggala (10 August), SuperBalita Cagayan de Oro
      Nilanding sa balay tambalanan ning siyudad sa Cagayan de Oro ang kaluha human kini nahilo sa gikaong binggala niadtong Dominggo sa buntag sa Lumbo, Valencia, Bukidnon.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from English landing.

Pronunciation

Noun

landing m (plural landings)

  1. landing

Conjugation

More information singular, plural ...
Conjugation of landing
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m landingjt landingjt landing landingjna landingjtu landingw
f landingt
imperfect m nlanding tlanding jlanding nlandingw tlandingw jlandingw
f tlanding
imperative landing landingw
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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

References

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

References

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