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.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. landing

   Landing generally refers to the act or process of bringing something, typically a vehicle or aircraft, down onto the ground or other surface. In a broader context, it can also refer to arriving or settling in a particular place or condition. In architecture, it's a platform between flights of stairs or at the end of a flight of stairs.

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

WikidataRate 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

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Anagrams for landing »

1. Ingland

2. danglin

How to pronounce landing?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say landing in sign language?

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. 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 hillswe shall never surrender.

2. C. D. Jackson:

   Great ideas need landing gear as well as wings.

3. Christian Ettinger:

   We’re using beer as a force for good, beer is really responsible for civilization… (so) it’s such a great landing place for us to focus on sustainability.

4. El Moussa:

   When life kicks you down ALWAYS get back up!! If it’s a rough baby gate…take your time! well folks…I have a huge cut on my stomach from landing with all my weight on the corner. it hurt so bad!! Glad all of my employees got a kick out of it!!

5. Seth Dillon:

   That’s this tricky area that we’re landing in doing comedy as conservatives whose views simply differ from the popular narrative.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=landing
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=landing
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Landing
4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=landing
5. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landing
6. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
7. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/landing
8. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=landing
9. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
10. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
11. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=landing