1
: an act or process of one that lands
especially
: a going or bringing to a surface (such as land or shore) after a voyage or flight
2
: a place for discharging and taking on passengers and cargo
3
: a level part of a staircase (as at the end of a flight of stairs)
4
Examples of landing in a Sentence
The plane made a smooth landing.
The helicopter had to make an emergency landing.
The pilot was practicing takeoffs and landings.
Landing in high winds can be dangerous.
Our plane was cleared for landing.
We stopped to rest at the first floor landing.
I waited at the landing for the ferry.
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Airbus has established a strong presence by building contracts and landing agreements in Asia and Africa, therefore allowing Boeing to catch up.
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Jim Osman, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
Roku last spring landing rights to weekly Major League Baseball games.
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Trump spoke at length about the recent successful landing of the booster of Musk’s SpaceX Startship rocket onto its launch pad in Texas after the rocket’s upper stage headed to splashdown halfway around the world in the Indian Ocean.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2024
About three weeks later, two people aboard a 1976 Piper PA-28-235 made an emergency landing on Highway 76 near Canyon Drive in Oceanside.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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Jim Osman, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
Roku last spring landing rights to weekly Major League Baseball games.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024
Trump spoke at length about the recent successful landing of the booster of Musk’s SpaceX Startship rocket onto its launch pad in Texas after the rocket’s upper stage headed to splashdown halfway around the world in the Indian Ocean.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2024
About three weeks later, two people aboard a 1976 Piper PA-28-235 made an emergency landing on Highway 76 near Canyon Drive in Oceanside.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Landing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/landing. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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landing
noun
land·ing
ˈlan-diŋ 
1
: the action of one that lands
2
: a place (as a wharf) for unloading or taking on passengers and cargo
3
: the level part of a staircase (as between flights of stairs)
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