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landing

name · noun · verb · 16 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈlændɪŋ/
  • rhymes with -ændɪŋ
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  • CMU ARPABET: L AE1 N D IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

Former name of Dease Lake (town).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A barangay of Limay, Bataan, Philippines.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

name

Meaning 3

A barangay of Pilar, Bataan, Philippines.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

name

Meaning 4

A barangay of Tagkawayan, Quezon, Philippines.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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5

name

Meaning 5

A barangay of Baliangao, Misamis Occidental, Philippines.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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6

name

Meaning 6

An unincorporated community in Roxbury, Morris County, New Jersey, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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7

noun

Meaning 7

An arrival at a surface, as of an airplane or any descending object.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: takeoff

8

noun

Meaning 8

An amphibious or airborne invasion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: government, military, politics, war

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9

noun

Meaning 9

A place on a shoreline where a boat lands.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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10

noun

Meaning 10

A level area at the top of a flight of stairs, or connecting one flight with another.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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11

noun

Meaning 11

The amount of fish caught, as in a specific area or on a particular expedition.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: in-plural

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12

verb

Meaning 12

present participle and gerund of land

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

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13

noun

Meaning 13

the act of coming to land after a voyage

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: arrival

Narrower terms: amphibious landing, debarkation, disembarkation, disembarkment

14

noun

Meaning 14

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the plane made a smooth landing
  • his landing on his feet was catlike

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: arrival

Narrower terms: touchdown, aircraft landing, airplane landing, splashdown

15

noun

Meaning 15

structure providing a place where boats can land people or goods

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: landing place

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: structure, construction

Narrower terms: dock, dockage, docking facility

16

noun

Meaning 16

an intermediate platform in a staircase

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: platform

History

Etymology

By surface analysis, land + -ing.

Across languages

Translations

139 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: landing — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Arabic: هُبُوط (hubūṭ) — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Armenian: վայրէջք (vayrēǰkʻ) — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Azerbaijani: enmə — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Azerbaijani: eniş — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Belarusian: прызямле́нне (pryzjamljénnje) — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Belarusian: паса́дка (pasádka) — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Bulgarian: приземя́ване (prizemjávane) — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Catalan: aterratge — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Chinese Cantonese: 着陸 (zoek6 luk6) — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Chinese Mandarin: 著陸 /著陆 (zhuólù) — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Chinese Mandarin: 着陆 (zhuólù) — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Chinese Mandarin: 降落 (jiàngluò) — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Chinese Mandarin: 登陸 /登陆 (dēnglù) — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Czech: přistání — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Danish: landing — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Dutch: landing — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Esperanto: lando — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Estonian: maandumine — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Finnish: laskeutuminen — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • French: atterrissage — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • West-Frisian: lâning — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • German: Landung — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Greek: προσγείωση (prosgeíosi) — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Hungarian: landolás — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Hungarian: leszállás — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Hungarian: földet érés — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Irish: tuirlingt — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Italian: atterraggio — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Japanese: 上陸 (jōriku) — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Japanese: 着陸 (chakuriku) — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Kazakh: қону (qonu) — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Kazakh: отыру (otyru) — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Kazakh: түсу (tüsu) — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Korean: 상륙 (sangnyuk) — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Korean: 착륙 (changnyuk) — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Central Kurdish: نیشتن (nîştin) — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Kyrgyz: конуу (konuu) — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Kyrgyz: посадка (posadka) — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Latvian: nolaišanās — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Lithuanian: nusileidimas — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Macedonian: слетување (sletuvanje) — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Macedonian: приземјување (prizemjuvanje) — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Macedonian: спуштање (spuštanje) — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Malay: pendaratan — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Norwegian Bokmål: landing — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: landing — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Persian: فرود (forud) — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Polish: lądowanie — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Portuguese: aterragem — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Portuguese: aterrissagem — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Portuguese: pouso — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Romanian: aterizare — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Russian: приземле́ние (prizemlénije) — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Russian: поса́дка (posádka) — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Serbo-Croatian: слетање — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Serbo-Croatian: слијетање — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Serbo-Croatian: приземље́ње — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Serbo-Croatian: спуштање — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Serbo-Croatian: sletanje — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Serbo-Croatian: slijetanje — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Serbo-Croatian: prizemljénje — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Serbo-Croatian: spuštanje — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Slovak: pristátie — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Slovene: pristanek — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Spanish: aterrizaje — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Swedish: landning — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Tajik: фуруд (furud) — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Turkish: iniş — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Ukrainian: призе́млення (pryzémlennja) — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Ukrainian: поса́дка (posádka) — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Uzbek: qoʻnish — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Uzbek: posadka — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Vietnamese: sự hạ cánh — a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
  • Arabic: بَسْطَة (basṭa) — a platform at the top of a flight of stairs
  • Bulgarian: стъ́лбищна площа́дка (stǎ́lbištna ploštádka) — a platform at the top of a flight of stairs
  • Catalan: replà — a platform at the top of a flight of stairs
  • Czech: podesta — a platform at the top of a flight of stairs
  • Danish: repos — a platform at the top of a flight of stairs
  • Danish: trappeafsats — a platform at the top of a flight of stairs
  • Dutch: overloop — a platform at the top of a flight of stairs
  • Finnish: tasanne — a platform at the top of a flight of stairs
  • Finnish: porrastasanne — a platform at the top of a flight of stairs
  • French: palier — a platform at the top of a flight of stairs
  • Galician: relanzo — a platform at the top of a flight of stairs
  • German: Treppenabsatz — a platform at the top of a flight of stairs
  • Hungarian: pihenő — a platform at the top of a flight of stairs
  • Irish: léibheann cheann staighre — a platform at the top of a flight of stairs
  • Irish: ceann an staighre — a platform at the top of a flight of stairs
  • Italian: pianerottolo — a platform at the top of a flight of stairs
  • Italian: caposcala — a platform at the top of a flight of stairs
  • Italian: ballatoio — a platform at the top of a flight of stairs
  • Italian: ripiano — a platform at the top of a flight of stairs
  • Japanese: 踊り場 (odoriba) — a platform at the top of a flight of stairs
  • Korean: 층계참 (cheunggyecham) — a platform at the top of a flight of stairs
  • Macedonian: одмориште (odmorište) — a platform at the top of a flight of stairs
  • Norman: tripselle dé la montée — a platform at the top of a flight of stairs
  • Norwegian Bokmål: trappeavsats — a platform at the top of a flight of stairs
  • Norwegian Bokmål: repos — a platform at the top of a flight of stairs
  • Norwegian Bokmål: trapperepos — a platform at the top of a flight of stairs
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: trappeavsats — a platform at the top of a flight of stairs
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: repos — a platform at the top of a flight of stairs
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: trapperepos — a platform at the top of a flight of stairs
  • Polish: podest — a platform at the top of a flight of stairs
  • Portuguese: patamar — a platform at the top of a flight of stairs
  • Russian: площа́дка (ploščádka) — a platform at the top of a flight of stairs
  • Slovak: podesta — a platform at the top of a flight of stairs
  • Slovak: odpočívadlo — a platform at the top of a flight of stairs
  • Spanish: rellano — a platform at the top of a flight of stairs
  • Spanish: descansillo — a platform at the top of a flight of stairs
  • Swedish: vilplan — a platform at the top of a flight of stairs
  • Swedish: trappavsats — a platform at the top of a flight of stairs
  • Tagalog: talurang — a platform at the top of a flight of stairs
  • Turkish: sahanlık — a platform at the top of a flight of stairs
  • Welsh: pen grisiau — a platform at the top of a flight of stairs
  • Bulgarian: мя́сто за дебарки́ране (mjásto za debarkírane) — a place on a shoreline where a boat lands
  • Catalan: moll — a place on a shoreline where a boat lands
  • Catalan: embarcador — a place on a shoreline where a boat lands
  • Czech: přístaviště — a place on a shoreline where a boat lands
  • Dutch: steiger — a place on a shoreline where a boat lands
  • Dutch: aanlegplaats — a place on a shoreline where a boat lands
  • Esperanto: albordiĝejo — a place on a shoreline where a boat lands
  • German: Anlegeplatz — a place on a shoreline where a boat lands
  • German: Landungsplatz — a place on a shoreline where a boat lands
  • German: Anlandungsplatz — a place on a shoreline where a boat lands
  • German: Anlandungsstelle — a place on a shoreline where a boat lands
  • Irish: caladh — a place on a shoreline where a boat lands
  • Italian: imbarcadero — a place on a shoreline where a boat lands
  • Japanese: 船着き場 (funatsukiba) — a place on a shoreline where a boat lands
  • Korean: 부잔교 (bujan'gyo) — a place on a shoreline where a boat lands
  • Norwegian Bokmål: landgang — a place on a shoreline where a boat lands
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: landgang — a place on a shoreline where a boat lands
  • Russian: при́стань (prístanʹ) — a place on a shoreline where a boat lands
  • Scottish Gaelic: laimrig — a place on a shoreline where a boat lands
  • Spanish: muelle — a place on a shoreline where a boat lands
  • Spanish: desembarco — a place on a shoreline where a boat lands
  • Spanish: rellano — a place on a shoreline where a boat lands
  • Spanish: descansillo — a place on a shoreline where a boat lands
  • Swedish: landgång — a place on a shoreline where a boat lands
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