landing

Meanings

• Verb

  The action of coming to rest on a surface.

  - "The plane made a perfect landing."
  - "After a long journey, weary travelers finally landed."

• Noun

  A place where something comes to rest.

  - "The landing was covered in snow."
  - "The spaceship made an emergency landing on the desert."

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Pronunciation

1. /ˈlændɪŋ/
   
   
   
   Source: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2101004"

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Antonyms

takeoff

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with landing
docking , locking , blocking

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Variants

List of all variants of landing that leads to same result
landing , landings , land , landed , lands , landing craft , landing crafts , landing field , landing fields , landing gear , landing gears , landing strip , landing strips , dead-stick landing , instrument landing , instrument landings , pancake landing , pancake landings , three-point landing , three-point landings

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Etymology

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From Old English landian 'to touch ground'.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'landing' is also used in various industries like construction, shipping, and space exploration.

2. The largest aircraft ever built, the Antonov An-225, requires an enormous landing strip of at least 3,000 feet.

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Related Concepts

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1. touchdown: In football, a touchdown is a score worth six points.

2. landing strip: A runway used by aircraft for taking off and landing.

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Culture

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Landing has been used extensively in various forms of literature, art, and music, often representing the culmination of a journey or a significant event.

How to Memorize "landing"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a plane touching the ground smoothly or an object coming to rest on a surface.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'landing' with 'arrival' or 'touching down'.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Land and Touch' to remember the meaning of the word.

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