landing

Pronunciation

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Noun

Singular landing

Plural landings

1. (countable) A landing is a corridor.
2. (countable) A landing is when an airplane touches the runway; coming to earth.
3. (countable) A landing is a platform in the middle of a staircase.

   We've finally reached the landing halfway up the stairs to the top of the Statue of Liberty!

Verb

Plain form land

Third-person singular lands

Past tense landed

Past participle landed

Present participle landing

1. The present participle of land.