landing B2 Topic:Space, Position & Direction US /ˈlændɪŋ/ See IPA manual Freq #3197 Meanings 1 noun The act of coming down to the ground, especially of an aircraft. The plane made a smooth landing on the runway. 2 noun A flat area at the top of a flight of stairs or between two flights. She paused on the landing before going up the next set of stairs. 3 noun A military operation in which troops arrive on land from the sea or air. The landing on the beach marked the start of the invasion. Thesaurus Word family Forms landings Derived forms airlandingautolandingcrash-landingentry-descent-landinghalf-landingpostlandingprelanding Common collocations landing approach Noun + noun Etymology AI details By surface analysis, land + -ing. Topics Space, Position & Direction Transportation External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # landing **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈlændɪŋ/ **Frequency rank:** 3197 ## Meanings 1. The act of coming down to the ground, especially of an aircraft. 2. A flat area at the top of a flight of stairs or between two flights. 3. A military operation in which troops arrive on land from the sea or air. ## Examples - The plane made a smooth landing on the runway. - She paused on the landing before going up the next set of stairs. - The landing on the beach marked the start of the invasion. ## Derived Forms - airlanding - autolanding - crash-landing - entry-descent-landing - half-landing - postlanding - prelanding ## Etymology By surface analysis, land + -ing. ## AI Etymology Landing is formed by surface analysis from land + -ing. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix. ## Topics - Space, Position & Direction - Transportation markdown