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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Keith Phipps, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2025
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Keith Phipps, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2025
Arcadia is also flat enough to make landings and takeoffs relatively safer, Musk has said.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
Flaps are panels along the rear edge of an aircraft's wing that extend to aid with takeoff and landing.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
Yes, the space agency has a nominal landing date in 2027 for the Artemis III mission, but no credible space industry officials believe that date is real.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for landing
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“Landing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/landing. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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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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