landing

1 of 2

noun

land·​ing ˈlan-diŋ 

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

landings plural : the amount of fish or shellfish landed annually in a particular area

landing

2 of 2

present participle of land entry 2

Synonyms of landing

Noun

• dock
• wharf
• pier

Examples of landing in a Sentence

Noun

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.

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Vessels like Sichuan are primarily designed to support amphibious operations, transport military personnel, deploy helicopters and facilitate landing operations. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 31 Oct. 2026

Passengers will experience a few minutes of weightlessness and get to see the curve of Earth against the blackness of space before coming down for a runway landing back at Spaceport America. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 30 Oct. 2026

Upon landing, mechanics tightened its air pressure regulator and pressure checked the system. — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026

There’s also doubts over whether SpaceX’s Starship, one of the spacecraft that NASA has selected to carry out the Moon landing and be used in the docking exercise, will be ready in time. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 29 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing landing

• dead-stick landing
• instrument landing
• landing craft
• landing field
• landing gear
• landing page
• landing strip
• moon landing
• pancake landing
• three-point landing

Rhymes for landing

• banding
• branding
• handing
• sanding
• standing
• stranding
• commanding
• demanding
• disbanding
• expanding
• freestanding
• misbranding

Kids Definition

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)