(landings)
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In a house or other building, the landing is the area at the top of the staircase which has rooms leading off it.
I ran out onto the landing.
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2.
A landing is an act of bringing an aircraft or spacecraft down to the ground.
I had to make a controlled landing into the sea...
The plane had been cleared for landing at Brunswick's Glynco Airport.
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When a landing takes place, troops are unloaded from boats or aircraft at the beginning of a military invasion or other operation.
American forces have begun a big landing.
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