land

CEFRA2

/lænd/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The solid ground that is not covered by water.

  2. 02

    verb

    To arrive on the ground after flying, jumping, or falling.

Examples

  • Elephants are the largest land animals alive today.

  • The new project will reclaim the land from the sea.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
2

Also pronounced

  • [læːnd] ~ [lɛːnd] ~ [leːnd]
  • [land]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A country or region.

  2. Real estate or landed property; a partitioned and measurable area which is owned and acquired and on which buildings and structures can be built and erected.

  3. The part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water.

More examples

In context

  • Tomorrow, he will land on the moon.

  • There are 50 acres of land in this estate.

  • Most insects live on land.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English lond, land, from Old English land, from Proto-West Germanic *land, from Proto-Germanic *landą (“land”), from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”). Cognates Cognate with Scots laund (“land”), Yola lhoan, lloan, loan, londe, lone (“land”), North Frisian loun, luin, lun, Lön, lönj, löön (“land”), Saterland Frisian Lound (“land”), West Frisian lân (“land”), Limburgish Land, landj, Laïnt (“land”), Dutch land (“land, country”), Luxembourgish and German Land (“land, country, state”), Vilamovian łaond (“land”), Danish, Elfdalian, Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish land (“land, country, shore, territory”). Non-Germanic cognates include Old...