landing

CEFRB2

/ˈlændɪŋ/

noun

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Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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Extra meanings

An amphibious or airborne invasion.
An arrival at a surface, as of an airplane or any descending object.
A level area at the top of a flight of stairs, or connecting one flight with another.

In context

The spaceship made a perfect landing.
She crept up the stairs [...] On she went, across the landing, from which sprang the tall window, and up the next flight until she reached the top.
The huge quantity of landings was periodically causing fish prices to crash, creating unprecedented havoc in the marketplace.

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She crept up the stairs [...] On she went, across the landing, from which sprang the tall window, and up the next flight until she reached the top.
1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 84
The House should, I think, take formal cognisance of the liberation of Rome[…]. This is a memorable and glorious event, which rewards the intense fighting of the last five months in Italy. The original landing, made on January 22nd at Anzio, has, in the end, borne good fruit.
1944 June 7, Winston Churchill, speech to House of Commons
The huge quantity of landings was periodically causing fish prices to crash, creating unprecedented havoc in the marketplace.
1997, Mark Kurlansky, Cod, page 132

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By surface analysis, land + -ing.