landscape

CEFRB1

/ˈlan(d)skeɪp/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The visible features of an area of land.

  2. 02

    verb

    To improve the appearance of land with plants and design.

Examples

  • The woods and fields that are typical features of the English landscape

  • The landscape is unfamiliar to me.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈlæn(d)skɪp/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A sociological aspect of a physical area.

  2. A portion of land or territory as defined by its landform, its geographical (and architectural) features.

  3. A portion of land which the eye can comprehend in a single view, including all the objects thus seen.

More examples

In context

  • The software patent landscape has changed considerably in the last years

  • Survey the landscape below.

  • Ahead the flanks of the Pennines gleamed faintly in the moonlight, looking as though they themselves were part of some dry and deserted lunar landscape.

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Origin

noun

From an alteration (due to Dutch landschap) of earlier landskip, lantschip, from Middle English *landschippe, *landschapp, from Old English landsċipe, landsċeap (“region, district, tract of land”); in some senses from Dutch landschap (“region, district, province, landscape”), from Middle Dutch landscap, lantscap (“region”), from Old Dutch *landskepi, *landskapi (“region”). Cognate with Scots landskape, landskep, landskip (“landscape”), West Frisian lânskip (“landscape”), Low German landschop (“landscape, district”), German Landschaft (“landscape, countryside, scenery”), Danish landskab (“landscape, countryside”), Swedish landskap (“landscape, scenery, province”), Icelandic landskapur (“coun...